10 Things I Hate About You

PG-13

3/31/19991h 37m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. ~

Overview:

On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

Director:

Gil Junger

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$16,000,000.00

Revenue:

$53,478,166.00

Key words:

high school
deception
based on play or musical
coming of age
teen movie
shrew
valentine's day
shakespeare in modern dress
opposites attract
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teenage romance
overprotective father

Cast

Heath Ledger

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Patrick Verona

Julia Stiles

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Katarina Stratford

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Cameron James

Larisa Oleynik

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Bianca Stratford

David Krumholtz

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Michael Eckman

Andrew Keegan

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Joey Donner

Susan May Pratt

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Mandella

Gabrielle Union

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Chastity

Larry Miller

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Walter Stratford

Daryl Mitchell

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Mr. Morgan

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Reviews (3)

Rob
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in a modern high school setting with humour. Reminiscent of an 80s-style rom-com. Settle back and just enjoy it for what it is.
Andre Gonzales
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
Very funny movie. I like the late 90's and early 2000's quirky romance comedies. It's always funny to have embarrassing things happen to you, when your trying to impress a girl.
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
"Cameron" (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a bit keen on "Bianca" (Larisa Oleynik) but she has eyes on the wealthy school Lothario "Joey" (Andrew Keegan). Regardless of who likes who, though, her dad won't allow her out of the house, socially, unless her independently-minded and rather stand-offish sister "Kat" (Julia Stiles) goes too. She's no intentions of playing any games of conformity, though, so it's a stale mate! Hormones drive ingenuity and swiftly "Cameron" and his pal "Michael" (David Krumholtz) come up with a plan to hook up "Kat" with "Patrick" (Heath Ledger). He hasn't much interest in the school or it's traditions either, so he might just be for her. Their cunning plan needs a backer, so they alight on the dim "Joey" to fund the operation so he can get a date with "Bianca". What a complex web we have weaved - and of course it's only a matter of time and tequila before we are set on the, rather predictable, bumpy course of true love. It is all standard fayre that leads to an obvious, slightly too sentimental, conclusion, but along the way there is a great soundtrack - Joan Armatrading sounds great with big screen sound - and plenty of humour too. Some of that is a bit crass, but there is still loads that works better as these horny, vain and bloody-minded kids try to get their guy/gal. Allison Janney features all too sparingly as the guidance teacher who cares little for her pupils - unless they can contribute to the steamy novel she is writing when their problems don't disrupt her concentration. Stiles and Ledger do gel well with the latter showing quite a degree of mischievous charisma with his pretty limiting role. There isn't really anything new here, but it has something engaging of the "Breakfast Club" (1985) style to it and I quite enjoyed it. The ending really did make me glad I come from a nation that spares it's children from that ghastly end of term torture that is "the Prom"!