10 things is entertaining, yet predictable and trite

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 1999)

Most people who have seen 10 things, generally are bubbling from the storybook ending...boy gets girl, etc. (don't want to give it away :-)) But when you think about the movie in retrospect, you realize how unoriginal the material, how loosely-based the Shakespeare connotations are, how "average" the acting is, and how unrealistic it is. Putting these things aside, however, you will be entertained (putting all disbelief aside). It is a decent movie, but few scenes "stick" in your mind and your recollection of the movie will become "yeah, it was good." If you are looking to be entertained (or a date flick), and there isn't a better movie out there (that doesn't have the 3rd rock kid in the lead), you won't be disappointed.