Romeo & Juliet. (2024) User Reviews

An audiobook would be better

[djybqbjq · 1/10 · 30 May 2024]

It's acting without acting, without props, without costumes, without settings, just actors standing there and voice acting. Half the time the actors are not even on stage but filmed from the backstage.

No fault to the actors, the whole direction is an absolute contemporary garbage that seems to have been made with the budget of a school project.

The story itself is not really revised and read like Shakespeare with sometimes some puns in a sort of mix that makes no sense.

Since there is no acting, no setting, no costume, you need to imagine the actual theatre piece while actors are mostly standing straight on the scene. They barely interact with each others and important scenes are just blacked out with loud noise and flashes for some overly done dramatic effect.

A one man show from a comedian has more props has they have a stool and a water bottle on stage.

Call me old school, I pay money to go see actors acting, this show is no better than an audiobook.

It's a desperate attempt at dramatic effect that falls flat on its face.

[fhknowhow · 1/10 · 8 June 2024]

Disappointment is a vast understatement for this "production." Imagine a play stripped bare: no props, no costumes, no set design. Just actors - well, sometimes. Half the time they're not even gracing the stage, their voices booming from the unseen backstage. While the performers themselves deserve no blame, the entire direction feels like a slapdash contemporary experiment with the budget of a high school play.

The story itself is a confusing mess. It seems to be a revision of a Shakespearean classic, riddled with modern puns that clash horribly with the original text. This creates a jarring experience that makes understanding the plot near impossible.

And then there's the "acting." Since there's a complete lack of scenery, props, or costumes, the audience is left to their own devices, conjuring the entire play in their minds. The actors themselves stand rigidly, delivering their lines with minimal interaction. Important scenes are punctuated not by emotional performances, but by jarring blackouts accompanied by deafening noise and blinding flashes. It's a desperate attempt at dramatic effect that falls flat on its face.

I am sick of y'all hating on this.

[aaangel-37854 · 10/10 · 5 June 2024]

You guys should all be ashamed. I am convinced 99% of the bad reviews haven't even watched it. It makes me sick on how everyone reacted to this play. I know damn well if someone with a lighter skin tone was playing Juliet, then everyone would have been eating this up as with all the other adaptions of this well-known story. Gasp! You think Romeo and Juliet shouldn't be together, wow, I'm shocked. That's almost like it's the whole point of the story. In the original play, isn't Juilet like 13 and Romeo is 16/17? You guys need to get a job, a hobby, and a life. Worry abour your own problems, not an actress who is defintely making more money than all of y'all combined.