Acting ability

Rating: Null/10 (23 January 2002)

A gorgeous and lavish production - a riot of colour and movement. The only fault? Da Caprio is no Shakespearian actor - too light weight in presentation, no force behind the dialogue. At times his voice seemed weak and he spoke a little too fast; in short, he appeared uncomfortable in the part. Apart from that this version of the classic is one of the best I have seen.