It sounds awful, but Junger's movie is utterly winning.
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07/06/08
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:31
Rotten:24
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger add strong performances to an unexpectedly clever script, elevating 10 Things (slightly) above typical teen fare.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The story of high school newcomer Cameron James, and his pursuit of Bianca, the girl of his dreams. His plans are thwarted when he finds out he cannot date Bianca until her older sister, the social... [More]
Starring: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik
Director: Gil Junger
Reviews for 10 Things I Hate About You
Top CriticStiles grows into her character and Ledger is effortlessly charming.
06/24/06
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03/24/02
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06/05/02
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10/18/08
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10/18/08
It's a fast-food film, easy to digest, but nothing remarkable or memorable.
01/01/00
At times the pic doesn't even seem certain which decade it's set in; the squeaky-clean high school environs often feel more '80s than '90s.
05/16/08
Top CriticA routine exercise in teen-targeted silliness.
01/01/00
This production, these situations and characters, are to Shakespeare what advertising is to truth.
02/14/01
Despite a tinny script, the cast puts in fine performances in what is a very unfunny movie. But the praise stops there.
01/01/00
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03/14/05
The performances by Stiles and Ledger stand out.
01/01/00
How much does this movie suck? Let me count the ways.
01/01/00
There have certainly been worse.
02/27/01
The pleasingly acerbic Stiles gives it her all, and if the script had had one-tenth the zest of the now-classic "AtomicShakespeare" episode of the TV series "Moonlighting" she might have managed to make something of the vehicle.
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08/07/08
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05/20/03
Ni su trama ni sus personajes son de aquellos con los que se pueda identificar la mayoría
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