


She means to nab it for the Reds in order to put the red yard ahead of the blue. Juliet, tired of being cooped up on a pedestal watched over by Nanette (Jensen), a frog fountain at the behest of Juliet’s overprotective dad, wants to contribute and be productive she spies a rare orchid in the hothouse of a neighboring yard whose house has fallen into disrepair. The endless rivalry that goes on, largely in the form of lawnmower races between Gnomeo and Tybalt (Statham) which Tybalt cheats in order to win, has been escalating. Gnomeo (McAvoy) is son of Lady Bluebury Juliet (Blunt) daughter of Lord Redbrick. On the Montague side, Lord Redbrick (Caine) rules the red gnomes on the Capulet, Lady Bluebury (Smith) is the boss. This resentment has carried over to their garden furniture, particularly the garden gnomes that populate their yards. They have had a petty rivalry going on over the years stemming from their gardens. Montague (Wilson) and Miss Capulet (Waters) live at 2B and Not 2B Verona Avenue. However, I can’t think of any version that is quite as bizarro as this one. Perhaps the most famous play ever written, it has been told and re-told in all sorts of cinematic methods, from musicals ( West Side Story) to epics (Zeffirelli’s 1968 version) to mistakes (Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 MTV-hip version). If the play’s the thing, then Romeo and Juliet may just be THE thing. (2011) Animated Feature (Touchstone) Starring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Matt Lucas, Jim Cummings, Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan, Julie Walters, Dolly Parton, Stephen Merchant, Richard Wilson. Featherstone engages in a little light bondage with Gnomeo and Juliet.
