Padua High School, Tacoma, Washington. Brainy feminist firebrand Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) constantly challenges authority and doesn’t suffer fools. She’s not going to win any popularity contests. But when her dad declares that Kat must start dating before her younger sister can, Aussie import and school rebel Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) steps up to clear a way for his friend (Joseph Gordon Levitt) to go out with Bianca. Complications ensue.
Improving on Shakespeare’s politically dubious The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things is the kind of teen movie you would want your teenagers to love. And they do.
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Aug 25: Intro by Sean Wicks, VFX Production (Sound); assistant to 10 Things producer, Andrew Lazar
Quirky, inventive, and brimming over with clever visual gags and colorful supporting characters, 10 Things uses Shakespeare as a jumping-off point to playfully send up a society that doesn’t know what to do with a strong woman.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
10 Things I Hate About You can and should be viewed as the ultimate teen movie, bursting through the hellish decade to say a little more about the empowering potential of those defining years.
Caitlin Quinlan, Little White Lies
A movie that looks outward, that leads you elsewhere, out of the self, toward literature and life.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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Gil Junger
Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Gabrielle Union, Allison Janney
USA
1999
English
Coarse language, violence
Open to youth
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Credits
Producer
Andrew Lazar
Screenwriter
Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Editor
O. Nicholas Brown
Original Music
Richard Gibbs
Production Design
Carol Winstead Wood
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