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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2006)

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User Rating: 1.9/10 (68 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Phil Nibbelink
Writers:
Phil Nibbelink (writer)
William Shakespeare (play)
Release Date:
23 June 2006 (Spain) more
Genre:
Animation | Family more
Plot:
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss is a fully animated feature fantasy about two star crossed seals... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Interesting ("retro" on so many levels) Indie Success more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Chip Albers ... Mercutio (voice)
Steve Goldberg ... Montague (voice)
Chanelle Nibbelink ... Kissy the Kissing Fish (voice)
Phil Nibbelink ... Prince (voice)

Michael Toland ... Capulet / Friar Lawrence (voice)
Daniel Trippett ... Romeo (voice)
Tricia Trippett ... Juliet (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:76 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:G | Australia:G
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Montague: Mercutio, what do you suppose is the matter with my son?
Mercutio: What, young Romeo? I think he swallowed a little sushi and it went down the wrong pipe, y'know what I'm talkin' about?
Benvolio: You know, too many sea slugs can be bad for your digestion.
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting ("retro" on so many levels) Indie Success, 17 June 2007
4/10
Author: John Esche from Jersey City, New Jersey

No, it isn't Disney, and it isn't even quite Shakespeare (the almost too clever but crafty subtitle "Sealed With A Kiss" tells us that), but as a throwback to one and a light introduction to the other, this very little (77 minute) film deserves to find an appreciative audience.

The one-man, single cell "flat" animation is smoothly done and handsome. While the brown and yellow Romeo and Juliet seals (to distinguish between the Montague and Capulet herds) are closer to the look of Casper the Ghost and friends than the more detailed "flat" animation from the corporate giants at Disney, Pixar or Bluth, it is several steps ahead of the still popular (among the undemanding young) work associated with Rankin-Bass. The standard Nibbelink maintains is consistent and impressive. Even the Elephant Seal "Prince" who stands in for Shakespeare's Duke who threatens any who would disturb the streets of his Venice does not recall the visual sloppiness of the broad lines Ursula, the evil witch in Disney's LITTLE MERMAID was rendered in.

The script might have tried a little harder (it omits more Shakespearian characters than it had to - where's the nurse? - and while it feels free to drop in "famous" Shakespearian quotes from other plays at any convenient turn for the amusement of the adult audience, it could have used a few more in the actual plot without turning off the younger set), but it is coherent and even in "smoothing out" the rough edges of one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies for overly sensitive parents, it preserves the essence of most of Shakespeare's lessons (at least as interpreted these 400 years later).

Charm is the key word here - it is a charming film, and a very nicely done one, even if it were from a major studio. From a one-man operation it's close to a miracle that any student of film or animation should put on their "must-discover" list. Even before the kids are ready for MONSTERS INC. or SHREK 1, 2 or 3, this ROMEO AND JULIET, Sealed With A Kiss would be a very good choice for a wise parent.

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