At a party in the Capulet mansion, Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) meet for the first time. The couple cannot take their eyes off each other.

Tracy (Bojana Novakovic) is being passed over the heads of her friends at a party.

On the eve of her marriage to Dave Paris, Juliet (Claire Danes) becomes suicidal.

A TV news reporter describes a bitter rivalry in the city of Verona Beach. Engaged in the deadly feud are Romeo’s Montague family and the Capulet family of Juliet.