Tom Holland wows crowds more than critics in Romeo and Juliet

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Reviews describe the Spider-Man star's performance on stage as 'good', 'fine' and 'perfectly OK'.

The "unprecedented" excitement among fans outside the London theatre where Spider-Man star Tom Holland is appearing in Romeo and Juliet hasn't quite been matched by the response from the critics inside.Other critics also struggled to get exercised, describing Holland's Romeo as "fine", "perfectly OK" and "perfectly plausible".

But in the end, Lloyd's production "at times felt too formulaic" and left the audience "more perplexed than gripped", he said. There is "much to admire" - but she concluded that "the deliberate underplaying of emotion ultimately leeches the play of its tragedy".was not very keen on a production he described as "fiercely stripped-down", in which "the exuberance of love and youth is entirely missing".

"On comes Holland, a camera following him from backstage. He’s tearful, morose, muttering. He’s a very sad boy in a tight white vest," Bano wrote. He added: "If it had ended at the interval, it would have been brilliant. Instead, it becomes a thing of diminishing returns...

 

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