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Private Romeo

Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books.

5.5(62)20111h 37m2

When eight male cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic drama ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives.

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Released
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Language
English
  • uniform
  • cadet
  • kiss
  • gym
  • lgbt
  • military academy
  • gay theme

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Behind the camera

Director

Alan Brown

Writers

Alan Brown

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical20 Jun 2011
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical18 Jul 2012
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1 Jun 2012
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereChéries-Chéris, festival de films LGBTQ++++ de Paris8 Oct 2011
    • PhysicalDVD10 Oct 2012
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical15 Feb 2012
  • New ZealandNZ

    • Theatrical18 Jul 2012
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • Theatrical1 Jun 2012

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Private Romeo was released on 20 June 2011.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/16/2023

    6/10

    This is quite a creative reimagining of the "Romeo & Juliet" story that shifts the setting from Verona to an American military academy. Therein, are eight cadets who essentially adopt the roles of the Montagues and Capulets - but with a difference. All are male. Using an hybrid of Shakespeare's own language and a modern day soundtrack along with an overtly militaristic scenario, the love story unfolds. Creator Alan B…

  • K

    kinrich30

    8/29/2026

    1/10

    This is a gay take on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. It was a fairly good movie and they worked in some singing too, but it didn't always flow smoothly. At times they were the characters, at other times they were cadets at a military academy and others they were students reading the play. While not hard to follow, it definitely broke up the flow of the movie.

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