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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

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

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The script is surprisingly witty and filled with razor-sharp barbs hurled from just about every character.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Ni su trama ni sus personajes son de aquellos con los que se pueda identificar la mayoría

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Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

What would Shakespeare have made of all of this? I suspect he would have approved.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
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Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

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.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon.com

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Matt Easterbrook
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews

I didn't exactly hate this film.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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?

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
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Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

Miller is outstanding as a father who is utterly convinced that dating is the first step towards instant and complete moral and sexual decay.

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Paul Tatara
Paul Tatara
CNN.com

Most of the picture is flat, spiritless and hopelessly staged.

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The high school romance genre has become so popular that it's running out of new ideas and has taken to recycling classic literature.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Stiles Styles .

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Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

By all rights it should have been as incredibly heinous as other recent juvenile jaunts, but it's actually kinda cute on occasion.

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
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Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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It's so knowingly cute that most of its jokes go nowhere.

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Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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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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Susan Granger
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Oh 10 Things, how I loathe thee, let me count the ways.

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Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner

When it's being its goofy funny self, it scores.

Full Review Source: Needcoffee.com | comment Comment
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Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com
 
 
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