Shakespeare would roll in his grave....

Rating: 4/10 (27 February 2011)

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I began to watch this movie. Perhaps I still had in mind the 3 other Shakespearean films that I loved - and understood. That love ended here. While I appreciate what they were going for in this - probably to make high school kids enjoy it more (I'm a Much Ado about Nothing fan myself). However, the attempted mixing of modern day Verona and Shakeespearean language just don't seem to mix. While in any other setting (almost) the language might seem deep, perhaps difficult to follow,yet in this movie it just seemed insincere, and very stiff. I would recommend getting a different version of the classic tale if you are looking for true Shakespeare.