10 things I hated about this movie

Rating: 4/10 (1 April 1999)

1. The pathetic, one-dimensional characters, with the exceptions of Bianca, Patrick, and Kat.
2. That the "10 things" sonnet at the end of the movie really had about 14 things.
3. That either Kat's transitions were edited out or she spontaneously bounced from bitch to lovable and back again, giving no reasons at all.
4. That Cameron and Bianca looked too young for high school while Patrick, Kat, the nerdy guy, and the model looked old enough for college.

5. That the school band, consisting of maybe two dozen total members, practiced on the same field as every other athletic team in school AT THE SAME TIME.
6. That they never identified the band "letters to cleo". I'm sorry, they're not popular enough to recognize by SOUND, much less by sight.
7. That Bianca's prom dress was inspired by "I Dream of Jeannie" meeting Clueless.
8. That there was an entire relationship developed with the Shakespearean angle, with the nerd and Kat's friend, for no reason and with no logic.
9. That this much sexual content and foul language was allowed in a PG-13 movie, AND
10. That I really didn't completely hate this movie. While it didn't even have the low level of charm that Shakespeare's original dull play had, the actors were cute and the jokes occasionally funny. Very few of the characters matched their analogues in Taming of the Shrew, but for this movie it didn't matter. While I feel that I wasted my time seeing this, I'm voting it a 4, very high for a movie I didn't even like.