based on Shakespeare?!

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2000)

>spoiler warning<
This movie is hardly based on 'Taming of the Shrew'. It's just another addle-minded, cliched teen film whose plot just happens to share certain elements with TOTS. I hope there are no people out there who've watched this and thought 'wow, i never realised how good Shakespeare is!' but I have a terrible feeling that there are. The references back to the play are incredibly obvious - wouldn't it have been more clever if they were a little more subtle? (BTW, having last names, high schools etc named from the play isn't particularly subtle). Julia Stiles gives a great performance as the bitter Kat Stratford, even though she is surrounded by not-so-great actors and a lousy script which is full of holes. Would you forgive someone for doing something really mean to you if they bought you a guitar? I didn't think so.
Worth a look, definitely better than its contemporary 'she's all that', but don't expect too much from it.