Director Baz Luhrmann's 1996 reworking of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a solid reworking of Shakespeare's classic tale. In the film two young lovers (Romeo and Juliet) are separated by a bitter and long-lasting family feud. Despite their family's terrible animosity toward each other, the two marry in secret. Juliet's cousin Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel, but Romeo refuses to fight back. Instead, Tybalt stabs Mercutio, Romeo's best friend, and Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo is b
Overall, I feel that Luhrmann's film is a solid and creative reworking of Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet. His attention to detail in costume, lighting, and the use of Shakespeare's Elizabethan tongue give the movie a romantic and dreamy feel. The age-old plot is gripping and tragic in his hands, and the solid performances by actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes do justice to one of the English languages' most loved tales of romantic love gone awry.
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