- Network: PBS
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 23, 2021
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings
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Positive: 6 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 4 out of 11
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May 28, 2021It's a nice romantic movie. even you're going to watch over and over again it's still good.
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The most recent film version of “Romeo & Juliet,” airing this week as part of PBS’ long-running “Great Performances” series, gains something profound in separating this cultural touchstone into its component parts. ... “Romeo & Juliet” is both a presentation and a kind of secret, one that’s all the more entrancing by what it chooses to leave hidden.
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This emotionally satisfying and highly theatrical filmed version scores point after point while whizzing past, or outright cutting, the elements that can make you think it was written not by Shakespeare but by O. Henry on a bender.
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It sounds just about as modern as something 500 years old can sound. Godwin may be directing for a screen for the first time, but he’s a longtime expert at helping actors inhabit verse, and each member of the superb cast swims easily in the language — the meter pulses through them, and every thought is clear.