Gnomeo & Juliet

Have you seen the new “Gnome” in town? I have been waiting for this movie to come out on DVD for month now; I’ve seen the previews and knew I had to check it out. I love Garden Gnomes, we had them all over in Germany; every garden had the little garden gnomes. Today was a dark rainy afternoon in central Florida, just perfect to huddle up on the couch and watch a family movie.

This movie is based on William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Gnomeo & Juliet features two garden gnomes in forbidden love. The couple looks to find lasting happiness and avoid tragedy as they are caught in the middle of a feud between the blue and red garden gnomes.

What a fun movie this is, completely 100% family friendly; even for the littlest of Disney fans. My Toddler was laughing the minute she saw Gnomeo and did not start till the movie was over; she asked for the movie to be played again and again; it was a Hit with the toddler; the tween was excited to watch the movie and it didn’t take much convincing of the Teen to sit down and have a great family afternoon.

The story was very nicely done, the pictures are out of this world and the sound track to me was just awesome. Disney’s movies lately have the best songs in the movies and it always fits perfect. We had a blast watching the little gnomes battle each other in a lawnmower race, fight each other because one was blue and one was red and even fall in love with the wrong colored gnome. Such a fun and entertaining movie.

After the movie was over  we took some time and explored the 2 alternate endings and the deleted scenes; I think the directors made a wonderful decision in deleting and editing the scenes till they were perfect; the final end product is absolutely adorable and we loved it; I do have to admit the one ending where the red and blue gnomes re-build everything united and made it all one happy garden was really cute, too. I would have loved to see that ending just as much as the one they put on the final version.

Kuddos to Disney for yet another wonderful animated movie for the entire family to watch; we must have spend a good 30+ min exploring the extra features when we realized that some of the funny characters in the movie were well known people like Ozzy Osbourne as the Fawn ( Hilarious), Hulk Hogan and many more, of course Elton John wrote and directed the songs and movie. He did a wonderful job; we loved the movie.

Film Synopsis:
From a director of Shrek 2 comes your chance to step into the secret world of garden gnomes— Gnomeo & Juliet. Perfect for the whole family, this fresh and funny makeover of one of the world’s most timeless stories features music from Sir Elton John, and the voice talents of Emily Blunt, James McAvoy and Sir Michael Caine. Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink flamingos and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness? Complete with hilarious never-before-seen bonus features, Gnomeo & Juliet is an out-of-the-ordinary animated comedy your entire family will love. We just gnome it!

This movie will be released on DVD May 24th, so you better run and pick up your copy as soon as you can or why not pre-order it on Amazon.com; we know this will be another family favorite. It sure is in our house.

This movie runs for 84 minutes and can be purchased on DVD or Blu-Ray and retails for $39.99 for the Combopack or $29.99 for the DVD

We were provided with a copy of the movie for our honest review, all opinions are 100% our own and no other compensation was nor will be received.