10 Things I Hate About You (1999 97min.) [E4 8.00pm &+1]
Romantic comedy, based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. Bianca Stratford is banned by her parents from going on a date until her older sister Katarina has a boyfriend, but unfortunately big sister has an excessively aggressive personality and only manages to send most boys running for cover. However, when a new guy arrives in town, Bianca's suitor Joey hits on a plan that could be the answer to their problem.
Before it fell into cliche and self-parody the US High School drama sub-genre produced some very good films of which this is one of the best.
The two leads are both in great form and give winning performances ably supported by the terrific Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Andrew Keegan.
Director Gil Junger gives the film a great deal of pace and energy and the end result is fun and funny and works really well, even for those well outside the original target audience.
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