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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThere have been many untraditional film adaptations of Shakespeare's, but few have been as unorthodox as this one.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAnnenberg's attitudinous Shakespeare riff is a unique blend of psychodrama, ethnographic experimentation, and high-concept hustle.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottSprawling and sometimes confusing, but its premise is charming and not at all far-fetched.
- 50Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierWhat's most disappointing about Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish is how it fails to deliver on the hybridizing NYC gimmickry of its title.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibHearing the majestic iambic pentameter rendered in the sharply rising and falling cadences of colloquial Yiddish proves wackily charming, but the lack of correlation between the two plots makes the result feel unfocused.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanBut oy, such terrible jokes and choppy direction. Would it have killed her to share the credits with someone else?