Shakespeare On Acid

Rating: 7/10 (21 June 1999)

I found this adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" intriguing, though far from spectacular. I've never exactly decided whether or not I think it's good, but I do enjoy it. The love between Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio is quite nice, although it lacks the wild passion (particularly on Claire's part) that distinguishes this tale, and Pete Postlethwaite seems to be the only actor involves who seems as though he can truly handle the Bard. Nevertheless, I think it can only be a compliment to Shakespeare that his work continues to be interpreted in so many diverse ways hundreds of years after he wrote it. On that note, this is a brave experiment that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. It is a study in style, with a unique, acid-art burn.