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Title: Astoundingly stylish!
Review: I hadn't planned to watch this movie. But a young friend made me promise to watch it when it came to cable. I assumed it would be some hokey Gen X version that I would have no interest in. Besides, I have no real interest in Shakespere. Anyway, it came to cable, and I watched it. Looks like I'll have to eat crow. I was absolutely stunned by its audacious stylishness. It was a romp from beginning to end. Everyone gave superb performances, except for DiCaprio and Daines, who were merely good enough. They could have found a sexier woman to play Juliet. John Leguizamo and Harold Perrineau Jr. gave especially noteworthy performances. It was a real delight to watch these thoroughly modern characters so effortlessly speak Elizabethan english. Is this a serious and faithful adaptation of the play? Of course not, but who cares? It's just plain fun. This is definitely on my list of cinematic "guilty pleasures."
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