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R#J

2021

David Zayas, María Gabriela de Faría, RJ Cyler, Diego Tinoco ...

Romance. Drama In fair Verona, a war as old as time is brewing between rival houses—but it’s being captured in a new way. Montague and Capulet Gen Zers are using their cell phones to document the eruptions of violence plaguing their communities. In the middle of it all, Romeo discovers Juliet’s artwork at a party, and the two inevitably fall in love. As tensions between their families escalate, the two plead for peace and desperately search for a way ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Carey Williams hasn’t so much reinvented the story as re-approached it through the blinding glare of social media, with both clever and stultifying results."
		Tomris Laffly Variety	"You do wonder what “R#J” would have been like as a flesh-and-blood movie that organically integrated the virtual dimension into its DNA. What we get sadly feels closer to a half-realized concept stifled by its own gimmick."
		Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"If every generation gets the “Romeo and Juliet” it deserves, well, Gen Z may need to wait a little longer for theirs (...) it’s tough to get invested in a romance between two people more interested in likes than love."
		Ben Pearson SlashFilm	"It works surprisingly well (...) Williams aims to keep the story fresh for the next generation, and despite using Instagram and FaceTime (...) he’s able to tap into the raw romance"
		Kristy Puchko rogerebert.com	"The young cast, filled with enthusiastic Black and brown actors, brings a lot of energy to this ambitious adaptation, and they shouldn't be faulted for how emotionally hollow it turned out. That's on Williams"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A fitfully intriguing experiment (...) has its superficial pleasures (...) but the novelty of the approach is hard to sustain"
		Inkoo Kang The Hollywood Reporter	"It's hard to keep track of the plot's machinations (...) and the script — and pacing — are further hampered by the film's liberal borrowing from Shakespeare's own dialogue"

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