Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) meets the girl of his dreams, Bianca Stratford (Oleynik) on his first day at his new high school. She is most beautiful and shallow girl at school, but cannot date. Her father has the rules quoted above, but changes the rule so that the only way Bianca can date is if her older sister Kat (Stiles) does.
Kat is a hardcore feminist and social outcast, but Cameron is determined. With the help of his nerdy pal Michael (Krumholtz) he constructs an elaborate plan to get the girl. They convince wealthy and conceited Joey (Keegan), who also wants Bianca, to pay bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to try dating Kat. With a little help from Bianca and Kat's best friend Mandella (Pratt), Cameron and Michael give Patrick advice to get Kat to date him. The plan goes into action at the big beer bash.
I love this film...I should probably just admit that now. The soundtrack is incredible, each song reflects the current mood / characters on screen. Yes, the characters are the regular cast in teen films (the bad boy, the preppy girl, etc), but the cast makes the most of their roles. However, the funniest characters are the adults: the guidance counselor, the English teacher, and the dad. Ms. Perky the guidance counselor is writing a novel, occasionally borrowing phrases from her sessions with students. Although she is only in a few scenes, her character is one of the most memorable in the film. Mr. Morgan is a teacher with attitude who raps a sonnet and tells his class how he really feels about them (painfully honest), the man has spunk! (can I say that about a man?, it sounds like something you say about a child...) And Mr. Stratford, Kat and Bianca's father, has my favorite lines in the film. He's trying to keep order in his house and protect his daughters, but it doesn't work out the way he planned. The best part of the film is when Heath Ledger's Patrick sings and "dances" for Kat, in front of the entire school. How can you not love that? An enjoyable film.
The story is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Dude, it's quotable: pretty much anything Larry Miller says is golden, but the rest of the cast gets in a few one-liners
Rent it: you know you love it too
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 97 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for crude sex-related humor and dialogue, alcohol and drug-related scenes, all involving teens
Director: Gil Junger
Starring: Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford
David Krumholtz as Michael
Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner
Susan May Pratt as Mandella
Gabrielle Union as Chastity
Larry Miller as Walter Stratford
Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan
Allison Janney as Ms. Perky
Kat is a hardcore feminist and social outcast, but Cameron is determined. With the help of his nerdy pal Michael (Krumholtz) he constructs an elaborate plan to get the girl. They convince wealthy and conceited Joey (Keegan), who also wants Bianca, to pay bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to try dating Kat. With a little help from Bianca and Kat's best friend Mandella (Pratt), Cameron and Michael give Patrick advice to get Kat to date him. The plan goes into action at the big beer bash.
I love this film...I should probably just admit that now. The soundtrack is incredible, each song reflects the current mood / characters on screen. Yes, the characters are the regular cast in teen films (the bad boy, the preppy girl, etc), but the cast makes the most of their roles. However, the funniest characters are the adults: the guidance counselor, the English teacher, and the dad. Ms. Perky the guidance counselor is writing a novel, occasionally borrowing phrases from her sessions with students. Although she is only in a few scenes, her character is one of the most memorable in the film. Mr. Morgan is a teacher with attitude who raps a sonnet and tells his class how he really feels about them (painfully honest), the man has spunk! (can I say that about a man?, it sounds like something you say about a child...) And Mr. Stratford, Kat and Bianca's father, has my favorite lines in the film. He's trying to keep order in his house and protect his daughters, but it doesn't work out the way he planned. The best part of the film is when Heath Ledger's Patrick sings and "dances" for Kat, in front of the entire school. How can you not love that? An enjoyable film.
The story is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Dude, it's quotable: pretty much anything Larry Miller says is golden, but the rest of the cast gets in a few one-liners
Rent it: you know you love it too
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 97 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for crude sex-related humor and dialogue, alcohol and drug-related scenes, all involving teens
Director: Gil Junger
Starring: Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
Julia Stiles as Kat Stratford
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford
David Krumholtz as Michael
Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner
Susan May Pratt as Mandella
Gabrielle Union as Chastity
Larry Miller as Walter Stratford
Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan
Allison Janney as Ms. Perky
I like the picture you picked for this movie. :)
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