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By [Anonymous] (537) on 15 Feb 2009

Alright, Baz Lurhmann, with all due respect, what the fuck have you done? Modern day Miami with verona dialog? get me my longsword=big gun…

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By Garydf (1) on 17 Nov 2008

A play which should be worshiped no mocked!! And the moder day adaption is all it does in its pathetic attempts to impress…

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By Steve (94) on 03 Nov 2008

I think the action scenes were ok but the ancient language completely ruined the play…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 13 Oct 2008

For all the hubbub, the film succeeds in relating Shakespeare to modern times, thanks mainly to the use of energetic pop music and the gameness…

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By Michellet. (1) on 19 Jul 2008

Quite good compared to the horrible musical 'west side story…

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By Alex (231) on 18 Jul 2008

Brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare's tale…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 28 Nov 2007

Amid the clamor from outraged purists and Shakespeare spinning in his Stratford-on-Avon, England, grave, you should notice that Luhrmann and…

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By Louish. (19) on 18 Nov 2007

This is a weird movie. The drama loses all of its touch…

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By Patrick (57) on 02 Apr 2007

Romeo and Juliet in a modern-day setting…

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By Alex Ross (4) for Slate (2,081) on 09 Mar 2007

It may be the most visually imaginative Shakespeare film since Akira Kurosawa's Ran, and certainly one of the more operatic Hollywood creations…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 17 Apr 2006

Although arresting in spots, it falls far short of bringing out the full values of the play, and doesn't approach the emotional resonance of…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 29 Oct 2004

It would be destined for the trash heap of Shakespeare adaptations, if not for its female lead, and its heart, 17-year-old Claire Danes…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 Oct 2003

I have never seen anything remotely approaching the mess that the new punk version of Romeo & Juliet makes of Shakespeare's tragedy…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Dec 2002

Luhrmann, an Australian who pretty much let his camera go nuts in the egregiously overrated Strictly Ballroom, here makes reasonable, imaginative…

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By Bob Mccabe (30) for Empire (3,446) on 13 May 2002

Baz Luhrmann takes the audience on a unique ride through one of the Bard's best-known texts, illuminating the story, occasionally subjugating…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 10 May 2002

Romeo & Juliet is a series of spectacular production designs posing as a motion picture…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Sep 2001

For all of its departures, Luhrmann's largely successful reinterpretation is far from irreverent…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Mar 1999

Moving the action to a modern American city, the hyperactive movie seems goofy and gimmicky at first, but it acquires real power when the cinematography…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Dec 1997

The result is embarrassing: quick cuts and shaky, hand- held camera work, bad acting and lots of attitude…

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