I thought it was very cute and sweet...

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 1999)

I'll admit it, when I first went into the theater, I was thinking that this movie was probably going to be really bad. But as the lights dimmed and I was introduced to the characters, I was charmed and entranced. The actors and actresses did a wonderful job bringing their characters alive... Heath Ledger played the perfect Patrick. Hard on the outside, yet sweet and mushy on the inside. Julia Stiles was sparkling as Katarina Stratford, temperamental and edgy. Larisa Oleynik was the perfect Bianca, sweet and simpering. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt was a brilliant Cameron, scheming yet all too charming. Andrew Keegan was great as Joey Donner, self obsessed and hateful. I was thoroughly liking the movie until the scene in which Patrick (Ledger) woos Kat (Stiles) with a heart-melting rendition of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" that literally brought a stadium full of people to become an ooohing and aahing mass of fuzzy, warm happiness. After this scene, I loved the movie. It was downright adorable. I think that it should not be missed by anyone.