This film took me by surprise, in the best way possible.

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2002)

i was channel-surfing, i admit it. i'm 50 years old, but i used to love "The Secret World of Alex Mack", i admit that too. When i saw Larisa Oleynik on the screen, i put down the remote.
i came in at the beginning, thankfully, and when i saw Joseph Gordon-Levitt, i settled in for the duration. The casting was wonderful, the direction bright and energetic. As a long time student of cinema i was surprised and delighted to be so thoroughly entertained, by something meant to be so lightweight.
It wasn't until i got to IMdB to check out some of the rest of the excellent cast, that i realized that it WAS a treatment of "Taming of the Shrew". How embarrassing, yet i think that it is just testimony to the enchanting quality of the whole film that i never had a chance to get to "analysis mode".
i gave it a 10 for so completely brightening my afternoon. i'm glad to see that i'm not alone in my appreciation of the "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" sequence. (totally charming)