Kiss Me Kate fingerprintFunny, strong craft.
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Romantic and hopeful
Plenty of sharp wit and situational comedy
Show business
Standout direction, performances, and dialogue
Standout score
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Kiss Me Kate is fast-paced.
Romantic and hopeful
Emotionally, it's romantic, hopeful, and wholesome.
Plenty of sharp wit and situational comedy
Expect plenty of sharp wit and situational comedy.
Show business
Its world is built around show business.
Standout direction, performances, and dialogue
The direction, performances, and dialogue stand out.
Standout score
Look and sound: the score stand out.
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Kiss Me Kate is included with a subscription to TCM in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, YouTube Free, and Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 81/100 (IMDb 7 and Rotten Tomatoes 93%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States.
1 h 49 min
Kiss Me Kate runs 1 h 49 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Kiss Me Kate higher (93) than audiences (72). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 1.6 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French, Italian. Produced in United States.
+47GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Kiss Me Kate in 61 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 67 storytelling tropes for Kiss Me Kate, including Jerkass, Bantering Baddie Buddies, Large Ham.
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