An interesting interpretation.

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2012)

This is a good film. Be warned, however, that some of the dialogue has been cut. You will notice this from the very first scene (incidentally my personal favourite Shakespeare scene) but I do not think that this distracts from the plot or the quality of the great playwright himself. It has been modernised to best of anyone's ability, and it is to Lurhmann's that this still looks like a Shakespeare, and has most of the dialogue making sense in a modern setting.
This is actually one film in which Leonardo DiCaprio acts well, as helped by a great cast, including stellar performances by Harold Perrineau and John Leguizamo. All of the symbols used in he production were effective, if a little obvious, and all in all this film is slick and true to the original, down to even the minutest details. Even though little tributes to the original setting sometimes are a little 'in your face', they are nice, and further add to the sense of respect the film has for the play.
I am a great one for conventional, traditional performances of Romeo and Juliet, but I have to say that this is a very good film, and grips to the last, even though everyone knows what happens.