GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Info:
- Release Date: March 31, 1999
- Creators: Gil Junger (director), Karen McCullah (writer)
- Genre: Teen Steam
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Teenaged termagant Kat has sworn off men for a very good reason. Enter bad boy Patrick and a handful of scheming friends and siblings, and you have yourself a semi-clever retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
Notes:
- Seattle and Tacoma have never looked better on film. Stadium High School was an inspired place to film. Although I seriously doubt anyone is ever allowed to have a paintball fight at Gasworks Park.
- Early roles for both Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. Julia makes some interesting acting choices.
- Love, love, love the adults here: Allison Janney and Daryl Mitchell. Nice work, you two.
- Karen McCullah also wrote House Bunny
- Tagline: How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.
Cast:
- Julia Stiles as Katarina Stratford
- Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
- Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
- Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner
- Gabrielle Union as Chastity
- David Krumholtz as Michael Eckman
- Allison Janney as Mrs. Perky
- Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan
- Larry Miller as Walter Stratford
