Shakespeare according to MTV*

Rating: Null/10 (19 August 1998)

Despite the unorthodox MTV style used in this version of Shakespeare's great tragic romance, the film does work. Sometimes the dialogue falls like bricks from the mouths of the two main characters, but more often, the two actors convince us by the sheer reality of their emotions. The rest of the cast is also convincing.
See this film for its sheer novelty, but allow yourself to get swept away by the power of the performances as well as by the music and the settings.

Shakespeare was in show-biz. He knew that in the theater, you make a living by bringing in the crowd and filling the seats. He would have been pleased by this unusual but effective approach to one of his most enduring plays.