The ancient estates are astonishingly effective as horses race past old bricked walls and lovely ladies act beneath frescoes and columns that boast of nobility. However, for sets and cinematography, his production is beautiful, having been lovingly filmed in Verona. So, the outdoor production I saw this summer outflanked director Carlo Carlei's uneven take. Add to that another woe: Douglas Booth's Romeo is prettier than Steinfeld with only slightly better articulation. "For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Count Paris (Tom Wisdom) The "woe" in this umpteenth adaptation of Romeo and Juliet over the last 400 years is that the titular lass, as played by Hailee Steinfeld, is weakly acted with immaturity, poor elocution, and disappointing physical presence.
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