Romeo + Juliet (30th Anniversary)

Romeo and Juliet reborn in the nineties

Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes give Romeo and Juliet a reckless, heartbreaking youth, their romance unfolding with the speed of a gunshot and a heartbeat. The film collides Elizabethan language with MTV-esque editing, baroque excess, and a soundtrack that defined the nineties. Love is ecstatic, impulsive, and doomed from the first sight, burning brighter because it cannot endure. Romeo and Juliet remains a maximalist classic, proving that Shakespeare can not only survive but thrive in a world of fast cars, saintly icons, and pop songs.