10 Things I Hate About You

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2012)

Review of "10 Things I Hate About You" My review is on the movie "10 Things I Hate About You". This movie is one of my all-time favorite movies. This movie came out in 1999. The main cast in this movie includes Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Larisa Oleynik, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This was Heath Ledger's breakout role. The movie is based on Shakespeare's play "Taming of the Shrew". Julia Stiles plays "Kat" the rebellious older sister. Larisa Oleynik plays "Bianca" the popular younger sister. Their father, who is played by Larry Miller, doesn't let the girls date because he doesn't want them to get pregnant. He is a little overbearing. Kat has no intention on dating, but Bianca wants to date. Therefore their father comes up with the plan that Bianca can't date until Kat does. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Cameron, the boy who likes Bianca. Heath Ledger plays Patrick, the bad boy in high school. Cameron comes up with a plan to get someone to date Kat so he can date Bianca. Little does he know that Bianca wants to date the popular guy "Joey" who is played by Andrew Keegan. Eventually Bianca realizes what a jerk Joey is and ends up falling for Cameron. Kat finds out about the plan and finds out that Patrick was paid to go out with her. Although Patrick was in it for the money in the beginning, he came to like Kat and everything turns out good in the end. Of course there are a few more characters involved in this plot. The movie has great dialogue and acting and includes a great cast. The movie is hilarious and has some twists and turns but is definitely a must see.
I was in high school when I first saw this in theatre and it immediately became my favorite movie. Although it is a teen flick, it definitely isn't like the other teen flicks of its time. It is more mature than the other ones like She's All That or American Pie. I would recommend it to anyone.