Review of Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) by Vincent W — 04 Apr 2014

I have so many mixed feelings about this. The voice acting and animation are really good and the music serves its purpose (though it isn't my style by any means). The issue here is plot. I will do my best to avoid spoilers.

Romeo and Juliet is already the dumbest "love" story of all time. This film obviously could not follow the original story so they modernized it and made it more child-friendly. Juliet is yet another Kung-Fu woman. It's getting old feminism. Stop. Romeo is a really obnoxious jock who I didn't feel any sympathy for. He felt like something that was meant to be on MTV.

These character concerns are enough to destroy what could have been a magical movie. There is so much good humor and other little touches that animated films do so well here that it really is a shame that I didn't enjoy this more.

I would also like to point out that once again, both families only have 1 parent.

SUMMARY: I would suggest that parents screen this before deciding on whether or not to let their kids see it. Many parents would find this offensive to their child's development. For young adults or teenagers this is an ok film but really not worth your time.