One of the best 'teen' movies ever!

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2001)

This movie that established Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger is great! Right from the start to finish, it always keeps me very awake (and that is a good thing 'cause movies are supposed to be entertaining)! The jokes are so funny and clever, too--something not easy to do. The only mildly offensive reference is Kat's comment to the size of Joey's er, package. Not only the two young leads really shine in this movie, the adults are the even funnier ones! Ms. Perky (now that's a good name!) and Mr. Stratford has some of the best lines like, "My insurance does not cover PMS!" and "...and hell is only a sauna." The ditzy airhead little sis of Kat, Bianca, is also played well by Larisa Oleynik. As annoying as Kat sees her, she's still a likable little girl and boy, can she punch! Basically is this a flick for teenage girls...of course guys can appreciate it too, but be warned, there are some very embarrassing moments.
The fact that it was adopted from a Shakespeare play doesn't hurt it at all. okay, they perhaps should delete those strange little Shakespearean quotes, cause it doesn't fit in very well. I haven't read the play ("The Taming of the Shrew") so I don't know how the original story goes, but 10 Things I Hate About You is definitely a refreshing update and I'm sure Shakespeare didn't include the flashing bit (haha)! To top that off, this movie also has a fantastic soundtrack , so many great songs that they couldn't cram it all on the actual soundtrack, so go rent the movie. My personal favorite songs are "I Want You to Want Me" and "Can't Get Enough of You" but there are a lot of other hip songs--go look for it's 'Sountrack Listings' for full details.
I really loved this movie and I give it 8/10.