Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss - Differences From The Play

Differences From The Play

• All of the characters are sea animals.
• Romeo and Juliet both only have fathers.
• Juliet is the first of the two lovers to be seen in the film.
• Tybalt and Count Paris are absent from the film. Instead, their roles are done by the Prince, who also filled the role of Prince Escalus.
• No thumbs are bitten, or even present.
• Mercutio and Benvolio are Romeo's only companions in the movie.
• Juliet's Nurse is absent from the movie.
• Juliet is the first girl that Romeo falls in love with.
• Romeo knows from the start that Juliet is a Capulet.
• Romeo and Juliet are seals instead of humans.
• Instead of a balcony, Juliet sits on top of a hill by a tree.
• No one dies in the movie.
• Romeo also becomes a victim of Friar Lawrence's potion.
• The families become aware of their children's relationship during the fight scene and not at the end.
• The Prince himself wants to marry Juliet. At the end, he finds another love who is his own species.
• At the party, the Capulets remain unaware of Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio's identities until they all go into the water.
• During the tree scene, Juliet's father calls to her, as she does not have a nurse.
• Romeo and Juliet sing a song together and do not talk during the tree scene.
• Mercutio is a Montague, as in the play he is neither Capulet nor Montague.