Romeo And Juliet [1996] DVD (Region 2)

Romeo And Juliet [1996] pictures

7.8	Listal rating

Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date : 4 March 2002
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 5039036008419

Romance (6), Shakespeare (5), Drama (5), Chick Flick (2), Retelling (2), Tragedy (2), 1996 (1), VHS (1), 1990s (1), Leonardo Dicaprio (1), Region Mismatch - Actually Region 1 (1), Low Priority (1), PG-13 (1), Booksies (1), Clare Danes (1), Baz Luhrman (1), Modern Shakespeare (1), Teen Drama (1), Historical (1), Musical (1)

Description

While perhaps not the defining moment in the making of Leonardo DiCaprio's career, his appearance in this dazzling take on William Shakepeare's Romeo & Juliet back in 1996 did the careers of both Clare Danes and himself no harm at all. Perhaps the real star of the show here though is director Baz Luhrmann, who employs a frenetic, at times d While perhaps not the defining moment in the making of Leonardo DiCaprio's career, his appearance in this dazzling take on William Shakepeare's Romeo & Juliet back in 1996 did the careers of both Clare Danes and himself no harm at all. Perhaps the real star of the show here though is director Baz Luhrmann, who employs a frenetic, at times downright-brilliant style to the age-old tale of tale of star-crossed lovers. Luhrmann would go on to make Moulin Rouge a few years' later.

From the off, his take on Romeo & Juliet explodes unpredictably onto the screen, bubbling with vision and originality, accompanied throughout by an excellent score and soundtrack that rightly spawned two spin-off CDs. There are sacrifices made along the way to support Luhrmann's vision though, with the text being stripped down to leave the core of the story in tact, and that's just one of a number of complaints that Shakespeare purists may have.

And yet, perhaps more than any other attempt to bring the work of the Bard to the screen of late, this is an extremely accessible entry-point to Shakepeare's work. That it's also by turns breathtaking, dazzling and a sheer joy to watch doesn't harm its cause either. The two leads are charming, the support cast backs them up superbly, and the end result is one of the most interesting visual treats that Hollywood mustered up throughout the 1990s.--Simon Brew ... (more) (less)

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