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Summary: Heath Ledger. Need I say more?
Review: Well, while the fact that this is a movie full of Heathy goodness should be reason enough to see it, I must also point out that it is an excellent movie. I don't think that putting a Shakespearian comedy into a modern high school movie could have been done any better. The script was so well written! And the acting, for the most part, is great, too. And it's Heath Ledger. *drool*
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Summary: good flick
Review: this is a funny movie. Kind of a chick flick. There is a nice fender strat in it. Should have been a gibson though. Oh, and some chick band redid Cheap Trick's "I want you to want me." People, dont redue cheap trick. You just shouldn't!
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Summary: Good teen flick
Review: If you're in the mood for a teen flick, loosely based on Shakespeare, then this might be good for you. Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, and cast make a great showing here, but it's not their best by far.
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Summary: julia stiles at her best
Review: i love this movie. its a great romance and comedy. it stars the incredibly hot julia stiles and cool andrew keegan. the story is a guy likes a girl but she cant date till her sister does so andrew keegan sets her sister up with heath ledgers charector. the rest you will have to find out.
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Summary: 10 Things Not A Stupid Teenage Movie
Review: 10 Things I Hate About You proves that smooth dialogue and smart casting can make a stupid teenage movie into a funny film. The actors are chosen perfectly. Heath Ledger exactly hits the right notes as the social outcast Patrick Verona with a cute grin. I can't think of anyone else but Julia Stiles who could play the grungy feminist Kat Stratford. The rest are also perfect Joseph Gordon Levitt as Cameron, Larisa Oleyik as Bianca Stratford and the supporting cast rounds out the film. Actually, the music is also why I ranked this movie five stars. Letters to Cleo singer Kay Hanley sings most of the songs played throughout the film and they're right for certain settings in the movie. Overall, buy this if you want to prove that teenagers don't have to have their own genre.
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Summary: Barely acceptable
Review: Well, this is a nice showcase for Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, the romance has some charm to it, and the location shooting in Washington State is pretty cool, but this movie ages poorly--the first time I thought it was interesting, the second time I was easily offended by how unrealistic it is. Somehow, the movie 'Clueless' seemed to effortlessly weave between reality and fantasy: Cher's dad and teachers were caricatures of recognizable real-life counterparts. But in '10 Things,' you quickly realize that the teachers and Ms. Perky (the counselor) are entirely unfounded in reality and would quickly be sued out of existence in a real-life situation. However, Larry Miller's role as dad has some credibility, and the sibling tension between Kat and Bianca bears some legitimacy. That's what really makes a movie funny, or worth caring about, when some element of human truth is revealed. This movie lacks that in spades, and the cumulative effect reveals how superficial, shallow, and meaningless it is. Also, the outtakes at the end of the movie are hardly funny--I can't imagine them wasting film like that without serious repercussions. Then again, there's evidence the director was asleep at the wheel. Rentable, but not worth owning.
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Summary: Great Cast, Great Script
Review: Although a step-up from the usual mediocre teen flick genre, '10 Things' doesn't *quite* escape that label altogether. The script is very witty, even to the point of being really good, but the developement of its characters is sadly lacking. Heath Ledger's character, Patrick Verona (the male lead), goes too easily from "tough and scary" to "sweet and sensitive", without anything to make us believe it. Since the dialogue shows no evidence of his being in love with Kat (Julia Stiles) until he comes out and says it, it's rather hard to believe. Juliat Stiles character has a similiar problem, going from "grumpy loner" to "happy teen" in hardly a blink. Of course, one hardly notices due to these young actors supurb preformances.The co-stars steal the show, however. The bumbling new kid who falls for the sweet and popular, if a little shallow, Bianca (Kat's sister) is so likable I wish the story focused on him and all his troubles, and his quirky new friend has some great lines. Allison Janey is wonderful and often provides great comic relief among some flat jokes. A great movie, worth watching more then once. But not an exellent movie that will go down in history as a classic.
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Summary: Seven things I hate about this movie
Review: Seven things I hated about 10 Things I Hate About You: 1. The movie's gimmick is that Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is barred by her hermetic father Walter (Larry Miller in yet another thankless role) from going on a date until Bianca's sister Katarina (Julia Stiles) decides to ever date a man. That seems pretty unlikely, given that Katarina is a male-hating, insult-spouting bundle of neurosis. Somebody involved in the movie thinks this is an original character, but I saw About Last Night... (1986), in which Elizabeth Perkins played the same sort of self- and man-hating hag. We're meant to feel sorry for this kind of character because she's been so hurt that she lashes out at the world in spite. Personally, I feel that this sort of character gets what she deserves. 2. The movie thinks it's clever just by doing hip updates of William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew. What a pity that this movie is readily available on video, and episodes of the 1980's TV series "Moonlighting" are not. "Moonlighting" did a killer take on Shrew that had more laughs in the opening credits than are in this entire movie. 3. Updating Shakespeare to modern-day high school is a nice concept, but the movie's script never develops the concept any further. Instead, it does a lot of dumb sitcom-like jokes to curry favor with the teenaged viewers most likely to rent this movie. In fact, I'd be amazed to see any high school in America that is run like the one in the movie. The teachers regularly curse out the students and get no reprisals for it. Sure!! 4. Allison Janney (later to do far better in TV's "The West Wing") here plays a horny guidance counselor who spends most of her job-time writing a dirty novel on her laptop. 5. The Walter character is a beaut. Two daughters, and he barely lets either of them experience the real world. When one of the girls actually is allowed to go out, Walter insists she wear a "pregnancy suit" to remind herself of the dangers of sex. And that leads to... 6. There isn't an event that isn't motivated by anything other than the urge to get a cheap, sitcom-type laugh. The guy (Heath Ledger) who eventually woos and wins Katarina can't just sing a song to Katarina--he persuades the high school band to back him up. Never mind that most high school bands need weeks of practice just to do a simple half-time-show number. And when Katarina wants to divert a teacher's attention in order to get her guy out of trouble, she flashes her breasts at the teacher in front of an entire class. Don't tell me that either Katarina's action or the teacher's reaction wouldn't send the local school board into apoplexy. 7. Two women, Karen McCullough Lutz and Kirsten Smith, are credited as the screenwriters for this tripe, proving that females in Hollywood can sell out as easily as males do. One thing I do like about this movie is the climactic scene where Bianca and her boyfriend are challenged by the local macho student, and it looks like the typical "two guys fighting for the girl's honor" scene. Instead, Bianca takes matters into her own hands and decks Mr. Macho. In a movie with a supposedly feminist slant, this is the only scene that smacks of modern-day reality. 10 Things I Hate About You is rated PG-13 for adult situations and language.
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Summary: Hysterical
Review: This is a wonderful, funny movie. The cast is fantasic as well as the story line. The dialog was also great because it is soooo funny. You'll be laughing hard at this one. Some parts were a little unbelieveable (like the school. It looked like a college) but hey, that's movie business. I am a big fan of both Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger and I thought they were fantastic in this movie. Overall, its romanitc but way more funny.
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Summary: I love this Movie
Review: This movie can get enough good things said about it.I'm sure you all know the plotline, but the comedy and romance doesn't keep it boaring.Julia Stiles is a talented young actress and she shows it more in this film than in any of her others.To tell you the truth, Heath Ledger was at first the only reason i saw this film,i mean what more can you say about him besides HOT!The film really lives up to its expectations.Its got great music, i do suggest that you pick up the soundtrack after you see it.This is definatley not another one of those teen movies or another chick flick.Its defiantley worth buying.Ok i hope i've said enough.
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