I had never seen this before because I was 31 in 1999 and far too cool for teen comedy adaptations of Shakespeare. I've been recently trying to catch up with popular movies I have never seen, and at 54, I'm no longer too cool for teen comedy adaptations of Shakespeare.
I'm glad I did. This is a solidly okay film that both amused and entertained. It's not a perfect film. The plot is EXTREMELY predictable, but in ways that are more comforting than annoying. It raises a few comic dead-ends, but generally speaking ... it was a spend an hour and a half.
I didn't expect Julia Stiles to kind of steal the movie away from Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but damn if she didn't manage it.
They let Ledger just talk in his Australian accent.
I'm glad I did. This is a solidly okay film that both amused and entertained. It's not a perfect film. The plot is EXTREMELY predictable, but in ways that are more comforting than annoying. It raises a few comic dead-ends, but generally speaking ... it was a spend an hour and a half.
I didn't expect Julia Stiles to kind of steal the movie away from Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but damn if she didn't manage it.
They let Ledger just talk in his Australian accent.