Product: Romeo and Juliet [Region 2] (1968)
Rating: 2.0
IRRESPONSIBLE!
The film looks great, the music is legendary, so why can't I recommend this love story? I have two quibbles, and they are BIG ones: 1) For those who haven't seen the film, the titular star-crossed lovers of this piece both commit suicide, and this is a bad message to be sending today's youth. Would it not have made for a more happy and dramatic ending had the Capulets and the Montegues worked out their differences? My second knock is levelled against the film's screenwriter. People talk REALLY weird in this movie and half the time I couldn't figure out what they were saying!!! To sum up, this film is an incoherent and socially irresponsible mess!