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  • Summary: When eight cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic drama ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives. Incorporating the original text of Romeo and Juliet, YouTube videos, and lip-synched Indie rock music, Private Romeo takes us to a mysterious and tender place that only Shakespeare could have inspired. (Wolf Releasing)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Feb 9, 2012
    90
    Much better to focus on the tempestuous Mercutio (Hale Appleman, a standout), whose increasing volatility forms the perfect counterpoint to Mr. Doyle's beaming Juliet and Seth Numrich's sensitive Romeo. Punctuated by eerily static shots of empty basketball courts and deserted hallways, Mercutio's blustering menace is as timeless as the romance he seeks to derail.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Feb 9, 2012
    40
    Unfortunately, "modern" additions (like the soldiers' YouTube videos and some social media moments) feel clunky, and a necessarily shortened approach trips the movie up, though leads Matt Doyle and Seth Numrich - accomplished Broadway actors - are intense, engaged and appropriately tragic.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Diego Costa
    Feb 8, 2012
    38
    Private Romeo feels more like a side project from the producers of Glee than some kind of novel queering of Shakespeare's text.

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