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Tony Toscano reviews “Gnomeo and Juliet”

I want to begin by saying “Gnomeo and Juliet” isn’t a film I would recommend for little kids. The animated film feels too long and contains much to much adult humor to be appreciated by small children. Also the film is laden with political and social messages that go from a subtle nudge to a slap in the face.

“Gnomeo and Juliet” is released through Touchstone Pictures, the more adult oriented arm of the Disney Company for those reasons.

The film re-tells Shakespeare’s classic tale using lawn gnomes. Each family of gnomes is bedecked in a different color, red or blue. Juliet, a red gnome falls for Gnomeo, a blue gnome and thus the conflict begins as the star-crossed lovers try to find a way to be together as their families fight.

The film tries too hard be kid-friendly and succeeds a few times getting laughs, but over-all “Gnomeo & Juliet” is too serious about itself. Because of that, I think adults will fare better from the film than their kids will.

I am giving it an extra ½ grade for the cleaver use of (Executive Producer) Elton John’s music.

“Gnomeo & Juliet” gets a C and is rated G.

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