This is the movie that established Baz Luhrmann was more than just Strictly Ballroom.
His second feature is a dazzling bold pop update. Set in gang infested, decaying Verona Beach. Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Clare Danes) are the star crossed lovers.
Unfortunately their respective families, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival corporate dynasties at war. It is bound to end in tragedy.
This is a frenetic, brash and imaginative updating. So it was a surprise that American critics seemed to be more sniffy with this movie upon release.
The audience and European critics lapped the movie up, despite some of the actors struggling with the prose.
His second feature is a dazzling bold pop update. Set in gang infested, decaying Verona Beach. Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Clare Danes) are the star crossed lovers.
Unfortunately their respective families, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival corporate dynasties at war. It is bound to end in tragedy.
This is a frenetic, brash and imaginative updating. So it was a surprise that American critics seemed to be more sniffy with this movie upon release.
The audience and European critics lapped the movie up, despite some of the actors struggling with the prose.