Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
- suicide
- gang war
- forbidden love
- based on play or musical
- murder
- gun violence
- star crossed lovers
- teenage romance
- masquerade
- romeo & juliet
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Brian Dennehy — Ted Montague
- John Leguizamo — Tybalt
- Miriam Margolyes — Nurse
- Harold Perrineau — Mercutio
- Christina Pickles — Caroline Montague
- Pete Postlethwaite — Father Laurence
- Paul Rudd — Dave Paris
- Paul Sorvino — Fulgencio Capulet
- Diane Venora — Gloria Capulet
- M. Emmet Walsh — Apothecary
- Edwina Moore — Anchorwoman
- Directed
- Baz Luhrmann
- Written
- Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 5,440 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Bazmark
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
