The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 3
It may not be reverent enough for purists, but This Taming of the Shrew is too funny -- and fun -- for the rest of us to resist.
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2
It may not be reverent enough for purists, but This Taming of the Shrew is too funny -- and fun -- for the rest of us to resist.
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Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a zesty version of the classic comedy, highlighted by performances by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and Nino Rota's score. Instead of simply filming a play, Zeffirelli turned Shakespeare's text into a lively, cinematic movie, with sweeping sets and cinematography. Set in Padua, Italy in the late 1500s, the story concerns the shy Bianca (Natasha Pyne) and the mean-spirited Katarina (Elizabeth Taylor), the two
Jan 1, 1967 Wide
Sep 23, 2003
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Richard Burton
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Alfred Lynch
Tranio -
Elizabeth Taylor
Katherine -
Vernon Dobtcheff
Pedant -
Michael York
Lucentio -
Michael Hordern
Baptista -
Victor Spinetti
Hortensio -
Natasha Pyne
Bianca -
Cyril Cusack
Grumio -
Alan Webb
Gremio -
Roy Holder
Biondello -
Giancarlo Cobelli
The Priest -
Gianni Magni
Curtis -
Alberto Bonucci
Nathaniel -
Lino Capolicchio
Gregory -
Roberto Antonelli
Philip -
Ken Parry
Tailor -
Mark Dignam
Vincentio -
Bice Valori
The Widow -
Anthony Gardner
Haberdasher -
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (3) | DVD (2)
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.
Top CriticComedy is sustained in witty wedding ceremony.
More debased Shakespeare from Franco Zeffirelli.
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.
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.
Fine Zeffirelli version with Taylor and Burton in good form.
Not necessarily the best telling, but still wickedly attractive.
Riotous fun.
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.
What is left intact is the boisterous vitality of the play and most of its poetry.
...ranks among the finest screen adaptations of a Shakespeare play ever made.
Despite its blatant lack of political correctness, there is considerable fun to be had in this film.
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Foreign Titles
- Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (DE)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967) (UK)
