The greatest romantic story ever told is given a dramatically sexy, gay twist when eight high school cadets are left to their own volition on the isolated campus of their military school.
Their classroom study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet spills out into their dormitories and lives - causing the distractingly handsome youths to erupt into wild passion with more boy-on-boy kissing than the Bard could ever have imagined.
Private Romeo, not the first gay interpretation of a Shakespearean play, breathes a peculiarly smart, homoerotic edge into everything - from the love dynamic to the family feuding - with gusto, mystery and tenderness.
The rivalry and physicality of the boys’ interpretation of the poetic lines lends freshness to both the words and actions, resonating beyond the viewer’s momentary experience. Incorporating YouTube videos and lip-synched indie rock music into the mix, the clever, intelligent retelling of the star-crossed lovers takes on an entirely new, exciting and contemporary meaning with grace and style. Screenwriter/director Alan Brown has created his own endearingly original classic in its own category.
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