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Summary: The laughs just keep on coming!
Review: This movie is so good! Great plot and extremely funny. The story is about two daughters. One popular, and one...socially Challenged! Their father makes a rule that the popular daughter can't go on a date unless her sister does. One guy finds out and pays a juvenile delincuent to go out with her. But what do you think will happen when he falls in love with her. See love, breakups, and paint ball fights! happen in this movie.
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Summary: By Far, the Best of the Recent Rash of "Teensploitation" Flicks
Review: "10 Things I Hate About You" is a teensploitation movie. Don't get me wrong, because that's not a bad thing. At least, it doesn't *have* to be a bad thing. But the reason that most people over the age of 21 groan when they hear about yet *another* movie about teenagers, is because the teensploitation fad has given us the recent "Scary Movie," and less-recent releases like "American Pie," "She's All That," "Varsity Blues," "Can't Hardly Wait," and the abysmal "Drive Me Crazy." Now, there's nothing wrong with putting a bunch of attractive twenty-somethings in a plot about the trials and tribulations of high school. But (and this is my only complaint about "10 Things") could they at least aim for a little more realism? Whose high school looks like a castle? Who has gone to their senior prom to find all the attendees dancing in unison? Who's ever had an inappropriate sexual encounter with an apple pie, and who has ever had a hot exchange student masturbate on their bed, live on the internet?Other than the few instances where the viewer is forced to suspend disbelief (come on, we all know that Joey Donner is a closet nancy-boy), "10 Things" is a pretty good movie. If it weren't for modernized versions of the Bard, many of us wouldn't be able to stomach the mandatory studying of "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Macbeth," and of course "The Taming of the Shrew." By putting the plot and characters in a setting that most people understand-high school-the filmmakers have proven that Shakespeare's work is truly timeless, and definitely worth studying. (I don't mean to insult Shakespeare fans out there-in fact, I admire you; you're a lot smarter than I am!) "10 Things" is funny and has its touching moments-like when Patrick (Heath Ledger, "The Patriot's" adorable Aussie) serenades Kat (Julia Stiles) in the stadium. When I saw that scene, I thought, "Who cares if it's believable? That's so sweet!" Several notably good scenes include the party, where the writers say (by way of the students' acceptance of social outcast Kat only after she performs a drunken table-dance, something she would never normally do) that "everyone's popular when you're drunk." During the inevitable prom scene, when Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) fights with Joey (Andrew Keegan, in a wonderfully snotty performance) to defend the honor of Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), it shows that likes her for who she is, and not just because she's pretty. The movie has good character development and some great acting, especially by Ledger, David Krumholtz as Cameron's A/V Club pal, and Allison Janney as a demented guidance counsellor. Don't write it off as just another teen flick-it's a big fish in a small pond, and it's not only watchable, it's enjoyable.
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Summary: Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles update Shakespeare
Review: "10 Things I Hate About You" is obviously inspired by Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," but it would be a mistake to think that the story is simply translated entact to the Sea-Tac area of Washington State. Actually, what we have here are the basics translated to the high school level (with some of the names): Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) cannot date until her older sister Kat does so (Julia Stiles), and new kid in town Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) hires moody Pat Verona (Heath Ledger) to pitch woo to Kat. However, from then on "10 Things I Hate About You" reminds you more of a standard Hollywood teen flick where two people who hate each other fall in love rather than Shakespeare--not that there is anything wrote with that. The success of the film probably owes as much to the two leads as it does to ripping off the bard. Perhaps the best evidence in support of this hypothesis is how quickly Ledger and Stiles became stars after this film. Ledger is a hunk in the more physical sense of the word, with shoulders and everything, with the touch o' accent from Down Under to give him an air of the exotic. Meanwhile, Stiles is never going to play an airhead and I think that has more to do with her eyes than either her hair color or body type. You just know this is a smart character and I do not mean conveniently smart in a "Legally Blonde" sort of way. Of course, this is going to be enhanced by the fact that Stiles seems to be destined to be the queen of the Shakespeare updates, having added "O" to her resume along with this film. The consensus is that Shakespeare wrote the Petruchio -Katharine plotline of "The Taming of the Shrew" while somebody else did the inferior Bianca subplot and that divison of quality pretty much applies to this film as well. The Bianca-Cameron subplot is used to kickstar the main Kat-Pat pout and then sort of becomes background noise. In fact, the relationship between school doormat Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz) and Kat's best bud Mandella (Susan May Pratt) becomes more of a rooting interest on the part of the audience. The adults are comic foils for the main festivities in this one, but there is a pretty nice array of talent running around making the most of their bit parts, especailly Allison Janney as Ms. Perky, David Leisure as Mr. Chapin, and Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan (who proves you can rap Shakespeare). Larry Miller plays the poor suffering father of Kat and Bianca, and it is nice to see an actor who usually plays such weasely charactrs show he can provoke our sympathy with such subtle shadings. The end result is an enjoyable teen film which will make the literary deities happy by inspiring a few thousand kiddies to check out the "original" story.
