The Montagues and Capulets have moved to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach in this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic play. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue is intact as the feuding families' children fall desperately in love. The families nix the union, so Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) wed secretly. But just as it seems there's hope of uniting the warring clans, events turn tragic.