Wonderful soundtrack - great actors!

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 1999)

Ten things is, in its way, an almost exact opposite to 'She's All That' but of course much its superior. Whereas 'She's All That' was a pathetically unrealistic portrayal of how the writers wanted High School to be, Ten Things is a fun race through a classic story.
I really enjoyed watching Julia Stiles' brilliant performance as Kat. I can tell you, there are real people like that. I would certainly like to be one of them. I would also like to say that Heath Ledger, although perhaps too old for the part, was a wonderfully inspired piece of casting for Patrick Verona. I'll certainly be keeping an eye on his career! I thought, however that the plot could easily have done without Miss Perky. She didn't seem to have any reason for being in the film. Perhaps if her character had been seen more she could have developed into one of the more comedic people, but as it was, she was just excess baggage.
One of the things that caught me the most was the excellent soundtrack. As we went home, my friends and I just couldn't stop singing the chorus from the final "roof top" scene. The outtakes were also a nice surprise. I don't know if this was deliberate but none of the magazines I'd read mentioned the outtakes and so it kept the whole audience in the room until they were over.
I hardly ever buy soundtracks or videos of films, but this is definitely on my "must have" list!