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| Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | ||
| Claire Danes | ... | ||
| John Leguizamo | ... | ||
| Harold Perrineau | ... | ||
| Pete Postlethwaite | ... | ||
| Paul Sorvino | ... |
Fulgencio Capulet
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| Brian Dennehy | ... |
Ted Montague
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| Paul Rudd | ... |
Dave Paris
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| Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... | ||
| Miriam Margolyes | ... | ||
| Jesse Bradford | ... |
Balthasar
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| M. Emmet Walsh | ... |
Apothecary
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| Zak Orth | ... | ||
| Jamie Kennedy | ... | ||
| Dash Mihok | ... | ||
The classic story of Romeo and Juliet, set in a modern-day city of Verona Beach. The Montagues and Capulets are two feuding families, whose children meet and fall in love. They have to hide their love from the world because they know that their parents will not allow them to be together. There are obstacles on the way, like Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and Romeo's friend Mercutio, and many fights. But although it is set in modern times, it is still the same timeless story of the "star crossed lovers".
Very underrated modernization of the classic Shakespeare play. This movie has been pretty heavily criticized for the directors outlandishness in cinematography, but he understands when to tone down the often frantic pace of the storytelling during the dramatic scenes, and in fact this relationship tends to amplify their potency. Beautifully choreographed and shot, wonderfully acted by both the supporting cast and the main 2 stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, and extremely sly modernization techniques to the dialogue. All the elizabethan dialogue remains intact, yet it all seems coherent in the modern atmosphere. mostly due to good imagery and double meaning in the phrases (ex: their swords being a gun model, or the flash of money while quoting gold.). One of the best shakespeare adaptations in the multitude of which have entered the cinemas in the past few years.