Gabrielle Union Movie:

Editorial Review:
It's, like, Shakespeare, man! This good-natured and likeable update of The Taming of the Shrew takes the basics of Shakespeare's farce about a surly wench and the man who tries to win her and transfers it to modern-day Padua High School. Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is a sullen, forbidding riot grrrl who has a blistering word for everyone; her sunny younger sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is poised for high school stardom. The problem: overprotective and paranoid Papa Stratford (a dryly funny Larry Miller) won't let Bianca date until boy-hating Kat does, which is to say never. When Bianca's pining suitor Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets wind of this, he hires the mysterious, brooding Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) to loosen Kat up. Of course, what starts out as a paying gig turns to true love as Patrick discovers that underneath her brittle exterior, Kat is a regular babe. The script, by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is sitcom-funny with peppy one-liners and lots of smart teenspeak; however, its cleverness and imagination doesn't really extend beyond its characters' Renaissance names and occasional snippets of real Shakespearean dialogue. What makes the movie energetic and winning is the formula that helped make She's All That such a big hit: two high-wattage stars who look great and can really act. Ledger is a hunk of promise with a quick grin and charming Aussie accent, and Stiles mines Kat's bitterness and anger to depths usually unknown in teen films; her recitation of her English class sonnet (from which the film takes its title) is funny, heartbreaking, and hopelessly romantic. The imperious Allison Janney (Primary Colors) nearly steals the film as a no-nonsense guidance counselor secretly writing a trashy romance novel. --Mark Englehart

10 Things I Hate About You [Region 2] Reviews:
Good Movie
2009-12-01 - I bought this movie for my sister for her birthday; it's one of her favorites. I happen to like it as well. It makes a great gift because the DVDs are often harder to find in stores now that the movie is older. Also, they are easy to buy used but in good condition. It's a funny and entertaining movie, a spin off of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a fun movie, especially teens.

10 Things rates a 10
2009-11-15 - My teenaged daughter's all time favorite movie. She got it as a gift 4 years ago and she and her friends loved it so much that the friends borrowed it -- but it never made its way back to my daughter. She has looked everywhere for a replacement and I finally found one through Amazon. YIPEEE! She's getting it for her birthday and I hope she doesn't lend it out this time. Even her male friends like it.

Finaly a Fully Loaded Version
2009-11-01 - I had to pre-order This BR Disc

The 90's Seem to have been the Decade of 2 Different Genres That were put out way Too Much
Teen Comedy and the Teen Horror
Both Genres that were Beaten to Death
The Film came out in 1999 when Both Critics and Moviegoers were Drained from to Much of the same thing
So it was Beyond Over Looked and not given nearly enough attention

10 Things I Hate About You was a Victim of that Genre and the timing of it's release
When it was So much more Then the previous "High School Teen Chick-Flicks"
The Movie is Close to Perfect with a Amazing Cast
Both Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles Steal this film and make it something Very Special!!!!
Also the Story is written and flushed out in reality, u watch it u can actually Relate to all The Characters
The soundtrack is also spot on that fits the Film

It's sad that it get's a 2disc special edition after the untimely death of Ledger.............
Such a Under-Rated Film
I highly recommend it 9.5/10




10 Things I Hate About You DVD
2009-07-01 - This is a funny and entertaining movie I've enjoyed watching with my teenagers. I'd seen it several times before purchasing and still love it!

a decent introduction to shakespeare
2009-04-27 - my daughter and i first saw this when it went to video, oh so many years ago, and really enjoyed it. i let her know that it was a remake of 'taming of the shrew' by shakespeare and she wanted to see more. from there she watched the commedia del arte version with mark singer (beastmaster) and couldn't get into it. i wasn't sure whether to suggest the version with elizabeth taylor and richard burton but she insisted and loved it!!

these releases are kinda sappy but if your child starts asking to see more of it in the original verse then, by all means, let them!

beyond that, it's a fun movie and my goth, emo teenager will always sit to watch it with me.