Twisted humor rises 10 above other teen comedies

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2002)

10 Things is much better for teenagers than stuff like She's All That or, yes, the American Pies or any number of their gross-out clones. It has some slick, well-written jokes and characters that are actually, oh, what's the word, interesting. And Freddy Prinze is no where to be seen. Now that's worth the price of a rental right there. I like the dark girl who won't date, her popularity-starved younger sister, the geek who wants to date the p-starved sister, the jerk model who only wants to date the p-starved sister so he can nail her (sorry, I'm not good at remembering names), but I especially enjoyed the dad who delivers babies for a living and thus becomes obsessed with protecting his girls from the outside world of hormones and condoms. I do find it odd when movies insist on having high schools be the size of castles (in 10's case, you can take that literally. They actually do learn in a mother freezin' castle!), but what ya gonna do? Also, the story is just about the same as the one from She's All That, but doesn't involve the dark girl becoming a prom queen. The characters simply just want to date one another, which makes more sense (prom queen is not necessarily a role that EVERYONE cares about and scrutinizes over in the real world). So, all in all, a good cable catcher. 3 out of 4 stars.