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Summary: Better than the average teen movie
Review: "10 Things I Hate About You" is one of maybe two or three films that rises to the top of the heap in that whole fad back in the late '90s of taking classic novels and plays and adapting them into teen movies. You know all the basics: based on "Taming of the Shrew", Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, yadda yadda yadda. What makes "10 Things" rise above its more drecky cousins ("Cruel Intentions", "Drive Me Crazy", and anything -- whether based on classic literature or not -- that had Freddie Prinze, Jr. within 50 yards of it) is the fact that this film came with a well-written script, and the director and producers put actors in who could handle the comedy. In addition to Julia Stiles, major kudos go out to Darryl "Chill" Mitchell (the wise-cracking English teacher) and Allison Janney (the erotica-writing guidance counselor) for their performances. Definitely one to add to the collection, even if it's as a guilty pleasure.
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Summary: The taming of Julia Stiles.
Review: "10 Things I Hate About You" is probably smarter than it has any right to be, and it's occasionally very funny. The cast is filled with winning actors, some of whom later when on to become big movie stars, and the movie plays nicely on its Shakespearean origins. Regarding teen movies, isn't it funny how they're often better when they're based upon classic source material? I mean, this one, based upon "Taming of the Shrew," is top-shelf entertainment, and "Clueless," based on Jane Austen's "Emma," is a terrific, witty movie. And the movie "O," based upon "Othello" and featuring Julia Stiles, is an amazing, bleak drama. Speaking of Stiles, she's a terrific actress, and she's the best thing about this movie.
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Summary: The Best Teen Comedy Since "Ferris Buehler's Day Off."
Review: "10 Things I hate about You" is the best teen comedy since "Ferris Buehler's Day Off". This is why I love it: 1. It is a perfect attempt on a hip version of "The Taming of The Shrew." 2. The teen actors put on an encore preformance. 3. It's very funny. 4. Larisa Oleynick is finally maturing from Nickelodeon's show, "Alex Mack." 5. Not only is she maturing, she's is sooo fine! 6. Joseph Gordan-Levitt is also maturing from "Third Rock From the Sun". 7. Juilia Stiles is an extremely sexy dancer. 8. She is also sooo fine! 9. Even though I'm a boy, I think that the soundtrack has some good music on it. 10. Julia Stiles flashes a teacher. So all you teen comedy fans, get this movie, you will not be dissapointed. My dad, who is 50, loves this movie. Buy it, don't rent it first, just buy it, you'll love it.
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Summary: It was full of feeling.
Review: "10 Things I Hate About You" was a freat movie! It was wounderfully done, and the plot was terrific. The actors and actresses really got into it. There was not one bad actor in that film. And once you got into it, it was almost like one of those super heroes movies, you kept routing for the good guy to win.
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Summary: It was full of feeling. I can't wait till it comes out!
Review: "10 Things I hate about you" was a great movie! It was wounderfully done, and the plot was terrific. The actors and actreeses really got into it. There was not one bad actor in that film. And once you got into it, it was almost like one of those super hero movies, you kept routing for the good guy to win.
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Summary: Shakespeare adulteration
Review: "10 Things I Hate About You," a modern updating of "The Taming of the Shrew," demonstrates what happens when filmmakers drain The Bard of his poetry and language and cater to modern moviegoing tastes - they reduce a classic work to yet another in a long line of lamebrained, dull teenagers-on-the-make tales featuring a contingent of adolescents who would never be caught dead reading Shakespeare. In this version, set in contemporary Tacoma, Kate and Bianca have been converted into two squabbling high school sisters, the former a notorious harridan from whom all peers flee and the latter a virginal beauty whom all the boys covet but who is laboring under her father's edict that she not be able to date until her older sister does. That Shakespeare's plot fails to translate to modern times goes without saying since the father's obsession lacks the kind of logic the original author provided. In the original's historical context, the cultural tradition dictating that the older daughter must marry before the younger one rings true as a motivation for the story's narrative underpinnings. Here, since the fathers seems mostly concerned with the - real or imagined - horrifying consequences of his daughter's dating, his decision to allow Bianca to date only if Kate does seems counterintuitive and counterproductive. It seems hardly sensible that his fears would be allayed by having TWO daughters out on the town with boyfriends. All this could be forgiven if the filmmakers had provided a screenplay with even a smidgen of cleverness and humor. In fact, the first ten minutes hint at a reasonably astute satire of modern high school life, particularly in the character of a sex-obsessed female counselor who provides the only moments of amusement in the entire film. Since she us dropped almost immediately from the action, all we are left with is the spectacle of a group of shallow teenagers laboriously executing the mechanics of a once irresistable plot. Kate is nowhere near the terrifying shrew nor her pursuer the arrogant rogue they need to be to be comically effective. They come across as only slightly askew, but basically ordinary, adolescents who lack the charisma to make them even slightly interesting. "10 Things" proves yet again that Shakespeare without Shakespeare results only in a bareboned plot devoid of wit and artistry.
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Summary: 10 Things I Love About the Witty Dialogue
Review: "Whoops? My insurance doesn't cover PMS!" If you like witty dialogue such as this, then you will enjoy 10 Things I Hate About You. This movie is full of sarcasm and clever comebacks delivered by hot new talent such as lead characters Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. These promising young actors and actresses are enticing as Seattle high schoolers, but the supporting cast offers a colorful variety of laughs as well. Larry Miller plays Kat (Stiles) and Bianca's (charming Larisa Oleynik) father, an obstetrician who is darned if his daughters will end up like the teenage mothers he encounters every day. Consequently, he won't let them date and thus the basis of the storyline. You will be happy to follow these characters around hip Seattle as they plot, party, paintball, and-standard movie requirement- go to prom. This review is done! Go and rent the movie already!
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