Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes

Plot: Two lovers of rival, disputing families take their lives.

Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets...

So begins Baz Luhrmann?s production of Shakespeare's beloved play, "Romeo and Juliet," from the famous opening line of "Two Households both alike in dignity.." to the tragic end, the viewer is whisked away into the ?depths?of heightened realism in the world of Verona Beach.

Casting includes Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Juliet as well as great performances by John Leguizamo (Tybalt) and, Harold Perrineau (Mercutio). Danes brings life to the character of Juliet and reaches far beyond the subservient stereotype of most Elizabethan characters with her ambition and assert

If you need to see bodices and ruffled collars to enjoy your Veronese tragedies, choose otherwise; but if a boys' choir singing "When Doves Cry" seems the perfect accompaniment to the wedding of two star-crossed lovers, you'll surely enjoy the two hours' traffic of this staging.

ion, although she sometimes sounds like a schoolgirl reading lines aloud for a teacher. DiCaprio is not quite as polished and in some scenes you may find him off-hand and whiny, however he manages to capture the depth and thoughtfulness associated with Romeo.

If the movie fails in any respect, it's absence of some of Shakespeare's words. Music (although very well suited) sometimes obscures the actors' speech, and the lengthy text has been cut to almost two hours, eliminating some important scenes. Shakespeare movies usually have to undergo alterations to the text, because modern audiences are accustomed to two-hour feature films. But in this version of Romeo and Juliet, these aren't just cuts

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