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| REVIEW: 10 Things I Hate About You (Blu-ray and DVD) |
 10 Things I Hate About You… believe it or not, I never saw this film when it was first released. It may be because I wasn't a teenager at the time and this is definitely a teen flick. It could also be that there were so many other high school-related movies coming out at that time that I just decided not to bother. Whatever the reason, I'm glad I finally got to see this title because it was actually a pretty good story with some laughs along the way.Taming of the Shrew? Another reason this film is good is because its different from all the other similar films of the time… it's actually based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, albeit with a modern twist and set in modern times. The characters even get to say some lines directly from the Shakespearean play, which is a nice touch. The story goes like this… Kat (Julia Styles) represents the shrew and she is a hard-core activist and feminist. She also has a younger sister named Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) who is the complete opposite – sort of a stuck-up princess who is more into her looks and boys than anything else. Their overprotective Dad (Larry Miller) has a rule that forbids Bianca to date until Kat starts dating. That's the premise of the story... Read the REVIEW: 10 Things I Hate About You, 10th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray and DVD) in Reviews. - Comments (Reply To Topic) - 
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