Kiss Me Kate

The divorced stars of a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" find that their offstage romantic lives parallel their combative onstage ones.
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  • ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: November 24, 2020
  • Originally Released: 1953
  • Label: Warner Archives

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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh91%

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Total Count: 11

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 8,026
Rating: 2.5/4 -- A little weak in acting at first, but warms up nicely. Quite entertaining. And even more welcoming in 3D. Full Review
Hollywood Report Card
Sep 26, 2006
Rating: 4/5 -- The picture's brio is quaint and disarming, for the most part getting its laughs when it needs them. Full Review
New York Times
Jan 1, 2000
...Kiss Me Kate had nothing on Singin' in the Rain. Full Review
Village Voice
Jan 1, 2000
Cole Porter's Broadway musical (via Shakespeare) has been toned down for the screen, but the songs are as wonderful as ever. Full Review
Maclean's Magazine
Nov 5, 2019
Rating: 5/5 -- A treat, on no account to be missed. Full Review
BBC.com
Apr 18, 2001
Rating: B+ -- A mostly zippy showbiz paean. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Feb 14, 2008
Rating: 5/5 -- One of the all-time best movie musicals, with Fosse choreography and Porter's vunderbar music.
Movie Mom
Jul 20, 2003

Description by OLDIES.com:

When two squabbling ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical verson of The Taming of the Shrew, life imitates art and art imitates life.
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  • UPC: 883929727391
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