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Title: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Heath Ledger | ... | Patrick Verona | |
| Julia Stiles | ... | Katarina Stratford | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Cameron James (as Joseph-Gordon Levitt) | |
| Larisa Oleynik | ... | Bianca Stratford | |
| David Krumholtz | ... | Michael Eckman | |
| Andrew Keegan | ... | Joey Donner | |
| Susan May Pratt | ... | Mandella | |
| Gabrielle Union | ... | Chastity | |
| Larry Miller | ... | Walter Stratford | |
| Daryl Mitchell | ... | Mr. Morgan (as Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell) | |
| Allison Janney | ... | Ms. Perky | |
| David Leisure | ... | Mr. Chapin | |
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Greg Jackson | ... | Scruvy |
| Kyle Cease | ... | Bogey Lowenstein | |
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Terence Heuston | ... | Derek |
Adapted from William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew," 10 Things I Hate About You starts off with Cameron, new student at Padua High, sitting in the office of the quirky guidance counselor Ms. Perky. He is then shown around the school by Michael, who will become his best friend. During his tour is when Cameron first sees Bianca Stratford, a beautiful sophomore with one problem: she isn't allowed to date. And neither is her "shrew" sister, Katarina, a senior who loves indie rock and feminist prose and hates conformity. But Kat and Bianca's father alters his house rule: now, Bianca can date... as long as Kat has a date, too. Now, in order for Cameron to date Bianca, he has to find someone to date Kat. So Michael helps him enlist the help of pretty-boy/jerk/model Joey Donner, tricking him into thinking that *he* will get to take Bianca out if he pays someone to take out Kat. His choice: Patrick Verona, a bad-boy with a mysterious reputation--some say he ate a live duck once, ... Written by Erica Baffa
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Based on Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," "10 Things I Hate About You" offers a refreshing revival of the "good" teen films, as compared to the "typical" teen films.
It's based on Shakespeare's story somewhat loosely. It's about a teenaged girl whose father will not allow her to date. Finally he comes up with a clever idea - if she can convince her older sister (who is a strict, boring "b***") to date someone, the younger sibling can as well. Her father knows this is as realistic as saying "When pigs begin to fly" but then he can't be accused of being unfair.
"10 Things..." is overall pretty good. It's better than I thought it would be. It has some funny moments, it's got a talented cast with some older actors popping up in various humorous roles, etc. It's not as refreshing or unique as a John Hughes teen comedy but it certainly plays upon some of the clichés of the genre (invented by Hughes no less) to good effect.
Overall, I was impressed with the movie, and the actors, and that's saying a lot considering it's a teen film (a genre I have come to loathe recently with entries such as "Slackers" etc.).