More than a teen-movie

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2004)

As the setting of the film would make You except seeing just another teen-movie, this one had a magical spark. There's a reason for that Shakespeare's plays are still popular and appreciated. The themes just never die.
This one's a love story, but it also makes observations about the human character. Kat has grown a shell to protect her from the world outside. Pat Verona helps her to come out and to show her real and fragile personality. What comes to the love story... the biggest flaw was that the story of Kat and Pat didn't grow to it's full potential. The director should have concentrated purely on that instead of trying to show also the story of Kat's sister. To carry on with both stories, the movie should've been 20-30 minutes longer, but then again it would've been too long for it's target group: females 14-20. Anyway, Shakespeare - being a rebel of his time - would have loved this adaptation, just like I did.