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  • 75
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    There have been many untraditional film adaptations of Shakespeare's, but few have been as unorthodox as this one. Read full review

  • 70
    Village Voice | J. Hoberman

    Annenberg's attitudinous Shakespeare riff is a unique blend of psychodrama, ethnographic experimentation, and high-concept hustle. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Sprawling and sometimes confusing, but its premise is charming and not at all far-fetched. Read full review

  • 50
    Slant Magazine | Joseph Jon Lanthier

    What's most disappointing about Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish is how it fails to deliver on the hybridizing NYC gimmickry of its title. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Hearing the majestic iambic pentameter rendered in the sharply rising and falling cadences of colloquial Yiddish proves wackily charming, but the lack of correlation between the two plots makes the result feel unfocused. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    But oy, such terrible jokes and choppy direction. Would it have killed her to share the credits with someone else? Read full review

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