Good play, good movie, dumb people watching it.

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2003)

I had read the play 3 times in school (I'm only fifteen) before I came upon this movie. I decided to rent it and see how Luhrmann was able to pull it off. The movie was very stylish, I think, and well conceived. I'm very glad that they kept the old English dialogue and the new setting was interesting as well. It makes it seem like this sorta thing could really happen.
The acting was very good, too, as well as how the plot was adapted to modern times. Funny, tragic, and overall entertaining and inventive, I give this film a 7 1/2 out of 10.