The Taming of the Shrew
Grumio (Cyril Cusack) and Hortensio (Victor Spinetti) both long to wed the same beautiful young woman, Bianca. However, her father announces that she may not marry until her mean spirited sister Katarina is wed.
12 December 1929, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
13 May 1927, Rome, Lazio, Italy
20 June 1930, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
1922 in Naples, Campania, Italy
26 November 1910, Durban, Natal, South Africa
9 July 1946, Crawley, Sussex, England, UK
26 January 1931, London, England, UK
January 19, 1944 in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
September 27, 2005
Not necessarily the best telling, but still wickedly attractive.
May 24, 2003
High-spirited whoop-de-doo Shakespeare, not too adulterated, not too precious, and geared slyly towards an audience who may have read about this kind of marriage on the showbiz gossip pages.
July 01, 2008
More debased Shakespeare from Franco Zeffirelli.
January 01, 2000
Despite its blatant lack of political correctness, there is considerable fun to be had in this film.
October 10, 2007
Zeffirelli can't bring himself quite to the realm of radical Shakespeare. However, the film is a great vehicle for the two most famous stars of its era.
July 01, 2008
Comedy is sustained in witty wedding ceremony.
December 21, 2006
Fine Zeffirelli version with Taylor and Burton in good form.
July 01, 2008
Purists will doubtless be upset by this flick, but the bawdy humor is engaging, the photography and musical score work just fine, and the most famous married couple in the world at that time are really having a ball here.
February 19, 2004
Riotous fun.
January 01, 2000
When [Zeffirelli] sticks to the play and to his actor's skills, the film comes alive. Sadly that was not as often as it should have been.
July 01, 2008
As for Mr. Zeffirelli's settings and the elaborate Renaissance costumes, they look very rich and mellow in the misty pastel colors that are used. But they, too, like Nino Rota's music, tend to monotony.
April 21, 2002
...ranks among the finest screen adaptations of a Shakespeare play ever made.
