History YMMV / RomeoAndJulietSealedWithAKiss

** Kissy the Kissing Fish randomly making... ''Film/Terminator2'' references, of all things.

** Similarly, the very large [[AbhorrentAdmirer Prince]] making moves on the small and young-looking Juliet gives off pedophiliac undertones.

* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: The titular leads resemble young sea lion pups, making romantic scenes a lot more uncomfortable to watch. The ValuesDissonance from [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet the original play]], where Juliet is barely a teenager, doesn't help matters at all. As pointed out in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHCxPAviGkc Bobsheaux's review]], the film would have been a lot better off had they been designed more like adult sea lions - with him using Mercutio's character design as an example - [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute even if they wouldn't be as cute as with their official designs]].

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the bulk of the film is done with surprisingly good hand-drawn animation for a [[NoBudget low-budget]], indie animated feature, there are a couple parts where Nibbelink blatantly cuts corners by moving or stretching static cut-out drawings of the characters in flash, which is very jarring and embarrassingly crude looking compared to how fluid the bulk of the film's animation is. There is also the very crude CGI used in the shark chase sequence.
* {{Squick}}:

--> I don't like stinky babies! Pee-yew! *giggles* Can I be your baby? I mean your STINKY baby!

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The entire scene where Romeo and Juliet are harassed by the undersea creatures who don't approve of their relationship. It's most likely an excuse for the two lead characters to face an obstacle in their romance and it's never talked about again when Romeo and Juliet escape the naysayers.
** Kissy the Kissing Fish randomly making...''Film/Terminator2'' references, of all things.

* NarmCharm: After Juliet is seemingly dead, the Prince complains "Women, it's always something!" Many reviewers seem to agree that this is one of the few actually funny moments of the film.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: It's a [[LighterAndSofter toned-down kid-friendly]] adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most tragic plays starring cute cartoon seals. It's not surprising few were interested in seeing it.

* {{Squick}}: Both of the titular leads look like young pups, which makes it very awkward when they kiss and make bedroom eyes at each other.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The film assumes that "wherefore" means "where" when in actuality, it means "why."

** While Romeo is banished to Shark Island, Kissy decides to cheer him up by singing a little song. Which song does she choose? ''[[TastesLikeDiabetes Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star]]''. The same song [[DarkReprise later plays instrumentally]] at Romeo and Juliet's funeral.

** Kissy the Kissing Fish for being [[TastesLikeDiabetes overly cute]] and contributing little to the plot.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: To be expected, given that it's a LighterAndSofter adaptation of one of Shakespeare's darkest works, but Kissy the Kissing Fish is the best example, given that she's voiced by the director's daughter with unscripted dialogue.

* ProtectionFromEditors: Bobsheaux points out in his review that the entire film being written and animated by just one person wasn't necessarily a good thing, since it meant there was no-one who could notice bad ideas and keep them out of the film.

** Mercutio is probably the most hated of all, for making all sorts of annoying jokes (some of which are ''racist'' jokes), and making the distasteful line "This party looks dead" at the titular characters' funeral.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the bulk of the film is done with surprisingly good hand-drawn animation for a [[NoBudget low-budget]], indie animated feature, there are a couple parts where Nibbelink blatantly cuts corners by moving or stretching static cut-out drawings of the characters in flash, which is very jarring and embarrassingly crude looking compared to how fluid the bulk of the films animation is. There is also the very crude CGI used in the shark chase sequence.