The script is surprisingly witty and filled with razor-sharp barbs hurled from just about every character.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:31
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger add strong performances to an unexpectedly clever script, elevating 10 Things (slightly) above typical teen fare.
Synopsis: The story of high school newcomer Cameron James, and his pursuit of Bianca, the girl of his dreams. His plans are thwarted when he finds out he cannot date Bianca until her older sister, the social... The story of high school newcomer Cameron James, and his pursuit of Bianca, the girl of his dreams. His plans are thwarted when he finds out he cannot date Bianca until her older sister, the social outcast Kat, has a boyfriend. A witty high school re-telling of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. [More]
Starring: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik
Starring: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larry Miller
Director: Gil Junger
Director: Gil Junger
Screenwriter: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Story: William Shakespeare
Producer: Andrew Lazar
Composer: Richard Gibbs
Reviews for 10 Things I Hate About You
Ni su trama ni sus personajes son de aquellos con los que se pueda identificar la mayoría
What would Shakespeare have made of all of this? I suspect he would have approved.
Debut film director Gil Junger may be a TV veteran making a movie for the Clearasil crowd, but he doesn't sacrifice the story to gimmicky camerawork or overzealous pacing.
Since the natural audience for this is girls under 18, do they really need the message that brains are a bad thing, dooming them to a dateless high school career?
Miller is outstanding as a father who is utterly convinced that dating is the first step towards instant and complete moral and sexual decay.
The high school romance genre has become so popular that it's running out of new ideas and has taken to recycling classic literature.
By all rights it should have been as incredibly heinous as other recent juvenile jaunts, but it's actually kinda cute on occasion.
Stiles, whose slightly rushed, impatient delivery sometimes recalls the young Jane Fonda, lets enough sweetness seep into her portrayal to lend even the nastiest retort a hint of forgiveness.
creenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith retain Shakespeare's morals and complicated conventions, while director Gil Junger keeps the pace fast, dodging cliches as often as he can.
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