Romeo and Juliet

1954

Action / Drama / Romance

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 80% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 709 709

dysfunctional family

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Plot summary

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Director

Renato Castellani Photo
Renato Castellani

Top cast

Laurence Harvey Photo
Laurence Harvey as Romeo
Mervyn Johns Photo
Mervyn Johns as Friar Laurence
Norman Wooland Photo
Norman Wooland as Paris
John Gielgud Photo
John Gielgud as Chorus
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1.26 GB
1280*944
English 2.0
Not Rated
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24 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds 3
2.59 GB
1472*1072
English 5.1
Not Rated
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24 fps
2 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Even though the colour and the impressive location

Even though the colour and the impressive location scenarios work really well here, the rest of it rather falls between two stools. It lacks the intensity of a stage play and the acting talent assembled - Flora Robson and the underused John Gielgud notwithstanding - is really quite underwhelming. You'll recall the story of the feuding Montagues and Capulets that sees true love emerge from centuries of slaughter and mayhem. It's "Romeo" (Laurence Harvey) who falls for "Juliet" (Susan Shentall) and they must keep their burgeoning romance under wraps for fear of all hell breaking loose. That's becoming harder and harder but as the story unfolds it also becomes much less engaging to watch. Harvey never was a particularly versatile actor and there's virtually no chemistry on display between him and the almost as wooden though maybe a bit more suitably virtuous Shentall. It's very much a lacklustre ensemble effort with few of the originally quirky and notable characters standing up to much scrutiny and somehow Renato Castellani has striven to create something here that belies it's credentials as one of literature's greatest and most enduring love stories. At times, it is almost little better than a very well choreographed and photographed soap. Every now and again these re-imaginings of Shakespeare's works come along, but this one is unlikely to be one anyone remembers too fondly.
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Reviewed by SwollenThumb 5 / 10

Joyless Lovers

Queen Mab scene is missing! I missed any real feeling of happiness between the young lovers before the real tragedy begins. Some stage-like acting means story is viewed from a distance. But the costuming is stunning and the settings real. I wished Juliet hadn't been played so demurely. The actress seems to always have her gaze averted. I enjoyed Mervyn Johns' Friar Lawrence. We had to wait another 14 years for Zefferelli's definitive version.

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