Shakespeare put to shame

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2005)

This movie leaves far to be desired for those who cherish the brilliant works of William Shakespeare. If Shakespeare was to sit down and watch this film, he would feel deceived. This movie takes a brilliant classic and destroys it with a poor attempt to modernize. This movie takes fantastic characters that the world has cherished for centuries and makes them hollow and blank. Finally, this movie takes excellent and thrilling scenes and destroys them, jumping from one idea to another without smooth transitions. For those who have never read Romeo and Juliet, this movie will be confusing and misleading. For those who have read Romeo and Juliet, this movie will be inadequate and appalling.