Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times disliked the movie , giving it 2 stars and said `` This production was a very bad idea . I have never seen anything remotely approaching the mess that the new punk version of Romeo & Juliet makes of Shakespeare 's tragedy . '' However , Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times disliked the film , giving it 2 stars and saying , `` This production was a very bad idea ... I have never seen anything remotely approaching the mess that the new punk version of Romeo & Juliet makes of Shakespeare 's tragedy . ''