Romeo and Juliet

Name: Romeo and Juliet
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: October 8, 1968
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Bruce Robinson, John McEnery, Leonard Whiting, Michael York, Milo O'Shea

1968

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 8, 1968 | TV-14

Starring: Bruce Robinson, John McEnery, Leonard Whiting, Michael York, Milo O'Shea, Natasha Parry, Olivia Hussey, Pat Heywood, Paul Hardwick, Robert Stephens

Summary: When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 138 min

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Roger Ebert

The costumes and everything else in the film--the photography, the music, above all Shakespeare's language--is so voluptuous, so sensuous. Read full review

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Ira Robbins

This decorous production brought Shakespeare’s rapture of first love to timeless life — and death — with achingly sensitive performances in a voluptuous period re-creation. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

This has elegance, vigour and charm. Read full review

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Mostly it remains enjoyable for its colour and visual flair. Danilo Donati's costumes are, as usual, breathtaking. Read full review

Steve Simels

The whole thing sinks on the shoulders of its pretty teen stars (Hussey and Whiting), who exhibit all the raw talent and sensuality of bit players in some bad Spanish soap. Read full review

Pauline Kael

The one element Zeffirelli removes that the other bowdlerizers also removed is Shakespeare's language. Only about half the play is left, and what's there doesn't build up the rhythm of a poetic drama. Heard in isolated fragments, the lines just seem a funny way of talking that is hard to understand.

Rich Gold

Rarely will audiences be moved to throat-gulping by the plight of the young couple. For all Hussey’s prettiness and Whiting’s shy charm it is clear that they do not understand one tenth of the meaning of their lines and it is a drawback from which the film cannot recover. Read full review

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ghalibaljeboor

Jan 4, 2023

i loved this movie and it has heart breaking end like known already, really a master piece

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