The film revolves around Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, who are still facing various struggles and are dealing with title characters in a modern adaptation of the immortal classic, Romeo and Juliet and in a different context.
The director does a good job finding the shallow notes of youth and fleshing some humour from these old bones, but the burning love nut never gets roasted to perfection.
The lovers' first scene together is moving, while performances by Jayne Houdyshell (the nurse) and Christian Camargo (Mercutio) growl with intelligence.
Shakespeare wrote Juliet as 13, Romeo a little older. But surely not as old as Orlando Bloom, 36, when he made his Broadway debut in the role last year?
