Not as bad as I expected

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2000)

I thought this film would be a typical teen-romance-comedy that centers around a romance that leads to the prom. But, I was amazed, only this film (and American Pie) is the only good teen film of the year (if American Beauty doesn't count). Why? Because it is a replica (a good one at that) of Bill Shakespeare's Taming the Shrew. So much in fact the names match (the two daughters are Bianca and Katerina like the play), and the story reads like the play, so I don't need to go into the plot. Just know it is witty, and actually funny at times (Larry Miller is dead-pan funny as the worried dad). A