Tromeo And Juliet

Year:	1996
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Action, Comedy, Drama
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	7.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	1 Has Seen, 1 Wishlist


Director	Lloyd Kaufman
Selected Cast	Jane Jensen as Juliet Capulet
	Will Keenan as Tromeo Que
	Valentine Miele as Murray Martini
	William Beckwith as Cappy Capulet
	Steve Gibbons as London Arbuckle
	Sean Gunn as Sammy Capulet
	Debbie Rochon as Ness
	Stephen Blackehart as Benny Que

Notes

A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare's classic. Told irreverently, this film attempts to impact the viewer in the same way theatre-goers were affected in Shakespeare's time. Bawdy, Violent, Humorous, and Romantic.

On DVD & Blu-ray World

VHS

Tromeo And Juliet - Troma - UK (1997)

Blu-ray

Tromeo And Juliet - Troma DVD - Australia (2017)

Comments and Reviews


alexlincs 19th Nov 2020		Rated 7/10 Unlike most Troma films this one features decent acting and production values. It drifts into the realm of B-Movie campness with a penis monster and prosthetic limbs being pulled off. It's pretty much what I imagine the punk rock version of Romeo and Juliet being. I wonder if it was a response to Baz Luhrmann's version. Lloyd Kaufman has said in his book that he considers this to be the second best adaptation after Zefferelli's film. Honestly I would rather watch this than Romeo + Juliet, but we are comparing apples to oranges. However, if you want to watch a Romeo and Juliet film avoid the BBC Version it's indescribably dull, but authentic to its source material. Unlike most Troma films the soundtrack is also decent on this one with the use of some licensed music (Unsane, Motörhead, Ass Ponys). Be warned though, the UK VHS and DVD is rated 18 and the US uncut version is unrated, This features some gore and a lot of sexual content, albeit played for laughs. The US DVD features a great print as did the UK VHS tape (and clean stereo sound) I used to own. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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