Directed by:
Carlo CarleiCinematography:
David TattersallComposer:
Abel KorzeniowskiCast:
Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Ed Westwick, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Damian Lewis, Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Giamatti, Natascha McElhone, Lesley Manville (more)VOD (3)
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Big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo Montague (Douglas Booth) attends a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Hailee Steinfeld), the daughter of his enemy. Although already engaged to a man she does not love, Juliet vows to marry Romeo. They ask the kindly Friar Laurence (Paul Giamatti) to perform the ceremony in secret but bloodshed and tragedy threaten the couple's future together. (Entertainment in Video)
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To film a classic play just for the sake of filming it again in 2013 is quite sad. Occasionally, there's an actor who was interestingly chosen, but the direction is completely superficial and half-hearted. It's as if the creators said to themselves, "This is a classic, it will film itself." Hailee didn't appeal to me at all in this, and Romeo isn't an interesting character either. This movie doesn't give us anything extra. I'd rather see it in the theater than in this form, without any impact on the audience and without emotions.
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