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Summary: Shakespeare masterfully translated for today's audience!
Review: Hey, not only does this movie have a classic plot, but it is absolutly the best teen movie I have ever seen. Go HEATH LEDGER!
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Summary: AWFUL
Review: AWFUL! UNFUNNY AND JUST PLAIN DUMB. This movie is for anyone who have a IQ range between 0-to-1. the only thing was a bit entertaining in the entire film are the credits. This film just has only level-1 humor. The jokes were never intelligence and original. There wasn't no characters in the movie, that I didn't even care about. A truly waste of time, you ask me.
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Summary: Good Teen Movie
Review: I thought this movie was a great teenager movie and I'm glad they picked out good actors for the parts that they played in and Larisa Oleynik was awesome!!!
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Summary: Fantastic retelling of 'Taming of the Shrew'!!!
Review: At first I really didn't want to see this movie: it looked like a trendy little kids movie. But it's not. Yes, it's cute, and funny; but if you know the story, the antics are all the more hilarious. Definitely on my list of must haves!!!
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Summary: One of the best
Review: Ok, I know you are thinking "just another teen movie". But wait! This one was great. The storyline was fantasic, it keeps your intrest, and it is funny. Larisa Oleynik shines with her 3rd rock partner, as well as Julia's break into the big screen.
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Summary: A Fantastic Movie
Review: The movie is based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. It is about two sisters Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) and Katarina "Kat" Stratford (Julia Stiles). Bianca is the popular sister who wants to start dating a popular boy, Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan)and Kat is the social outcast. Trying to keep his daughters from dating for fear they may get pregnant, their paranoid father (Larry Miller) makes a family rule where Bianca cannot date until Kat does, which seems impossible. New kid Cameron (Joseph Gordon Levitt) has a huge crush on Bianca and, thinking Bianca likes him in return and wants to date him, he and his friend Michael Eckman (David Khumoltz) devises a scheme where they try to pair Kat off with the school "Bad Boy" Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). By reading the basic plot above, you probably think this is just another Teen Flick? Well, though technically a teen flick, it lacks the shallowness that other movies of this genre have. With witty dialogue, some very funny physical stunts, some great acting, and a hip soundtrack headlined by Letters To Cleo, this film is a definate must own. As for the DVD, for people with 5.1 Surround Sound, this movie is perfect! However, it is very disappointing in the extras department. The ONLY thing this DVD has is the theatrical trailer for the movie. So unless you really, REALLY want to own the theatrical trailer for the movie, I suggest you save your money and go for the VHS version instead.
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Summary: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways...
Review: Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is, once again, the new guy at school. Sure it's a tough job, but someone has got to do it. He is quickly paired up with the school nerd, Michael (David Krumholtz), who is set to show him around campus. And that, is how Cameron falls in love with Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik). Sure, he's never spoken to her, and he doesn't know much more about her than her name, but he knows that she's the girl of his dreams, and that he'll do anything to get her. Unfortunately, Bianca is not permitted to date until her older sister Katarina "Kat" (Julia Stiles), decides to take a plunge into the dating world, which is sure to happen...never! What with Kat's bad reputation, and nasty attitude, no one in their right mind would ever ask her out on a date. But Cameron has an idea. He recruits Patrick "Pat" Verona (Heath Ledger), resident bad boy, to take Kat out on a date, and agrees to pay him. After all, if that's what it takes to go out with Bianca, Cameron is willing to do it. It is only when Cameron finds that Mr. Popularity, Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), is vying for Bianca's affections as well, that he realizes that he may need more than just charm to win over the beautiful Bianca.
I went through a stage for awhile where I had to see every teen movie that was released. Yet, after tons of films, I still found that 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU remained my favorite. And, to this day, it is still one of my favorite films. 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU launched the careers of Julia Stiles (SAVE THE LAST DANCE and O), and Heath Ledger (A KNIGHT'S TALE and THE PATRIOT), which was deserved, as they performed fabulously in this film; what with Stiles' attitude-problem, and Ledger's moodiness. Larisa Oleynik (THE SECRET WORLD OF ALEX MACK and THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB) is wonderful as the whiny, younger sister whose life revolves around boys, clothes, and dating. While Joseph Gordon-Levitt (ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD and MANIC) is fabulous as the charming pursuer, whose many wacky ideas get him into all sorts of mischief. Featuring amazing performances by such seasoned actors as Allison Janney (playing Ms. Perky), and Larry Miller (as Walter Stratford), 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is a movie that is impossible to hate.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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Summary: today's teenage-girls
Review: My daughters taught me '10 things I hate about you' is popular with today's teenage-girls. So I settled down to see what it's all about, and was pleasantly surprised. This movie shows a good, entertaining story, well acted out. It obviously touches on quite a score of today's teenage worries and problems: lightyears away from my own teenage-years.
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Summary: Better than I expected!
Review: This is the story of the Stratford sisters (nice in-joke that one), Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) and Katerina (Julia Stiles). Bianca is the babe of Padua High, the heart's desire of all hormonally-charged young guys there. Elder sister Kat, is not. Now it just so happens that the rules of the Stratford household are that Bianca can get to date when Kat goes on a date. Since Kat is, by choice, date-challenged, Bianca is frustrated, as are her new French tutor Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and model/hunk Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), both desirous of the attentions of Bianca. So Cameron and new Padua High nerdy mate Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz) hatch a little plan to get Kat a date with anyone and score a date with Bianca for Cameron. The plan involves the money-enhanced Joey Donner (who naturally thinks he is to be the recipient of the date with Bianca) paying one Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) to date Kat. As you can imagine, a tangled web is created, especially when Patrick actually falls for Kat, Cameron realizes that Bianca wants Joey, and Bianca realizes that she cannot stand Joey and wants Cameron.
This is the sort of tangled web of a story that only a hack like Shakespeare can actually carry off with ease, and this version of the tale has certainly been updated well. The story has been well brought to life by a cast of essentially up-and-comers, with some nice enough performances on offer. I would like to say that Heath Ledger was one of the notable performances, but here he is somewhat overshadowed by Julia Stiles in my view. In general, the consistency of the cast is the main asset here rather than any being especially stellar. The direction is not much more than a typical by-the-numbers effort by a rent-a-director type that seems to be the norm for the Disney conglomerate.
10 Things I Hate About You is a better-than-expected film that I actually quite enjoy. It demonstrates the continued relevance of William Shakespeare in modern day life, and is a most worthwhile effort.
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Summary: Very Funny-contains spoilers
Review: Camron is a new guy at Padua High School. On his first day he meets two people. One is Micheal who becomes his friend. The second is Bianca Stratford, whom he wants to date. However, Bianca cannot date until her sister Kat (the shrew) dates.
Camron and Micheal come up with a plan, have Joey pay Patrick to go out with Kat so that Camron can go out with Bianca.
There are some problems such as Bianca liking Joey initially, and Kat not liking Patrick. Patrick grows on Kat though and they fall in love. Camron eventually gets Bianca after Kat tells her that Joey slept with her then dumpt her after she told him that she wasnt ready.
At the prom Kat finds out that Patrick was payed to take her out by Joey and Bianca finds out the only reason why Joey was interested in her was because he wanted to take her virginity. Bianca then procieds to beat Joey up.
Things work out at the end though. Camron and Bianca are together, and Patrick and Kat get back together after he buys her a guitar she had been looking at.
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