Arrestingly original, post-modern MTV-style '90s version of Shakespeare's tragic love story, set in Miami, from the director of STRICTLY BALLROOM. The words are all authentic, the images dizzyingly clever, but the conceit wears thin after a while. What keeps it alive is the earnestness of the two youthful leads, whose passion for one another is tangible and appealing. Postlethwaite also scores strongly as Friar Lawrence. Officially titled--with no apparent irony--WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET.