Rosaline
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Released: 2022-10-11
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, History, Romance
- Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Kyle Allen, Sean Teale, Minnie Driver, Bradley Whitford, Henry Hunter Hall, Spencer Rayshon Stevenson, Nico Hiraga, Christopher McDonald, Mercedes Colon, Alistair Toovey, Nicholas Rowe, Valentina Carnelutti, Alhaji Fofana
- Director: Karen Maine
Comments
- TaylorYee94 - 4 September 2023
What we all know but we do not know
Overall quality and organization can be quite amateur-ish, but it is freaking cute. Rom-coms are a very tough genre to get approval from critics because many accidental things have to happen to complete a couple falling in love in two hours. Rosaline's love story is inadequate, and I wish there was more Rosaline & Dario than Romeo & Juliet. However, the classic plot added with delightful and quirky imagination and cute acting are very watchable.
* I have a little bit of a problem with movies and shows with these modern and feminist protagonists in historical periods. They shout 'freedom', 'rights', and 'career' with their mouths. However, I do not see any action followed. Feminism became a mere tool to justify the limited scope of a female protagonist, to follow the trend of political correctness, or to boast pretentiously that 'we are of right and modern mind'. - krpdimitra - 4 January 2023
On my rewatch list
I had a blast watching Rosaline. Such a sweet combination of comedy and romance, and such an interesting plot as well. It was already very smart to adapt Romeo and Juliet this way, but what really got me was that the dialogues and the whole direction were incredibly witty, in a fascinating way. I must also mention the on-point performances of Kaitlyn (Rosaline), Sean (Dario) and Kyle (Romeo), even though the entire cast was great. All in all I found the movie very charming. It stole my heart from the beginning and it's definitely gonna be one of these movies that I go back to now and again to spend a fun and relaxing couple of hours. Highly suggest it!
