DVD Review - Gnomeo & Juliet

About the DVD

FEATURING NEW MUSIC FROM SIR ELTON JOHN 

Fall In Love With This Fresh And Funny Take On One Of The World’s Most Timeless Stories 

GNOMEO & JULIET 

Releases on Blu-ray™, Blu-ray 3D™, DVD, Movie Download & On-Demand May 24th  

Only On Blu-ray For Fans To Enjoy: Two Really Cute Alternate Endings, Two Alternate Openings, Six Deleted Scenes and More! 

This coming summer to the U.S., don’t miss the chance to bring home GNOMEO & JULIET - the hilarious twist on William Shakespeare’s legendary tale Romeo & Juliet as you’ve never seen it before, perfect for the whole family.  Enter the secret world of garden gnomes and meet two adorable gnomes from completely different worlds who fight the odds to be together.  From a director of Shrek 2, and featuring fun, all-new music by Sir Elton John, the out-of-the-ordinary animated comedy GNOMEO & JULIET releases on Blu-ray™, Blu-ray 3D™, DVD, Movie Download and On-Demand – May 24, 2011. 

Uniquely packaged with families’ top of mind, GNOMEO & JULIET will be made available for purchase by Walt Disney Studios as either a 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray 3D + DVD with Digital Copy), a 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray 2D + DVD) and/or a 1-Disc DVD. Disney Blu-ray Combo Packs provide families with an enhanced entertainment experience – with the value and flexibility to enjoy your favorite movies on a variety of platforms of choice.  

And for those who enjoy to learn more about the making of the film, GNOMEO & JULIET  discs come enclosed with never-before-seen bonus features including “Elton Builds A Garden,” “Frog talk with Ashley Jensen,”, “Crocodile Rock Music Video featuring Elton John and Nelly Furtado.” And for those who purchase the Blu-ray Disc, it includes hours of extra exclusive bonus features including alternate endings, deleted scenes and more. 

GNOMEO & JULIET is brought to life by the extraordinary voices of Golden Globe nominee James 

McAvoy (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe) as Gnomeo; Emily Blunt 

(The Devil Wears Prada) as Juliet; Academy Award winner Michael Caine (Inception) as Lord 

Redbrick; Jason Statham (The Trasnsporter franchise) as Tybalt; Ashley Jensen (TV’s Ugly Betty) 

as Nanette; Patrick Stewart (X-Men franchise) as William Shakespeare; Ozzy Osbourne (TV’s The 

Osbournes) as Fawn and Maggie Smith (Harry Potter  franchise) as Lady Blueberry.  

Bonus Features: 

DVD & Movie Download: 

• Elton Builds a Garden 

• Frog Talk with Ashley Jensen 

• “Crocodile Rock” Music Video, featuring Elton John and Nelly Furtado  

Blu-ray: 

• DVD Bonus plus: 

• 2 Alternate Endings with Filmmaker Introductions  

• Deleted & Alternate Scenes with Filmmaker Introductions, including: 

o 1 Alternate Opening 

o 1 Alternate Scene 

o 6 Deleted Scenes  

• The Fawn of Darkness, featuring Ozzy Osbourne  

Film Synopsis:  

From a director of Shrek 2 comes your chance to step into the secret world of garden gnomes — Gnomeo & Juliet. Perfect for the whole family, this fresh and funny makeover of one of the world’s most timeless stories features music from Sir Elton John, and the voice talents of Emily Blunt, James McAvoy and Sir Michael Caine. Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink flamingos and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness? Complete with hilarious never-before-seen bonus features, Gnomeo & Juliet is an out-of-the-ordinary animated comedy your entire family will love. We just gnome it!

My Take on the FilmWhat a fun take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet tale. Being a theatre major in college I came to truly appreciate the writing of Shakespeare and his plays. What I loved about this DVD was that it brought a Shakespearean play to life for young audiences in a way that they could understand. There even was a cameo performance of a Shakespearean statue that speaks to the main character in the story itself. I was able to spend some time talking to my eldest after the movie about the original plays and I even read her some of the original play. She had a hard time with the play, especially with the difference in language, but she loved this DVD! 

With a fun plot and a love story that transcends family rivalry, this DVD provides amazing artwork, humorous lines, and great music and provides for an overall great family movie night. If you have yet to see this, you will not be disappointed!

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