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Romeo + Juliet

  • 19961996
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
227K
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POPULARITY
259
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
227K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
259
83
  • Director
    • Baz Luhrmann
  • Writers
    • William Shakespeare(play)
    • Craig Pearce(screenplay)
    • Baz Luhrmann(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Claire Danes
    • John Leguizamo
Top credits
  • Director
    • Baz Luhrmann
  • Writers
    • William Shakespeare(play)
    • Craig Pearce(screenplay)
    • Baz Luhrmann(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Claire Danes
    • John Leguizamo
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 596User reviews
    • 84Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 15 wins & 29 nominations total

    Videos5

    Romeo + Juliet
    Trailer 2:15
    Romeo + Juliet
    Romeo + Juliet | Anniversary Mashup
    Clip 1:27
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    Photos215

    Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Baz Luhrmann in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Baz Luhrmann in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Claire Danes at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Amanda De Cadenet at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)
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    Cameron Diaz at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)
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    Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio at an event for Romeo + Juliet (1996)

    Top cast

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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(play)
      • Craig Pearce(screenplay)
      • Baz Luhrmann(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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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 visible 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 reviews596

    Review
    Top review
    What's That Whirring Sound?
    Updating the plays of Shakespeare has occupied the minds of many filmmakers, but it is a good idea to try to occupy the minds of the audience as well. Baz Luhrmann's loud, brash and irritating adaptation is possibly the most pathetic attempt at updating the Bard I can remember. How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways...

    The basic setting doesn't really work beyond the most surface level, although using a newscaster as a narrator is a good idea. The casting is utterly bizarre, with Danes displaying all the talent of a jar of water, Postlethwaite miscast as a priest, and Margolyes overacting horribly. The decision to make Mercutio a drag queen make so little sense that I wonder if I'm still watching a 16th century play, and the whole enterprise is horrendously overdirected. The cross motif gets so out of hand that by the end we have a gross of them in a single shot, the storm is an unoriginal device, and is badly matted, as are the shots of family names on the tops of buildings.

    I can't begin to imagine why so many people like this film, although at least they are getting more out of it then I am. If you want a good Shakespeare update, try Richard III (1995). As for this, I wasted two hours of my life, which I'm not getting back, on a film that disappears up it's own backside faster than a jet-propelled enema.
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    5
    • Jeremy-4
    • Aug 16, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1996 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Mexico
    • 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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