10 Things I Hate About You

This is a light adaptation of Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew". The Shrew in this case being Kat Strattford (played by Julia Stiles). It is partly a coming-of-age comedy and partly a romantic comedy. The basic plot is that Joseph Gordon Levitt's character, Cameron, wants to date Kat's sister Bianca (played by Larisa Oleynik). Their overly protective father (played by Larry Miller) will only allow Bianca to date only when Kat does. Kat has little to no interest in dating, so he thinks the plan is foolproof. Cameron hires the high-school "bad boy" Patrick (played by Heath Ledger in his first major role) to take Kat out, believing he is the only one with the guts to do so, and of course, Patrick and Kat begin to fall for each other until things go off the rails. The movie sports a strong supporting cast including Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, who pretty much steals every scene he is in, Gabrielle Union, Daryl Mitchell, who is great as the English teacher, and Allison Janney as the school guidance counselor/budding romance novelist. While the movie is somewhat predictable, it is pulled off very well. The movie is pretty well-written and very well acted, blending moody teen angst with teen comedy. For those who get the Blu-Ray, there is a 35-minute tenth-anniversary look back at the movie that combines new and archival material including deleted scenes, vintage interviews, and Ledger's audition footage. There is also a commentary track on the movie with the writers as well as cast members Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larisa Oleynik, and Susan May Pratt that is definitely worth listening to. Overall, the movie is very good. Ledger and Stiles both shine in their roles and everyone in the supporting cast had at least one good moment of screen time. It is a fun teen comedy that while predictable holds up well now even twenty years later.

I can't say enough good things about this movie. I do remember the first time I saw it, coming away thinking that I wanted to be just like Julia Stiles' character in it, though. She was so cool and did such an excellent job in her role, that still to this day I consider her to be the coolest teen in any 'teen movie'. Basic Plot: Cameron (Levitt), a new student at Pagua high school, falls in love with a sophomore named Bianca Stradford (Oleynik). However, Bianca has a flirtatious crush on the most popular senior at school named, Joey (Keegan). Cameron's sidekick Michael (Krumholtz)tells him, that Bianca is looking for someone to help her with French and Cameron decides that's how he'll ask her out on a date. Kat Stradford (Stiles) is Bianca's sister. Totally opposite of Bianca, she is anti-social and is the most feminist high school senior you could ever meet. Against boys, dances, and anything having to do with prepiness and silly fun, she swears off dating and finds herself being accepted to Sarah Lawrence a college across the country in hopes to get away from her father and the city she lives in. Bianca desperately wanting to date, is told by her father (Miller) that she will be allowed to date when her sister Kat does. Desperate and not knowing how to get her sister to 'date for her', ends up asking Cameron, her new French tutor, to help her with her predicament. Enter Patrick (Ledger). An outcast and rumored to have sold his kidneys on the black market for a new set of speakers, also attends Padgua high, and is unsuspecting of what will happen soon in his future. Cameron and Micheal decide that in order to make this work, they need a backer. "Someone who's stupid, but has money." So they go to Joey, telling him that they know he likes Bianca, and they need him to pay Patrick a tidy sum, to have him date Kat, in order for him to date Bianca. What Joey doesn't know, is that Cameron secretly plans to date Bianca, while he pays Patrick to take out Kat. It may sound like a very confusing movie. But it is so funny, cleverly written, and not entirely true of American teenage culture, but pretty close. The acting is wonderful and in my opinion nothing in the movie would have worked as well, without the people who played their characters. As I said before I think that Stiles' portration of Kat Stradford was right on, and no one could have done it better. Her best role, more than certainly, and I love this movie so much! I would have to say it's my favorite teen comedy next to The Breakfast Club. One the best movies, and a great watch!

One of my all time favorite classics!

For an early movie with Heath Ledger and Julia styles it was very good. Very high school berbs and funny

My daughter likes this book

Super film à voir et à revoir. Colis très bien emballé et arrivé dans les délais dans ma boîte aux lettres.

I haven't been a teenager for a long time now and therefore romantic comedies about teenage dating are really, REALLY not my usual poison. But this one, inspired by "Taming of the shrew", I found EXCELLENT and I spend a really good moment watching it! Below, more of my impressions, with some limited SPOILERS. The story follows initially Shakespeare quite closely, even if the action takes place in American high school, in our times. By the orders of her father Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) can start dating only once her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) gets also a date. The only problem is that Kat, although a very attractive girl and definitely not uninterested in men, is such a shrew that no boy is ready to go anywhere near her. Then one day Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a new student, fells in love with Bianca. Following the advice of his friend Michael (David Krumholtz) he hires local "bad boy" Patrick (Heath Ledger) to seduce Kat - and therefore open him the way to ask Bianca out. From that moment the story diverges quite a lot from Shakespeare's original, as it can be expected - and I will not say anything more about it. The greatest asset of this film is a strong scenario, full of good dialogs and tasty jokes but lacking any kind of obscenities. Let's stress it again, the two key words of this scenario are "GOOD TASTE". This film is many levels above typical teenage dating comedies, which are usually full of gross, embarassing and frequently obscene moments. The cast is excellent. Julia Stiles is SPLENDID, both in beauty and talent, every inch as good as later in "Dexter" when she played Lumen. It is really a pity that she didn't have a better career in Hollywood... Young Heath Ledger is AMAZING and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Charlie Krumholtz are very good. Gabrielle Union adds her glorious beauty to the show in a smaller role and special mention goes to Susan May Pratt who plays Julia's only friend, a girl completely obsessed with Shakespeare. Three other characters add a lot to this film: Bianca and Kat's father (Larry Miller), Ms Perky (Allison Janney), school guidance counsellor with a quite unique side business and last but definitely not least Mr Morgan (Daryl Mitchell), a very competent, very black and totally amazing English literature teacher. The chemistry between two main characters is very credible, the ending is not only touching but plausible and the soundtrack is absolutely fantastic - it is a real pleasure to listen to it. Bottom line, this is a very good romantic comedy, clever, well made, without embarassing, obscene or gross moments and at the end we are left feeling really good. Bloopers mixed to the credits are also a recommended viewing. ENJOY!

An excellent classic that everyone should watch, it arrived well packaged and on time. A great purchase.

Buena película. Se ve muy bien la calidad de bluray. De las clásicas que hizo Heath Ledger en su juvendtud. Viene con el doblaje en español latino que conocimos en tv abierta.

Ovvero 10 cose che odio di te, il film che ha lanciato l'astro nascente Heath Ledger nel mondo di Hollywood. Si tratta di una commedia che narra degli intrecci amorosi di teenagers che frequentano un rispettabile college in una cittadina statunitense. Una commedia niente affatto banale, che fa riferimento alla nota commedia di Shakespeare "La bisbetica domata". Anche i nomi sono tutt'altro che casuali. Infatti la commedia de "La bisbetica domata" si svolge a Padova e racconta la storia di Caterina e Petruccio, avventuriero di Verona. Non a caso il college si chiama Padua ed il protagonista (Ledger) Patrick Verona. A completare il cast Julia Stiles e Joseph Gordon-Levitt, per questo film allegro e spensierato, con belle battute e una bella colonna sonora da sfondo. Forse riporta gli spettatori di una certa età ai tempi in cui si faceva e si organizzava di tutto per riuscire a fare colpo sulla persona di cui ci si innamorava. Bei tempi quando ancora non c'erano i cellulari. Molto buona la qualità DVD con discreti extra. E soprattutto, nonostante sia un'edizione tedesca ha il doppiaggio in italiano.