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Romeo + Juliet

- My only love sprung from my only hate.

In director Baz Luhrmann's 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.

Release Date : 1996-11-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century FoxBazmark

Production Country : AustraliaMexicoUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo + JulietRomeo plus Juliet

Cast

Character Name : Romeo

Original Name : Leonardo DiCaprio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juliet

Original Name : Claire Danes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Balthasar

Original Name : Jesse Bradford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Prince

Original Name : Vondie Curtis-Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ted Montague

Original Name : Brian Dennehy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tybalt

Original Name : John Leguizamo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Miriam Margolyes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mercutio

Original Name : Harold Perrineau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline Montague

Original Name : Christina Pickles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father Laurence

Original Name : Pete Postlethwaite

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dave Paris

Original Name : Paul Rudd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fulgencio Capulet

Original Name : Paul Sorvino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria Capulet

Original Name : Diane Venora

Gender : Female

Character Name : Apothecary

Original Name : M. Emmet Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anchorwoman

Original Name : Edwina Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gregory

Original Name : Zak Orth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sampson

Original Name : Jamie Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benvolio

Original Name : Dash Mihok

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attractive Girl

Original Name : Lupita Ochoa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Gloria Silva

Gender : Female

Character Name : Abra

Original Name : Vincent Laresca

Gender : Male

Character Name : Petrucchio

Original Name : Carlos Manzo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Middle Aged Occupant

Original Name : Carolyn Valero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Middle Aged Occupant

Original Name : Paco Morayta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kid With Toy Gun

Original Name : Rodrigo Escandon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Mother

Original Name : Margarita Wynne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Susan Santandiago

Original Name : Harriet Sansom Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rich Ranchidis

Original Name : Michael Corbett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Pedro Altamirano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capulet Bouncer

Original Name : Mario Cimarro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diva

Original Name : Des'ree

Gender : Female

Character Name : O P Officer

Original Name : Ismael Eguiarte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Altar Boy

Original Name : Ricardo Barona

Gender : Male

Character Name : Altar Boy

Original Name : Fausto Barona

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir Boy

Original Name : Quindon Tarver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Altar Boy 2

Original Name : Alex Newman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Altar Boy 2

Original Name : Cory Newman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Post Haste Delivery Man

Original Name : Jorge Abraham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sacristan

Original Name : John Sterlini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undertaker

Original Name : Farnesio de Bernal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Post Haste Clerk

Original Name : Catalina Botello

Gender : Female

Reviews

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

Part 2 of Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy: 'Romeo + Juliet'. I remember watching a little bit of this years and years back at high school and I seem to recall enjoying it a lot. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I might've on this viewing, but it is still a film I'd recommend for sure - it's very good. I'm yet to see a bad - heck, even a just mildly good - film from Leonardo DiCaprio, which remains the case after this. It's probably the weakest performance I've seen from DiCaprio so far, though that's just through process of elimination as he's still impressive here as Romeo. Claire Danes (Juliet) merits props, also. John Leguizamo (Tybalt) is the pick of the rest of the cast, which also includes the likes of Paul Sorvino, Miriam Margolyes and Paul Rudd. Speaking of the casting, apparently 14-year-old Natalie Portman was originally cast to star alongside DiCaprio (then 21... dodgy!). I love the modern day set up and how they bring this famous tale to life in it, though I do think the choice to use Shakespearean dialogue was perhaps the wrong call. It's not like I didn't appreciate it, but it does feel a bit forced and unnatural at times - still cool that they did it, mind.

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-11

Shakespeare is still getting work in Hollywood, and probably always will... ... but I like updated modern Shakespeare when it comes in the form of West Side Story, She's all That, Overboard (all the other million or so Rom-Coms based off of The Taming of the Shrew) and not when the film is modern day with Shakespearean English and... yeah. Too much of a Juxtaposition for me. The kind of WWII update of Richard III wasn't bad, but it wasn't really taking Richard II, putting it in a different time, and keeping almost everything else intact. I guess what I am saying is that it didn't mesh well for me.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-18

Baz Luhrmann has relocated this classic to modern day Verona Beach and introduced a contemporary sound track to complement much of the original dialogue from the bard's story of true love, revenge and, quite possibly, the greatest tragedy ever written in the English language. The families "Montague" and "Capulet" have been feuding since God was a boy. The uneasy truce between them is to be severely tested when "Romeo" (Leonardo DiCaprio) and "Juliet" (Clare Danes) fall in love. Being from each of these warring tribes, they must keep their love clandestine in order to avoid conflict. As their affection grows, that secret proves harder and harder to keep - especially as "Juliet" has been betrothed and her father is determined that she shall be in the church on Tuesday next! I'm sure you all know the story of the "star-crossed lovers" and I rather enjoyed this adaptation. Unlike "Carmen Jones" (1954) which I did not think worked well being relocated, this does. The eclectic contrast between the motor cars, the revolvers and the original old English text is quite effective. The effort from DiCaprio gets better as the film progresses and by the denouement neither he nor Danes are half bad. Harold Perrineau is also competent as the brave "Mercutio" and the conniving "Tybalt" is well covered by John Leguizamo. Purists may well not admire the abridging of this lengthy story though. It is quite heavily condensed and at times that does rob the film of much of the original nuance - not that Luhrmann ever really concentrates on nuance anyway - but I'd rather look on this as an evolution of the story for modern times rather than a straight retelling. For me it worked, and is watchable still.