Leave it to the British to hack an American literary classic.  All kidding aside,  Gnomeo and Juliet is a cute and somewhat honest adaptation of the Shakespeare play to an animated film about a feud between garden gnomes of adjacent yards.

I thought the movie would have lulls here and there, but as an overall product, the efforts were more positive than negative.  The film involves a wide cast from Maggie Smith to Jason Statham.   The voice acting was good and I thought the creators did a good job of avoiding too many cliches. It seems animated films have the same sort of formula, a pantomine character, a crazy character, but those are accesories to the story, and the film doesn't lean heavily on them (think the penguins of Madagascar) to keep the viewer's attention.

I typically don't go for the typical resolution that happens in American films, but the manner it plays out in this film was acceptable.  Overall, a good, not great film.

6.5 of 10