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R♥️J

R♥️J

6,6 /10 (35 Votes)
2021 EN 91 min

Overview

Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism, with black and brown youth at the heart of it all.

Release date

30/01/2021

Votes

35

Popularity

0.6

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

91 min

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

2021-03-09

⭐ 4

The classic Romeo and Juliet tale is given a modern spin in “R#J,” an inventive but irritating film from director Carey Williams. The movie is too drawn-out (especially the painfully prolonged ending), and the gimmick of telling the story entirely through social media and smartphone screens doesn’t take long to become annoying. You know the plot of the world’s most famous love story, and the film faithfully follows the original work of literature. A war is brewing between the Montagues and the Capulets, and the younger residents of Verona are using their phones to document it all. This lead…

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