Carlo Carlei's "Romeo and Juliet" -- a lush, conventional
bodice-ripper of an adaptation with a screenplay (by "Downton
Abbey's" Julian Fellowes) that borrows heavily from Shakespeare
without quite being Shakespeare -- feels like a quaint throwback
to an earlier era in which a little-known director could just up
and film a Shakespeare play, without big stars or a modern
interpretive concept.  I'm not sure how appealing this movie
will be to the teen and young adult audience at which it seems
to be aimed: Kids brought up on the cosmic battles and forbidden
passions of "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" may find the thwarted
longings of the youth of medieval Verona too wanly special-
effects-free to hold their interest even for its slim 118-minute
running time. Still, there are reasons to see this "Romeo and
Juliet" -- it's just a shame that Romeo and Juliet are not chief
among them.  Young Ms. Capulet is played by Hailee Steinfeld,
whom viewers of the Coen brothers' True Grit will recognize from
her performance as t