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- 1968
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
- 1968
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli
- 1968
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
- 1968
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 18 m
Romeo and Juliet
69
7.8
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Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
69
50% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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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.
It's a visually stunning adaptation with much action, broad humor, and eroticism.
This has elegance, vigour and charm.
Mostly it remains enjoyable for its colour and visual flair. Danilo Donati's costumes are, as usual, breathtaking.
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.
Franco Zeffirelli's reputation as a popularizer of Shakespeare stems from this gusty swirl of a 1968 production built around - and aimed at - teens. The uncomprehending looks on the faces of Leonard Whiting's Romeo and Olivia Hussey's Juliet only increase the film's demographic pull, as poetry is replaced with prettiness. [18 Jan 1991, p.32p]
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
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90% Positive
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
