Film Review - Romeo and Juliet

This new film of Romeo and Juliet is a very successful adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play and it

does a great job of engaging the audience with the story at all times.

The story begins with a large fight between the Capulets and the Montagues, two prestigious families

in Verona, Italy. The two protagonists of the story, Romeo and Juliet, who come from these two

families,

fall in love, only to later discover that their families are enemies. They are devastated, but they

decide to marry and so Romeo and Juliet are married by Friar Lawrence.

Juliet’s mother wants her daughter to marry a man named Paris, but she refuses to comply. Friar

Lawrence gives Juliet a potion which will make her appear dead and he promises to tell Romeo. She

drinks the potion and everybody thinks she is dead. Friar Lawrence’s letter fails to reach Romeo, so

he

assumes that his wife is dead and commits suicide. Later, Juliet wakes to find Romeo is dead and so
she kills herself.

I would wholeheartedly recommend this film to anyone who likes Shakespeare and romantic love

stories.

It is a classic story that still appeals to everybody, even younger audiences.