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Rating: 8/10 (23 September 2000)

I have to say I did enjoy this film for what it was. I saw the Burton/Zeffirelli production of 'Taming of the Shrew' again quite recently, and I knew that Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles weren't exactly going to replace Taylor and Burton as the leads in my memory. Yet all the kids in the film are appealing, and I can see that boy from 'third rock' is showing some talent for comedy. Also the two familiar faces playing the quirky grown-ups, Larry Miller as the father of the daughters, and Allison Janney as the Guidance Councillor, are very funny. Furthermore, Zeffirelli would never have added those outtakes in his film, which are always welcome in a comedy.