{"id":216,"date":"2011-02-15T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2011\/02\/15\/love-the-love-story-%e2%80%98gnomeo-juliet%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-02-15T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T00:27:37","slug":"love-the-love-story-%e2%80%98gnomeo-juliet%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2011\/love-the-love-story-%e2%80%98gnomeo-juliet%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"Love the Love Story &#8216;Gnomeo &#038; Juliet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"ps_imagemanager_popup(this.href,'GnomeoAndJuliet.jpg','214','317');return false\" onfocus=\"this.blur()\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/GnomeoAndJuliet.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"200\" title=\"GnomeoAndJuliet.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"GnomeoAndJuliet.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbs\/th-GnomeoAndJuliet.jpg?resize=135%2C200\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>The latest rendering of Shakespeare\u2019s classic love story &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221;\u00a0comes to animated life on the silver screen with impish gnomes as the central characters. KIDS FIRST! film critic Ny&#8217;Asia Bell (8\u00a0years old) shares her review of the movie now playing in your local theaters. (See her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ER0sgEI7Yz8&#038;p=5B269D5542A1954A\">video<\/a> on YouTube.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Gnomeo &#038; Juliet<br \/>\n<\/em>Reviewed by Ny&#8217;Asia Bell<\/p>\n<p>I really like this movie. It was cute, fun and action-packed. My family and I laughed a lot, and I loved all the music by Elton John, especially the song &#8220;Crocodile Rock.&#8221; We were dancing in our seats!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis is the kid&#8217;s version of the William Shakespeare classic love story &#8220;Romeo and Juliet,&#8221; but made for kids.\u00a0 I think what makes this movie so cute is the majority of\u00a0 the characters are garden gnomes that come to life when the humans aren&#8217;t looking.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI enjoyed all the characters. I thought they all did a great job, but I do have my favorites. Gnomeo, voiced by James McAvoy, was very adventurous and ready to accept any challenge. Juliet, voiced by Emily Blunt, was an attractive, brave, tough little cookie <a onclick=\"ps_imagemanager_popup(this.href,'NyAsiaBell_forweb.jpg','200','267');return false\" onfocus=\"this.blur()\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/NyAsiaBell_forweb.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" title=\"NyAsiaBell_forweb.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"NyAsiaBell_forweb.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbs\/th-NyAsiaBell_forweb.jpg?resize=150%2C200\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>whose father, Lord Redbrick voiced by Michael Caine,\u00a0 is an over-protective father. He reminds me of my father! Finally, Nanette the frog, voiced by Ashley Jensen \u2014\u00a0 I think she brought a lot of humor to this movie. I particularly liked her red lips and long eyelashes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI rate this movie 5 out of 5 stars. I thought it was hilarious, and cute. I recommend this movie to kids 5 and up, because it does have a few violent scenes. So If you want to laugh and listen to good music at the same time,. you must see this one!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI want to give a special thanks to everyone at Studio Movie Grill in Holcomb Bridge (Atlanta area) for allowing my family and me to see this movie at their beautiful theater.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO: Ny\u2019Asia Bell<\/p>\n<p>See Ny&#8217;Asia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ER0sgEI7Yz8&#038;p=5B269D5542A1954A\">video<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest rendering of Shakespeare\u2019s classic love story &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221;\u00a0comes to animated life on the silver screen with impish gnomes as the central characters. 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