Review Gnomeo and Juliet [2011] | poetslandscape

MPAA (G) CNS/USCCB (A-I) Nell Minow (three stars) Fr. Dennis (three stars)

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?A gnome by means of every other name ...?

Gnomeo and Juliet is a amusing and exceptionally evocative lively movie released for Valentine?S Day weekend and sure, I?D advocate it to all forms of humans and families in search of to look some thing inside the context of this tour. Following loosely or even amusingly commenting at the tale of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it can make for a very lovely date film or one for the circle of relatives to take small kids.

The story performs out somewhere in English suburbia on the adjacent lawns of a duplex townhouse, the duplex?S addresses ?2B? And ?Not 2B? On ?Verona Street.? One of the duplex? Lawns has a ?Crimson? Motiff with a lovely tulip lawn. The other garden has a ?Blue? Motiff with a lovable hydrangea bush as its final touch. Amidst the gardens are scattered collections of crimson and blue gnomes, who just like the proprietors of the 2 apartments, hate every different. How would they know of every others? Lifestyles? Well, even as human beings aren?T looking, the gnomes pass around pretty a bit and actually cope with their respective gardens. It?S just even as people examine them, that?S once they freeze frequently with very goofy expressions on their faces and in stupid-searching positions.

Much ensues. Gnomeo (voice with the useful resource of James McAvoy) and Juliet (voice thru Emily Blunt) certainly meet even as both of them have been out of doors of their two gardens on separate adventures. On their first date, another time far from both of the two?S ?Acquainted gardens,? They meet a sad crimson flamingo named Featherstone (voice with the resource of Jim Cummings) whose actual love turned into taken away from him even as the couple, which owned the garden in which he and his real love were displayed, divorced and one of the divorcing spouses took the alternative flamingo away as part of the divorce agreement. The flamingo teaches the two gnomes a little about love and ?Tending a garden collectively.?

A in particular funny scene takes vicinity even as Gnomeo exhibits himself exiled (in reality taken away by means of the use of a slobbering bull canine) and on his manner lower again encounters a statue of William Shakespeare (voice thru Patrick Stewart). He tells the statue his story and (the statue of) Shakespeare responds announcing ?I understand the tale, allow me let you know the manner it ends.? To which Gnomeo responds ?Yuck, what?S with all the demise...? Shakespeare answers ?You?Ll see...?

The rest of the movie is ready whether or no longer this story has to cease like Shakespeare ended it. To ensure, there?S pretty a few preventing. One thing even purchases a ?Terrafirminator? Garden-mower (voice over via the use of Hulk Hogan) to settle the trouble as soon as and for all. (The Statue of Shakespeare shakes his head, telling the audience, ?See, I?M telling you ...?).

Set to a soundtrack heavy on Elton John songs, this film isn?T for absolutely everyone. But in case you want ?Lovely? And if you desired English Lit. Whilst you had been in immoderate faculty, then I do assume that you?Ll like this movie.

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