Genius

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2005)

I was forced to read Romeo and Juliet in school over 20 years ago and didn't really "get it".
I have latterly learnt to appreciate Mr S for his plays etc. etc.
My 8 yr old daughter and I watched this tonight. She didn't understand much of the language, although remembering the lessons from school I could explain the double meanings etc. etc. in the script.
The upshot was that I enjoyed a stylish, colourful and thoughtful filming of a 400 year old script and my daughter very much enjoyed Bill's wonderfully scripted masterpiece. To my surprise, after the first hour she had begun to understand the slightly topsy turvy language of our past and understood some of the subtleties in the plot.
Thank you Mr Luhrmann.