Not Shakespeare but it had its moments

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 1999)

There's a "shrew" and she's tamed. Actually, she's not all that tamed so I don't see how it's based, albeit loosely, on "Taming of the Shrew". Well, Taming of the Shrew tended to be a lot patriarchal anyway so it was welcome to see Bianca punch out Joey and Kat paving her own way as herself.
I don't think I've seen a teen flick since "Clueless" so this was out of the league of movies I usually see (it was in a movie marathon, ok?). My verdict - you could generally see what was going to happen but the difference with this movie was that it was hard to guess how it would happen. It had its amusing moments, its 'heroes' and 'villains' and the obligatory prom and love and all that teeny stuff you get enough of on TV. Not bad, probably better than what some others would have done with "Shakespeare".