Gnomeo & Juliet

A little adventure goes a lawn way.

Based on Shakespeare's famous tale of forbidden love, this animated film moves the action to two neighbouring gardens, with garden gnomes the stars of the show. Gnomes, as you know, come alive when no one is watching, and although the two garden owners are enemies, and their respective gnomes likewise, a young man and a young woman from across the red/blue colour line fall madly in love. But what chance do they have in such a polarised world? This film is releasing in both 2D and 3D, this is the 2D version.

82 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Violence).
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance.

Are you Gnomeo or Batman?

Credits

Cast	Voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Michael Caine, Matt Lucas, Jim Cummings, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham
Director	Kelly Asbury
Screenplay	Kelly Asbury, Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Andy Riley, Steve Hamilton Shaw, John R. Smith, Rob Sprackling, based on the play by William Shakespeare
Music	Chris Bacon, James Newton Howard, Elton John
Editing	Catherine Apple
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	Rocket Pictures, Miramax Films, Starz Animation, Touchstone Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild animation fantasy violence. No blood, injuries or death.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Garden party of few delights	10
Die Burger François Bloemhof Nie genoeg vonk óf grappies in dwergvete	5
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen Star-studded 'Gnomeo & Juliet' just lukewarm	5
iAfrica.com Candace Whitehead	1
Box Office Pete Hammond Perfectly situated for Valentine's weekend, this wonderful animated tale uses William Shakespeare's inspiration and Elton John's music to tell the story of gnomes that overcome the prejudices of their gardens to forge a bond.	15
eye Weekly Ofeloa Legaspi Note the jarring attempts at Shrek–style pop-culture savvy, for example, when all the film needs is more of that ceramic-shattering originality, simplicity and heart that children (and their parents) will easily enjoy.	5
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Clearly derivative of the Toy Story and Shrek flicks but understanding and emulating what made them so successful, Gnomeo & Juliet might not be terribly original or novel, but it's entertaining enough.	12
Metacritic.com 28 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 110 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While it has moments of inspiration, Gnomeo and Juliet is often too self-referential for its own good.	11
What the People say
Internet 2492 Netizens Lighten up, really	11
Average .. 44%	9