Romeo + Juliet
1996 · TMDB 6.8
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Why it matters
Luhrmann's Verona Beach is a fever dream of gang violence, neon Catholicism and tabloid television, with Shakespeare's text delivered at full pelt by a cast clearly having the time of their lives.
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Released
- 1996-11-01
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.8
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