few compete

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2001)

there is something that a lot of people are missing about this movie... it IS every romantic, tawdry, over-the-top love story ever told... thats the whole point...
romeo and juliet didn't die because of their parents' feud or of star-crossed love... no, they died of romanticism... that's what baz luhrmann is saying with this masterpiece... could have been trimmed in places, could have been more objective at the end to hammer home his point, but... otherwise a film masterpiece that is not only magical, but literary as well...
if you take your brain to this film, you will miss out...
if you take your heart to this film, you will miss out...
if you make sure you have both your brain and your heart in place for this one, you will not be disappointed