Film

Movie theaters, reviews and showtimes in New York, plus articles, trailers and more
 

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Average user rating
1 review

Movie review

From Time Out Film Guide

Zeffirelli's mod adaptation of Romeo and Juliet isn't one of the very slim handful of masterfully filmed Shakespeare plays, but it's nowhere near as mawkish as the simple-minded pantheism on display in the later Brother Sun, Sister Moon. It is successful in one very important respect, the handling of the hot-headed youth of the feuding Verona families, and the street brawling scenes are admirable. The rot sets in with Zeffirelli's treatment of the 'stern' parents, the sentimentality of his Irish friar (O'Shea) and Cockney nurse (Heywood), and the tragic denouement. Mostly it remains enjoyable for its colour and visual flair. Danilo Donati's costumes are, as usual, breathtaking.

Author: RM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

  • Print this page
  • Send to a friend

User reviews of this film

  • Nicole said...
    Posted on Jul 29 2007 15:30 Many think Romeo and Juliet is a boring book, but have you ever read it? Romeo and Juliet is an interesting, and surprising book, although it may become confusing at times. This tragic book ends up with five people from both families dead. But the cause of their deaths occur because of the same reason--the family feud. Children may read this book and think nothing of it, and thats what I thought in the beginning of this book. I dreaded to read it, until I really understood the meaning. It was thoughtful, yet percise and a perfect book for freshmans. I loved it!
    Report as inappropriate

What do you think?
Post your review now

clear rating
Min 1 star. Zero stars will be treated as unrated.

*mandatory fields


Cast & crew

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Producer: Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne

Cast: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Milo O'Shea, Michael York, John McEnery, Pat Heywood, Natasha Parry, Paul Hardwick, Robert Stephens, Laurence Olivier full cast

Duration: 152 mins


Features

Making a name for himself

Making a name for himself

Sin Nombre's Cary Joji Fukunaga learned his lessons well.

To the letter

Forty years later, Costa-Gavras's Z still brims with fury.

Mind over matter

David Cronenberg reflects on a most bizarre body: his own corpus of work.

Fool's gold

Can an Oscar win lead to a cursed career? Here are five stories of postaward professional meltdowns.

We are the championed

Terrorists and teens abound in this year's "Film Comment Selects."

A history of violence

Matteo Garrone's kaleidoscopic Gomorrah wallops you with Italy's crime crisis.

True romantic

James Gray exchanges urban amorality for amour in Two Lovers.

Playing in the dark

MoMA salutes pianist Stuart Oderman's 50 years as the one-man sound of silents.

Junk bonds

Cast and crew recall the making of the classic NYC drug drama The Panic in Needle Park.