Movie Review - Rome & Juliet

As the heading says it:

“ Love knows no rules. ”

Rome and Juliet is a romantic movie about a forbidden love between two women. The film directed by Connie Macatuno and starred by Mylene Dizon and Andrea del Rosario explores into the world of taboo love and lesbianism.


The Synopsis

Juliet (Andrea del Rosario) is a conservative pre-school teacher who is set to wed his boyfriend Marc (Rafael Rosell). She hires a liberated wedding planner in the person of Rome (Mylene Dizon). The two eventually became close and develop a romance that became a huge scandal after Marc's influential family discovered the affair.

Reviews from viewers

“ Everything in the film was realistic, the scenes, the dialogues, the way the attraction between the two women unfolded. The director did a very good job in making even a straight audience understand a sensitive topic of falling inlove with the same sex. The film neither condemned nor glorified lesbianism but simply acknowledged the reality of it.. ”
- VK from Click the City


“ I liked Andrea del Rosario's acting here. Simple lang. Mylene Dizon is a pro at her craft. I almost had a liking with her character which means that she played it effectively. ”
- Katrina


My Review

This movie was made in Metro Manila Philipines, it is also made in their language tagalog, so if it wasnt fr the subtitles any other person not understanding the language wouldnt understand, but here is the thing i relate from the story. Its a very powerful message the writer and the director and offcourse the brilliant actress, Mylene Dizon and Andrea Del Rosario.
Love has no rules, whether its straight love or lesbian love, love can happen without you knowing. I have learnt more about their culture, what is expected of Juliet being engaged to a Councellor and also the breadwinner and also a teacher. She has her own believes but her true conquest in life is to find THE ONE. don't we all want to find the person that God has intended us to be with.
Why should it matter who that person is.

Rome's character are the free spirted business woman coming from a different kind of life, she had her heartbroken once by her boyfriend and since started to have meaningless sexual relations with men. She don't put her heart out anymore. She has her own business, basically she is the smart, sophisticated woman who befriended the conservative teacher.

How they met: They met in a church before either knew who they were. Like Rome said its like i dreamt about this day.
There friendship became stronger as the planning of Juliet & Marc's prenups were on the horizon, what Marc didnt know and expect that his once loving fiance was falling in love with their wedding planner and also another woman. Surprisingly to both Rome & Juliet it isnt something they ever thought could happen.
Sometimes loves work in mysterious ways and its then that you find your true love. As did they.
Rome finally coming to terms that she is ready tobe with Juliet before Juliets fatal accident losing her fiance and the death of her father, all she had was Rome, but with Marc's interference Juliet caught him kissing Rome just when Rome pushed him away and yelled at him of his behaviour. I guess Marc is your typical male that would ask what does she has that i dont. Am i not man enough to please you, but it wasnt about that it is about finding someone that you want to be yourself with, whether in good or bad.
Love has no limits.
I enjoyed this movie even though it wasnt inEnglish bt i loved it for the fact Juliet's mother came around later, Marc finally realised she isnt meant for him. Juliets beautiful poetry she has written about her love for Rome and Rome confessing her love to Juliet in front of everyone including her sister.

All she asked for was, how come my love is so different from God's love. Why should it.

This part i missed out, i translated it from the original

Women related issues
By Rome & Juliet

This is for acceptance and for the rest of us who are hiding in the dark.
Its time to all come out.

Living life wouldn’t mean that you have to do things right,
To have eternal life after death.
Living life wouldn’t mean that you have to love
It the way you want it.
The way you think is right?
SHE is the only reason for this.
Just her.
Then why is God’s definition of love
So different from everyone else’s?
How can it be so different?
It simply feels good to love.
See, everything about me, my whole body, my mind, my heart, my soul,
My whole being points out to this person.
And tells me that what I am feeling is not a lie.
How can that be so bad in the eyes of so many?
And in the eyes of God?
I just don’t get it.
I was thinking maybe it would have
Been better and easier if it was someone else.
But the thing is, its not.
Why does it have to be her?
Why does it have to be ONLY her?
I am going to be completely honest
And spare myself from being completely disillusioned.
I just want one day to be with her.
One day.
That is all, nothing more, nothing less.
To let my heart feel on overflow of emotions,
I want to feel intensity flowing into our bodies.
Releasing on our fingertips.
Is that too much too ask.

Juliet

Does one need just a day?
To prove eternal love?
To express a love that is exceptionally unexplainable?
Are you ready for a love?
That I feel for you.

I very much give this move a rating of 10 starts...