The film had its world premiere on October 6, 2022, at the El Capitan Theatre and was released on October 14, 2022, on Hulu in the United States, Disney+ internationally and Star+ in Latin America. The film was removed from Disney+ on May 26, 2023, but was later made available digitally on September 26, 2023.[1][2]
Plot
Rosaline is an independent-minded, unconventional young lady from the House Capulet. She has been secretly seeing Romeo, a member of the Capulets' rivals, the Montagues, and arranges to meet him at the Capulet masquerade ball. Rosaline misses the ball after a meeting with a potential suitor, Dario Penza, introduced by her father, leads to them becoming trapped on a boat in a storm and she rudely rejects his courtship; meanwhile, at the ball, Romeo meets and becomes smitten with Rosaline's cousin Juliet. Next day, after Romeo does not arrive to see her, Rosaline follows him and sees him wooing Juliet.
Lord and Lady Capulet call on Rosaline's father Adrian, taking with them Juliet and her cousin Tybalt. Rosaline tells Juliet that she knows of Juliet's liaison with Romeo and lies about Romeo romancing many other women. Then, she takes Juliet out to a cheap drinking house to meet men, hoping to make her forget about Romeo. Rosaline becomes dismayed when Romeo does not reply to her letters. She then discovers letters he has written to Juliet, which she takes. Finding Juliet expecting Romeo, Rosaline encourages her to spurn him and he leaves, but Juliet sees Rosaline's necklace engraved with Romeo's and Rosaline's names and realizes that her cousin has lied to her.
Rosaline convinces her friend Count Paris that he can distract attention from his homosexuality by courting Juliet; the Capulets heartily accept the suit, much to Juliet's dismay. Rosaline finds a letter from Romeo to Juliet asking her to elope with him. Rosaline grudgingly accepts Dario as an escort when she ventures out to infiltrate the Montague estate after dark, intending to stop the wedding, but they are seen by guards and pursued; after Dario fights off the guards, they escape on horseback, but fail to stop the wedding. Rosaline's attitude to Dario softens, but Dario tells Rosaline he will be leaving next day to rejoin the navy.
Accepting what has happened, Rosaline sends Romeo's letters back to Juliet, but her message is intercepted by Tybalt who challenges Romeo to a duel. Romeo kills Tybalt, and both fathers angrily demand that Romeo and Juliet's marriage be annulled, and declare war on each other.
Rosaline goes to apologise to Dario and asks him to help Romeo and Juliet leave the country in his boat. They go to Juliet's room to tell her, only to learn that Juliet has already carried out her plan to fake her death by drinking a potion. Later, Rosaline arrives at Juliet's body to find Romeo with her but still alive, as Dario had informed him of the plan. Rosaline tells Romeo to also pretend to be dead, and scolds the arriving Montagues and Capulets for having caused this by their feud. The families reconcile and depart. Rosaline and Dario see Romeo and Juliet off in Dario's boat before sharing a kiss.
In a mid-credits scene, Romeo and Juliet on the boat trip struggle to find common interests.
Drum & Lace and Ian Hultquist were attached to compose the film by May 2022.[11] The two used instruments such as the harpsichord, lute, wooden flutes, and Renaissance drums alongside contemporary instruments like drum machines and analog and soft synths for the score, which was recorded in New York City. The two also had a 15-piece string ensemble.[12]
Marketing
First look images were revealed on August 11, 2022.[13][14] The official trailer was released on September 22, 2022, set to Icona Pop's 2012 song "I Love It".[15][16] Writing for IndieWire, Samantha Bergeson stated that "Rosaline in part acts as a who's-who of Gen Z Hollywood", citing Dever, Merced, and Allen starring in the upcoming films Ticket to Paradise, Madame Web, and the now cancelled live-action Masters of the Universe, respectively.[15][17]
Release
Rosaline had its world premiere on October 6, 2022, at the El Capitan Theatre.[18][19] The film was released on October 14, 2022, on Hulu in the United States, Disney+ internationally, Disney+ Hotstar in Southeast Asia and Star+ in Latin America.[13][20] Disney announced that Rosaline would stream on Disney+ in the US but limited for 5 days, which would start from February 10 to 15. It is no longer available on Disney+ in the US, but it is currently available digitally on other platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Vudu and Google Play as of September 26, 2023.[2]
Reception
Audience viewership
According to Whip Media, Rosaline was the sixth most streamed movie across all platforms in the United States during the week of October 16, 2022,[21][22] and the 8th most streamed movie across all platforms in the United States during the week of October 21, 2022.[23]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 83 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.The website's consensus reads: "Rosaline covers well-trod territory, but Kaitlyn Dever's engaging performance in the title role makes this period romance easy to love."[24]Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[25]
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