Gnomeo, Gnomeo. Wherefore art thou, Gnomeo?

I don't even know where to start. This movie was a tribute to Shakespeare and Elton John. Two VERY unlikely people working together to make a movie that was actually quite adorable. Directed by Kellly Asbury, it takes place in a sleepy little town in England, most likely Stratford-upon-Avon, since during the movie a large statue of Shakespeare himself, voiced by the irreverent Patrick Stewart comes out and compares Gnomeo's tale to one he previously wrote a while back. The voices of Gnomeo and Juliet are left to the ever-incredibly talented and luscious Scot James McAvoy (I'm a big fan of the Scotsmen actors, believe me. He, Sean Connery, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler....hm...) and the sumptuously fabulous Emily Blunt (I'm still addicted to The Young Victoria), with a motley crue of supporting cast members, like Ozzy Osbourne (he was the little fawn!! A lucid fawn!!!) Ashley Jensen (McAvoy wasn't the only Scotsperson!!) as Nanette, the equivalent of Juliet's Nurse in the original people'd version of the play. Dolly Parton as a, you guessed it, a busty, overly makeupped garden gnome (but was still ridiculously adorable, as the real Dolly will always be to me), Sir Michael Caine and Dame Maggie Smith as Lord Redbrick and and Lady Blueberry and Jason Statham as the main antagonist, Tybalt.



Throughout the entire movie, Elton John's songs were played as a kind of musical. Think Mamma Mia! here, where the play was based on the songs that were made famous 30-somewhat years ago, not the play made the songs famous. It was played at the right time, during the right moment, such as "Our Song" played during the meet between the love struck garden gnomes.

Good fun, something everyone will enjoy, entertaining and a completely modernized twist to one of history's most famous plays. However, definitely something weird. Not gonna lie. But cute. Weird but cute. What I like is the fact that little children pre-Romeo and Juliet are going to be thinking, "Wow, such originality in a story!" Frankly, that's what I'm thinking too.