Gnomeo and Juliet

Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (117 reviews)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (59,972 ratings)

The greatest love story ever told, starring...garden gnomes? In the upcoming "Gnomeo & Juliet," Shakespeare's revered tale gets a comical, off-the-wall makeover. Directed by Kelly Asbury ("Shrek 2") and showcasing both classic and original songs by Elton John, the film features the voices of James… More

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G, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By
Kelly Asbury
Genres
Action & Adventure, Animation, Romance, Comedy, Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts
In Theaters
Feb 11, 2011 Wide
On DVD
May 24, 2011
Touchstone Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Marks, New Yorker

    "Toy Story" goes Shakespearean in this animated retelling of the tale of the star-crossed lovers of Verona.

  • Rafer Guzman, Newsday

    Uneven is the course, as the Bard might say, but the ride is plenty of fun.

  • Laremy Legel, Film.com

    Sadly, the music is largely wasted on the material, as somehow gnomes racing a lawnmower doesn't organically translate to a song about fighting and getting a little action in.

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    Seriously, have most small children here even seen a garden gnome? Outside of a website commercial, maybe, or the cover of Grandpa's old "All Things Must Pass" album?

  • Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

    There's nothing here as clever as you find in Pixar fare, or Dreamwork's successful Shrek franchise, although co-writer/director Kelly Asbury did helm the Oscar-nominated Shrek 2.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Mark H


    Sweet cartoon tale based (obviously) on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Blue Gnomeo and red Juliet are figurines on adjacent lawns of neighbors who despise each other. They meet and fall in love despite the fact that the blue and the red garden gnome families are… More

  • Emily A


    "Gnomeo smashed Tybalt!" I was so tickled by the fact that, despite the rather dark content of the famous story, this film never lets you forget that the characters are garden gnomes. In case you do, there's a terracotta pottery clink that accompanies every high-five or… More

  • Directors C


    The funniest joke of the entire film is probably the witty title. Which i'm sure was the whole reason the movie got made. Because some executive went "hey I have an idea how about we do romeo and juliet but change it to Gnomeo....!"

  • paul s


    Ok, I laughed my ass off - don't know if it was simply because I was in the mood for a lighthearted farcical romp through the Bard's canon, or if the silly brilliance of the concept and its zany execution won me over; but win me over it did. From the outset, where a gnome… More

  • Melvin W


    Red Good Gnomes: The story you about to see has been told before. A lot.  "A little adventure goes a lawn way." Gnomeo and Juliet is a boring retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but this time it is with gnomes. When I first heard about this, I had no desire… More

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