Gnomeo & Juliet is a 2011 British computer-animated family comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. The film is directed by Kelly Asbury, and the two main characters are voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. The film was released on February 11, 2011. Mrs. Montague and Mr. Capulet are two elderly neighbors who despise each other. When they leave the garden, objects come alive in both their gardens. The Montague garden is filled with blue garden gnomes, and the Capulet garden houses red garden gnomes. Later, both blue and red gnomes attend a lawnmower race.... Representing the blues is Gnomeo and representing the reds is Tybalt . During the race, it looks like Gnomeo is winning; however, Tybalt cheats and wins the race, destroying Gnomeo's lawnmower. Gnomeo and his best friend, Benny , insult Tybalt for cheating, but Tybalt ignores them. Benny watches Mrs. Montague ordering a new cheap lawnmower called The Kitten Clipper, disappointed. Later that night, Gnomeo and Benny infiltrate the red garden in disguise, with blue spray cans.
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| Release date: | January 23, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Kelly Asbury |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 84 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Furnish, Baker Bloodworth, Steve Hamilton Shaw |
| Editor: | Catherine Apple |
| Music by: | Elton John, James Newton Howard, Chris P. Bacon |
| Screenplay by: | Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kelly Asbury, Kathy Greenberg, Steve Hamilton Shaw, Emily Cook |
| Adapted from: | Romeo and Juliet |
| Genre: | Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy |