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• Directors C

  
  Yes I think we all get the picture that the leads played their roles fantastically. The movie itself wasn't perfect because of the cheesiness of it. It's great if your into romance films but it's not for everyone. Olivia Hussey is definetely the best Juliet there's… More
  Yes I think we all get the picture that the leads played their roles fantastically. The movie itself wasn't perfect because of the cheesiness of it. It's great if your into romance films but it's not for everyone. Olivia Hussey is definetely the best Juliet there's ever been. It's solid for a romance but as I said it wont hold universal appeal. The reason being for me because it didn't feel like it was on a large enough epic or tragic scale.

• Jim C

  
  I liked this version, but I had a feeling they had a lot of vreepy clothes and terrible acting.

• Chris W

  
  Saw this in English class my freshman year of high school. I don't have excellent memories of all of it, so I should probably rewatch it sometime, but, for a straight take on the story, it's probably the best one to pick. No one does spectacle like Zeffirelli.

• Wildaly M

  
  Franco Zeffirelli's version of Romeo & Juliet is an incredible film with its faithful rendition of the original story, with realistic and impressive visuals, scenery, and costumes and great acting from the leads and the rest of the cast.

• AJ V

  
  This is my favourite Romeo and Juliet movie ever, I think. The cast does a great job, the music and costumes and sets are beautiful, it's a really good movie.

• Conner R

  
  The end all say all of Romeo and Juliet adaptions. It is by far the most imaginative and accurate depictions of the story. Franco Zeffirelli clearly knew how to bring one of Shakespeare's most beloved works to the screen. The sets look beautiful and give the play a very realistic… More
  The end all say all of Romeo and Juliet adaptions. It is by far the most imaginative and accurate depictions of the story. Franco Zeffirelli clearly knew how to bring one of Shakespeare's most beloved works to the screen. The sets look beautiful and give the play a very realistic look. While it isn't a perfect movie, it is the best you can expect.

• Wahida K

  
  I rather stuck on the Remake with Leonardo Di Caprio.

• Morgan S

  
  ugg this girl cannot cry worth a penny! and Romeo is Zac Effrons FATHER! jk but he looks like him!!

• Bobby H

  
  The best version of Romeo and Juliet to ever be played on the big screen. Actors were great, and it was perfectly matched with the play. It truly brought it too life.

• Lanning :

  
  I 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. <p>We all… More
  I 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. <p>We all know the story, we all know how the wheel of fortune turns on these two (age-appropriate actors!) playing possibly the most star-crossed lovers in literary history, yet I always watch this very best film adaptation of R&J with the excruciating yearning to see it turn out differently. I feel I know why I have studiously avoided subjecting myself to the exquisite pain that Zeffirelli brings to the screen: The film is so "true" that it kills me each time with its precise insight into the concept of abject despair. Yea, verily, not only did the course of true love never run smoothly, but it always seems to run, newly realized, as absolutely badly as it can in this tale for the ages of doomed romance. <p>As I say, Zeffirelli made a point of being the first to cast two actors very close to the actual age of Shakespeare's fated duo. They are so refreshingly young and spontaneous in their acting that this alone is a reason to watch. But the entire cast is so appropriately Shakesperean in their synergy that I can't actually believe anyone has dared to try staging this again since Zeffirelli. <p> Amazingly, standing out above all others, as I knew many years ago, is John McEnery as Mercutio. His performance alone will repay you for the time you invest in viewing this. What an absolutely perfect casting move. He is Mercutio. And after him, as well, no others will do.

• Dan S

  
  Not a bad adaption, not a great one.

• Curtis L

  
  Every kid knows this one as the movie they show in school that shows boobs.

• Film C

  
  i actually saw this in english but didnt like it very much its not as gd as the newer version

• Jennifer X

  
  i don't have much to say about this film except that it's overrated x1000.

• Red L

  
  Hard to believe this movie was released in 1968. I liked it back then

• danny d

  
  eh

• Tom E

  
  My second fav of all time -- after Zefferelli's Brother Sun, Sister Moon

• Rico Z

  
  A classic adaptation of the beloved Shakespeare play. This one is one of my faves of all time-- not quite top 10 material though.

• Bradley W

  
  I liked this version, but I had a feeling they had a lot of vreepy clothes and terrible acting.

• Cameron J

  
  A classic adaptation of a classic tale, Zepherelli's "Romeo and Juliet" holds extremely good acting, fairy good directing, strong characters, a compelling story and so on. However, as the film progresses, it grows less and less seriousness in some major events and the… More
  A classic adaptation of a classic tale, Zepherelli's "Romeo and Juliet" holds extremely good acting, fairy good directing, strong characters, a compelling story and so on. However, as the film progresses, it grows less and less seriousness in some major events and the characters heavily weaken. With this problem, we've underdevelopment, exaggeration, inappropriate humor, carrying on, etc. None the less, the film is still a very notable work of art.

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