If you don't fall in love with the unlikely (albeit predictable) pairing of Patrick Verona and Kat Stratford, well then, Shakespeare and IU Cinema may not be exactly for you. 25th anniversary screening.
On the first day at his new school, Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) instantly falls for Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely undatable older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy (Heath Ledger) with a nasty reputation of his own. This modern adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew was a star-making turn for Ledger, the onscreen debut for Gabrielle Union, and featured a supporting cast that included David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, Alison Janney, and Larry Miller. [97 min; comedy, drama, romance; English]
"It goes straight to the top of the class. Can there be such a thing as too keen a guilty pleasure, particularly when the whole genre is knowingly pitched to audiences as a trashophile's delight? No, there cannot." — John Patterson, L.A. Weekly
"10 Things I Hate About You has become a cult classic in the past 25 years because it nailed the universal truth about stereotypes: there’s always more to them than what’s seen on the surface." — Akos Peterbencze, The Screen
"This is the film that introduced Heath Ledger to the world. Every time he is on screen in the film he owns it." — CareyAnn Pawsey, Orca Sound
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