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Romeo + Juliet

  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
236K
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POPULARITY
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Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, and Harold Perrineau in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
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Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

  • Director
    • Baz Luhrmann
  • Writers
    • William Shakespeare
    • Craig Pearce
    • Baz Luhrmann
  • Stars
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Claire Danes
    • John Leguizamo
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    236K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    507
    44
    • Director
      • Baz Luhrmann
    • Writers
      • William Shakespeare
      • Craig Pearce
      • Baz Luhrmann
    • Stars
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Claire Danes
      • John Leguizamo
    • 616User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 15 wins & 29 nominations total

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    Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
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    Cameron Diaz at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)
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    Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)

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    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Romeo
    Claire Danes
    Claire Danes
    • Juliet
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Tybalt
    Harold Perrineau
    Harold Perrineau
    • Mercutio
    Lupita Ochoa
    • Attractive Girl
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Pete Postlethwaite
    • Father Laurence
    Gloria Silva
    • Nun
    Paul Sorvino
    Paul Sorvino
    • Fulgencio Capulet
    Brian Dennehy
    Brian Dennehy
    • Ted Montague
    Paul Rudd
    Paul Rudd
    • Dave Paris
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    • Captain Prince
    Carolyn Valero
    • Middle Age Occupant
    Miriam Margolyes
    Miriam Margolyes
    • The Nurse
    Paco Morayta
    • Middle Age Occupant
    Jesse Bradford
    Jesse Bradford
    • Balthasar
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Apothecary
    Margarita Wynne
    Margarita Wynne
    • Station Mother
    Zak Orth
    Zak Orth
    • Gregory
    • Director
      • Baz Luhrmann
    • Writers
      • William Shakespeare
      • Craig Pearce
      • Baz Luhrmann
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Key hair stylist Aldo Signoretti was kidnapped by gang members and held for $300 ransom which Baz Luhrmann paid.
    • Goofs
      At the gas station showdown, a boom mic is reflected in a car window as the camera moves past it.
    • Quotes

      Romeo: Did my heart love 'til now? Forswear its sight. For I never saw true beauty 'til this night.

    • Crazy credits
      The film opens and closes with the Chorus, appearing as an anchorwoman on a TV screen, narrating the prologue and the closing lines.
    • Connections
      Edited into Nothing Is Truer Than Truth (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      #1 Crush
      Performed, Written and Produced by Garbage

      Garbage appears courtesy of Almo Sounds, Inc./Mushroom

      Records UK Ltd.

      Shirley Manson appears courtesy of Radioactive Records

    User reviews616

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Beautiful Modernization of Shakespeare's Classic Play
    The amazing thing about this movie is that it has managed to re-do Shakespeare's famous tragedy in a modern setting while still retaining its original dialogue. What's even more amazing is it works. I admit that I was a little apprehensive about seeing this movie, fearing that Luhrman had either destroyed the play's beauty and power by setting it in modern times, or had butchered Shakespeare's eloquent words by making them sound more modern. I was wrong. Almost everything about this movie is just incredible.

    Luhrman brilliantly casted Claire Danes as fourteen-year-old Juliet. The actress certainly looks the part, with her youthful features and innocent eyes. More importantly, she acts the part. Ms. Danes almost flawlessly captures Juliet's distressing journey from childhood to womanhood, beautifully showing her dramatic transition which had taken toll on her during her five day relationship with Romeo. When the story begins, Juliet is a naive girl, having not yet experienced true love, and by the end we can clearly see just how much her love for Romeo has deepened in passion, and how dramatically her character has developed.

    Leanardo DeCaprio's Romeo was almost equally impressive. Some of his recitations of Shakespeare made me cringe, but for the most part he was perfect. One of Romeo's most important characteristics in the play is the intensity of his emotions, and DeCaprio captures this feature incredibly. Romeo is brash and impulsive, with a tendency to act on the heat of the moment rather than to first consider the situation like the more levelheaded Juliet. This unfortunate characteristic, which played a huge role in leading up to the lovers' tragic fate, is wonderfully mastered by DeCaprio and retained throughout the film. But we also, like with Juliet, get a glimpse of his character's development. At the beginning of the play Romeo is a hopeless romantic who fantasizes of love, and seems to dwell more in his daydreamed world than actually on earth. At this point he has no idea what true love really is, he only thinks he does. It is not until he meets Juliet that he can begin to comprehend the true depth and passion of love. DeCaprio triumphs in this area as well.

    The other actors are superb, and wonderfully portray their characters as Shakespeare intended. But what really impressed me was, as I stated earlier, the keeping of Shakespeare's original dialogue in Luhrman's modern setting. I know some people criticize this film for destroying the romance and beauty of Shakespeare's words by setting the story in modern day Verona, but I feel that it only made the film more romantic. What Luhrman did was both bold and brilliant, and he succeeded wonderfully.

    I won't speak any more of the brilliance of this film, I just highly recommend you see it as soon as possible. If you're a fan of Shakespeare like me, I think you will enjoy this hip, yet still lovely, modernization of his most famous play ever.
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    • Apr 1, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Mexico
      • Australia
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
    • Filming locations
      • Chapultepec Castle, Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Bazmark Films
      • Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $14,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,351,345
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,133,231
      • Nov 3, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $147,554,998
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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