Top billed cast

1. 

   Leonardo DiCaprio

   Romeo

2. 

   Claire Danes

   Juliet

3. 

   Jesse Bradford

   Balthasar

4. 

   Vondie Curtis-Hall

   Captain Prince

5. 

   Brian Dennehy

   Ted Montague

6. 

   John Leguizamo

   Tybalt

7. 

   Miriam Margolyes

   Nurse

8. 

   Harold Perrineau

   Mercutio

9. 

   Christina Pickles

   Caroline Montague

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-18

Baz Luhrmann has relocated this classic to modern day Verona Beach and introduced a contemporary sound track to complement much of the original dialogue from the bard's story of true love, revenge and, quite possibly, the greatest tragedy ever written in the English language. The families "Montague" and "Capulet" have been feuding since God was a boy. The uneasy truce between them is to be severely tested when "Romeo" (Leonardo DiCaprio) and "Juliet" (Clare Danes) fall in love. Being from each of these warring tribes, they must keep their love clandestine in order to avoid conflict. As their a...read the rest

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6. Othello74%
7. Tristan & Isolde67%
8. The Sleeping Dictionary65%
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10. Not Easily Broken62%
11. Quo Vadis71%
12. Racing with the Moon63%
13. The Best of Me74%
14. Life in a Year82%
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20. Hamlet73%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$14,500,000.00

Revenue
$147,298,761.00

Keywords

• suicide
• gang war
• forbidden love
• based on play or musical
• murder
• gun violence
• star crossed lovers
• teenage romance
• masquerade
• romeo & juliet
• absurd
• incredulous
• disapproving
• dubious
• indifferent