DVD Review: “Gnomeo & Juliet”

Gnomeo & Juliet (Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD Combo)

Released: May 24, 2011

Studio: Touchstone (Disney)

Running Time: 84 minutes

ABOUT:

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment introduces Gnomeo & Juliet on DVD and Blu-ray. This fun twist on William Shakespeare’s legendary Romeo & Juliet is great for the whole family! Enter the secret world of garden gnomes and meet two lovely gnomes from two completely different worlds who fight the odds to be together. This release includes some great bonus features such as two alternative endings, deleted scenes and more! Get ready to rock to new music from Sir Elton John!

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:

• 1 Alternate Opening
• 1 Alternate Scene
• 6 Deleted Scenes

• The Fawn of Darkness, featuring Ozzy Osbourne

MY THOUGHTS:

I sat down with my husband and two kids (2 and 4 years old) and we all loved Gnomeo & Juliet.  It is an adorable movie with great Disney animation!  The movie features two neighbors caught in a feud, one has the red gnomes and the other blue.  The gnomes compete and go against each other until Gnomeo & Juliet make them realize that blues can exists with reds!  It is about the classic Romeo & Juliet story, but with a cute Disney twist.  I laughed and replayed parts, especially the one where the gnome looks and sings like Elton John!  I love the 2-Disc Blu-Ray pack because it comes with a Blu-ray disc for my house and the DVD which is great to keep in the car for that DVD player!  The cast voices are from some great celebrities (Ozzy Osborne, Dolly Parton, Hulk Hogan James Mcavoy and more!) and the music is great of course since it includes Elton John!  I can definitely see us watching this movie over and over and love that it is something different – I mean how could you not like a movie about gnomes!  This is a movie for all ages and has some adult humor, as other Disney films do, but nothing inappropriate (although there is a gnome wearing a thong-type bathing suit!)

BUY IT: You can buy “Gnomeo & Juliet (Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD Combo)” wherever DVDs are sold.

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