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Name: The Taming Of The Shrew
Released: 1967-3-8
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Hordern, Natasha Pyne

The Taming Of The Shrew

NR
2h 2m
1967

83%

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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton sparkle and amuse as Katharina and Petruchio in William Shakespeare's comic look at male chauvinism and women's lib in the 16th century. Petruchio, a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona, journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There, he encounters the fiery Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. Their honeymoon becomes a humorous battle of wit and insult with Kate as determined to maintain her independence as Petruchio is to "tame" her. When the embattled couple returns to Padua, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that his is the most obedient of wives. But in reality, the shrewish Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Producer:

Franco Zeffirelli, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor

Writer:

Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Paul Dehn

Cast:

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Hordern, Natasha Pyne

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: 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.

Reviews

Patheos

Eve Tushnet

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton supposedly smolder but actually screech and mock each other, seeming extremely emotionally involved but not in a good way.

The Bard has not been badly served. The Taming has a justness and balance to it that puts it up into the ranks of the best of Shakespearean films.

Given the richness of costume, and a muted, almost autumnal colour scheme of greens and russets and rods, the film should be marvelously pleasurable to watch.

July 5, 2018

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TV Guide

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.

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.

June 21, 2017

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