Rare "teen" movie worth watching

Rating: 8/10 (13 March 2005)

"10 Things I Hate About You" is a rarity in the genre of "teen" movies. The teens are for the most part smart, and the film is not non-stop drug and sex obsession. In fact, that's hardly a part of the plot at all. I did find the glorifying of the "Let's Party 'Till We Puke - that's what parties are for!" attitude unfortunate and disappointing, because the characters were otherwise very intelligent and mostly independent thinkers. But, that, too, was only a small part of the whole.
This movie is intelligently written and acted and does not rely on the tired clichés that ARE nearly all other teen movies. The interaction between characters is the real draw, though Larry Miller playing the same character Larry Miller always plays in everything he does, gets old quick.
8 of 10.