10 Things I Hate About You (1999) *

Directed by Gil Junger. With Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger and Larissa Oleynik. A failed adaptation of The Taming Of The Shrew. It stays with Shakespeare for exactly five minutes, the time to introduce the main characters and sketch the rough outlines of the plot, but then plunges head on into the muck of the most tired high school pic cliches. While some female characters are very interesting, the film can't quite escape its sexist origins.