Juliet & Romeo (film)

1. "Stranger" – Romeo, Juliet
2. "What If I Loved You" – The Apothecary, Veronica, Mercutio, Romeo
3. "Better Than This" – Veronica, Cast
4. "Beat the Same" – Romeo, Juliet
5. "I Should Write This Down" – The Apothecary, The Friar
6. "The Mask I Wear" – Juliet, Rosaline, Vesante, Lady Capulet, Veronica
7. "Don't Look Down" – Juliet, Romeo
8. "Beat the Same" (Reprise)† – Juliet, Romeo
9. "Secrets" – Juliet, Romeo
10. "Streets on Fire" – Tybalt, Mercutio, Rosaline, Vesante^[a]
11. "Someone to Love Again" – Veronica, Rosaline, Romeo, Juliet
12. "Conversations" – Romeo, Juliet
13. "This Time" – Juliet
14. "In the End" – Romeo, Juliet
15. "Beat the Same" (Finale) – Romeo, Juliet
16. "What If I Loved You" (end credits) – Veronica, Mercutio, Romeo

† denotes songs absent from the soundtrack.

The film is a modern reimagining of the original play Romeo and Juliet (1597) by William Shakespeare. It is written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart. Producers include Bogart, Jessica Martins and Chris Torto. It features a soundtrack co-created and overseen by E. Kidd Bogart.^[4]

The film was originally announced with the title Verona, then Verona's Romeo & Juliet. Jamie Ward and Clara Rugaard were cast as Romeo and Juliet in February 2023. Other cast members announced included Rebel Wilson, Rupert Everett, Jason Isaacs and Derek Jacobi.^[5] Also cast that month were Dan Fogler, Ledisi, Tayla Parx, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Rupert Graves.^[6]

Principal photography was reported to have completed by mid-March 2023.^[7] Filming took place on-location in Verona, Italy.^[5]

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† denotes songs absent from the final film.

The film's title was changed from Verona to Verona's Romeo & Juliet, and later to Juliet & Romeo. It was released in North America by Briarcliff Entertainment on May 9, 2025.^[8][9][10]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 26% of 34 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Wherefore art thou, good movie?"^[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 31 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.^[12]

Courtney Howard of Variety wrote, "Improperly developed, poorly executed and containing no indelible music numbers for us to tap our toes to, this La La Land-wannabe take on the Bard's story serves to frustrate and bore."^[13]

William Bibbiani of TheWrap wrote, "It seems like an earnest attempt to tell an old story in a slightly new way. The problem is it's an ill-advised attempt. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but to quote Shakespeare, 'Teach me how to forget to think.' I can't help but think, no one can, and I can't help but think rather poorly of this re-telling. Never was a film I'm more likely to forget, than this of Romeo and his Juliet."^[14]

Box office

The film opened in 1,350 theaters and grossed $289,489 on its opening weekend, an average of $214 per venue.^[15]