Juliet & Romeo
Briarcliff Entertainment | Release Date: May 9, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatEthan PadgettMay 22, 2025
Juliet & Romeo is worth seeing for audiences curious about new interpretations of Shakespeare’s works. As a musical, it is fine. I would recommend the film for the teen audience. It is a neat way to get future generations interested in the brilliant talent of England’s literary master. Read full review
60
ColliderMaggie LovittMay 9, 2025
Juliet & Romeo isn’t necessarily a good film, but it is a very fun film, and there are far too few films that seem content in simply entertaining for the sake of entertainment. Read full review
45
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMay 9, 2025
Never was a film I’m more likely to forget, than this of Romeo and his Juliet. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 10, 2025
There is no radical reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet here, and the staging, costumes and performances look as if they come from something as trad as Zeffirelli’s 60s version … only it’s modern-language. Not worth the two hours’ traffic of their stage. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 8, 2025
Watching this largely misbegotten movie (which seems to fulfill all of its aspirations with an utterly tacky ending), then, sometimes brought to mind the sardonic Steely Dan tune “Show Biz Kids.” Read full review
30
VarietyCourtney HowardMay 9, 2025
Improperly developed, poorly executed and containing no indelible music numbers for us to tap our toes to, this “La La Land”-wannabe take on the Bard’s story serves to frustrate and bore. Read full review
25
Washington PostTy BurrMay 8, 2025
Shakespeare this ain’t. In the long, long history of “Romeo and Juliet” movie adaptations, “Juliet & Romeo” lands well below the 1996 Baz Luhrmann version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes and just above 2011’s “Gnomeo & Juliet,” in which the characters are portrayed as animated garden gnomes. Read full review
25
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeMay 8, 2025
If you find yourself revolted by the low-budget slasher movies made by such recently-released-from-copyright characters as Winnie the Pooh, Popeye, and Mickey Mouse, apply some of that distaste to Juliet & Romeo, which turns Shakespeare’s work into quite the horror show. Read full review
20
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJun 5, 2025
The thing is unremittingly dull and bland (not to mention cold, apparently). If it is good for anything it is good for providing deserved paid holidays to venerable older actors and their long johns. Read full review
More From This Movie

31 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL