Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery
Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was unique in its day for casting kids in the play's pivotal roles of, well, kids. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 1...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000
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May 31, 2009ugg this girl cannot cry worth a penny! and Romeo is Zac Effrons FATHER! jk but he looks like him!!
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November 9, 2008Watched this movie in English class and loved it. I didn't relise Shakespeare was so good. It's a good watch.
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March 11, 2008I think I have not seen this in maybe twenty years. I just suffered through it again -- and I mean that in the most positive sense. As fate would have it, Turner had this on right as I came home from work. And I also mean that fate was positively on my side here.
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October 13, 2007Every kid knows this one as the movie they show in school that shows boobs.
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August 21, 2007Sorry but I really don't get this film. I would like to say that I do enjoy shakespeare but this film just really lacked any reason why we should care about the them. Yes it's beutifully shot and yes it's accurate but at the same time it doesn't make up for poor acting and a some...( read more)
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November 10, 2009whenever i hear the word classic, what enters my mind first is romeo and juliet.
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October 27, 2009It's hard to judge or better said appreciate this movie. My first intention would be to mock it, and find the flaws, but that would be too easy and unfair to a production that has some merits.
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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June 20, 2009our were great in Romeo and Juliet with Leonard! You two make a great couple! this is good movie. gumbi
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November 28, 2008i can see i little resemblelence between zac efron & the dude that plays romeo but it doesnt matter cuz zac efron sucks!
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June 27, 2008everyone must be blind because zac efron does not look anywhere close to leonard whiting.
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March 17, 2008btw
ROMEO DOES NOT LOOK LIKE EFRON
EFRON IS A GAY UGLY THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
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January 5, 2008hey dis is mona and i dnt no who you r but can you stop stealing my picz from my website
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October 11, 2007my love <3
and everyone desperately needs to stop comparing them
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July 25, 2007the greatest romeo and juliet's movie i've ever seen....olivia and leonard have a naturallY acting and they have done this movie....i watch it at televiSion whose played an old school movie who was the best at that age....and yeah....I LOVE THIS MOVIE....
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June 30, 2007my english class studied romeo and juilet, so we got to watch the movie. of course, this is the first romeo and juilet movie to cast teenagers and show both of them naked on their wedding night. but of course, i'm not into those kinds of movies.
but my english teacher, Mr. Kneeland, said that in his opinion, this is the best Romeo and Juilet movie out of all the ones made. the movie looked really good though. the costumes look realistic, and the scenery looks real.(If they ever make another Romeo and Juilet, they should shoot it in Italy, like they did this one.)
but that romeo did look hot when he had his shirt off.
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