Princess Juliet

I loved that the story is told in its completeness with poetic yet modern language. I was very impressed how all aspects of the story were brought to light. Even the things invented for this version served to help a younger audience address the story. As for the reviews that feel Romeo and Juliet should not be a cartoon, they obviously have a hard time with dealing with harsh realities that life sometimes gives us. Death, suicide, forbidden love, anger, hate, grudges, are all apart of humanity. This is a far gentler way to talk about these things than seeing the play on stage.

Unfortunately I thought this was a "Princess" story and not Romeo and Juliet. I should have read the fine print, because it was a little sad for my 7 year old granddaughter.. Romeo and Juliet is not a cartoon story..

We got this at our library and seeing the princess in the title I pulled it out to see what it was about. The animals on the cover, the swirls of glittery wisps, and the tag line "Enchantment is a carriage ride away" all pointed to a fantasy princessy type move. I did read the back and was shocked to see "based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet." My coworkers and I joked, surely they have changed the ending, after all, how does Juliet get the princess title? Magic must be involved and even some talking animals, we thought. I took it home to see how they changed it...only to find that they did not. Let me first say that I am not for dumbing down literature and making stories have happy ending just so children can "enjoy" it. I am, however, strongly against retitling a classic story and marketing it in such a way that little girls would be drawn to it only to find out that the two main characters commit suicide. Not so sure about anyone else, but I'd hate for a 4 or 5 year old girl to see princess in the title pick up the movie and then be horrified by the content. It comes down to a huge case of false advertising in really the worst way. If they had just kept the title Romeo & Juliet, I wouldn't have nearly as many issues; only the ones of some pretty bad animation which makes it look like a bad video game most of the time. It just totally missed the mark.

Excellent!