Movie #658 ........................."Gnomeo & Juliet"

Movie #658 "Gnomeo & Juliet" --- loved the voices of Jim McAvoy and Emily Blunt, loved that Michael Caine and Maggie Smith are in the secondary actors list, liked the music (although it sometimes felt stuck in the middle of the action, but hey, it was Elton John's stuff) and it had a cute story when it tried to follow the Shakespeare line; however, there was too much lag time for me --- too much running over stuff with the machinery, and not enough parody of Shakespeare --- too much flexibility given to this plot, in my estimation, but to make a movie with gnomes --- that's a feat in itself! I recommend it, but there are a lot of other movies for kids that are better --- esp. the Wallace & Grommit stuff. Gnomeo and Juliet2011G84 minutes - I rated this 3.5 out of 5 This animated family comedy transports Shakespeare's classic tale of forbidden romance between two star-crossed lovers from warring families to the unlikely and irreverent world of garden gnomes. Cast:James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Michael Caine, Matt Lucas, Jim Cummings, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Ozzy Osbourne, Stephen Merchant, Patrick Stewart, Julie Walters Genre:Family Animation, Family Comedies