Rosaline (2022)
The play from the point of view of the girl Romeo dumped.
Romeo was in love with someone else on the night he met Juliet. She has opinions.
You know the play well, and you want it turned sideways and made funny.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the period, the Capulet household and the plot’s main events, seen from beside them.
Changes: the narrator and the genre: a comedy, told by Rosaline, the woman Romeo claims to love before he meets Juliet.
Kaitlyn Dever as Rosaline, Isabela Merced as Juliet, Kyle Allen as Romeo and Minnie Driver as the Nurse. Directed by Karen Maine.
Whose story is it?
Rosaline’s, played by Kaitlyn Dever. Isabela Merced is Juliet and Kyle Allen is Romeo.
How much time does it ask?
A feature, 1 hour 35 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Karen Maine.
Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Kyle Allen, Sean Teale, Minnie Driver as the Nurse.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More ways into Verona: Romeo and Juliet (George Cukor, 1936) · Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli, 1968) · William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)