Romeo and Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss

This movie is definitely impressive (as it says on the box) when you look behind the scenes and learn the history of this film's production. One man had a dream to make an animated movie for his kids and other young children. Phil Nibbelink worked so hard for years to make it a reality, animating the entire film by himself. Recorded the voice actors and edited it all himself. Marketed it and got it in theaters by himself. With this fact in mind, you learn to really appreciate this gem. It isn't without its fair share of problems. This movie is not perfect. You can take this film next to a company made production and tell the difference, regarding to animation, song writing, pacing, etc. It is definitely for young, young kids (2-5yo). I found it on Netflix years ago while I was a freshmen in college and shared it to my friends, who were really into Shakespeare. This movie almost destroys these friendships. Here I am, years later, wanting to get into the animation business, and writing this review to share that this film is not for everyone, but I found it very inspiring.

This is such a cute movie! My 2 and 6 year olds loved it. It kept them interested the whole time. Romeo was by far their favorite character. Would recommend to all ages! :)

For starters, as already mentioned, this movie was written, animated and directed by a single person. And it shows. It's not bad, but it is also obvious there isn't a full studio of animators behind it. That said, the animation is fluent enough, the backgrounds are decent and overall its still pretty good. No complaints about the voice acting either. The movie features a somewhat confusing mix of fast and slow paced scenes mixed with a couple of scenes in which some jokes are being made by one of the main characters. These latter scenes seem to have to do little with the main plot. If you are watching this with your children, be prepared to explain some of the phrases here and there. Some of the words used may be unknown to them. The story is pretty much what you might expect, except of course there is a happy ending. There are no extra's on the dvd whatsoever, unless you count scene selection as one. Still, if you are interested in animation, this movie is definitely worth a look. Its a refreshing change from all the 3d animations that have been appearing recently. And keeping in mind there's a single man behind it, its fairly impressive. As a family film, its decent enough. Young children will probably enjoy it.

It only works on the computer and only plays the first chapter. Waste of money and now my daughter is upset she watch it.

Cute movie for young child

This movie is like toddler crack. They can't get enough of it. Unlike other kid movies, however, it is not appealing to adults (or even older kids) in any real way. Since I read this entire movie was basically done by one person, I hesitate to critique it thoroughly or harshly -- because for one person it is an amazing accomplishment. But, it is not a really good kid movie in that "the best kid shows also appeal to adults" way (aka: Flintstones, Jetsons, and just about any Pixar or Disney creation). However, as I said, the toddlers LOVE it, and that is what is really important since it is for them.

love it !

Great buy

If you want your R&J different from the usual play approach - or perhaps doing it for an exam - this is a good place to start. It is very entertaining.

I was shocked and surprised by the negative reviews I saw on the web, I thought this film by Phil Nibbelink (director of An American Tail : Fievel goes West) was very good from the moment I saw the trailer; and also I love seals. I always love the works of Shakespeare (ever since I studied him in my High School English Classes),and I agree with Laura Tiffany of "Home Media Magazine" and Rick Bentley of "Fresno Bee" : It's Impressive and a sweet film that should delight the family. Overall all that, I give this a big A+ for : Great Backgrounds and Excellent Color Styling and... Very Good Music! A++

this film is so cute, funny and hillarious. Perfect for kids and (strange enough) also one of the best movies ever made based on the play of shakespeere.

Awesome movie! The animation is a little funny at times, but seeing as this whole thing was animated by just one person, this movie is really impressive. I love it!

Bairn loved it