Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew Up… as a Montague. They’re a large and established noble family. Raised to prize family above all else, Romeo is still a young man in the process of growing up, and he has much to learn about love, honor, and war.
Living… in the city of Verona. It is divided by a rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues. Romeo’s upbringing has made him cherish family, but the pangs of adolescent love have turned him against his family's wishes.
Profession… full time teenager, gatecrasher, and wingman. The son of a wealthy patriarch, Romeo resembles a socialite more than a student. Because he's so rich, Romeo’s only job is to pine after girls and party with his best friends, Benvolio and Mercutio.
Interests… dancing, having fun, and waxing poetic about women.
Relationship Status… complicated. Rosaline, his girlfriend of a few weeks, recently broke up with him to become a nun, and Romeo is devastated. Now commonly sighted in the Montague gardens on the verge of tears, Romeo desperately needs to find something – or someone – to mend his broken heart.
Challenge… controlling his new romantic feelings. While trying to rebound from Rosaline, Romeo accompanies his friends to a Capulet masquerade – where he falls head-over-heels for the young Capulet daughter, Juliet. Now once again in love – this time with a daughter of his family’s sworn enemies – Romeo must find a way to reconcile his conflicting desires.
Personality… rash, romantic, and ready. Bitten by the love-bug again, Romeo is just as prone to moody introspection as he is to bold action. When it comes to the ladies, it's hard to find anyone smoother than this hopeless romantic, who makes Juliet blush by telling her, “my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”
Get to Know him in...
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In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.
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In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed.
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Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers' final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss is a fully animated feature fantasy about two star crossed seals from warring families that fall in love against their parents' wishes. When Juliet's father gives her hand in marriage to the monstrous elephant seal Prince, Juliet must fake her death in order to be reunited with Romeo. But the plan goes afoul and it's a desperate race to the end. With the help of their friends Friar Lawrence and Kissy, the kissing fish, the day is saved and the young lovers are reunited. Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss is the ageless tale of love and prejudice set in an undersea world. A film that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
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Scenes of combat that will stir your pulse...tender haunting romance that will stay ever fresh in your memory...spectacular beauty that will set a feast for your eyes...in the greatest melodramatic romance of all time...presented as it has never been before...the final glorious flower of motion picture achievement.
