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Romeo & Juliet (out now) is one of my favourite Shakespearean plays and so it's hard to dislike any adaptation. Sadly, the casting of this new version feels askew and it can't generate the same passion/emotion as Franco Zeffirelli (1968) and Baz Luhrmann (1996) were able to do. Grade: B-.