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Move Review of 10 Things I Hate About You Katerina Stratford (Julie Stiles) takes no prisoners in her approach to life. She lives a virtually un-materialistic life compared to her little sister Bianca (Larissa Oleynik) who lives life as Daddy's little princess and loves it. Only one thing stands in the way of happiness for Bianca; the one rule that stands in her household, 'No dating until they graduate'. For Bianca this is a penalty worse than death but for the once popular Kat, it's not an issue. This is because, according to her sister, Kat 'got bored' of being popular and thus mutated into 'a particularly hideous breed of loser'. All goes well in the lives of the sisters until school pretty boy Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan) sets his sights on Bianca. This is bad for the new boy Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who also has a thing for the popular sophomore girl. Both hit a brick wall as far as taking Bianca out as her father (Larry Miller) is keeping his rule firm. This is until Walter Stratford decides that a new rule is in order: Bianca can date, when Kat dates. This drives Cameron to enlist the help of school bad-boy Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), the same guy who allegedly sold his own liver for a new set of speakers. The only problem is, in the school where popularity prevails, no one does something for free. Cameron and his friend Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz) decide that they can play Joey's intelligence, or lack of, against him by using his money to finance their plan. With Patrick's help the boys must get Kat to date so that True love can take its course with Bianca and Cameron. Sarcastic and snappy, Julie stiles ... ... middle of paper ... ...o rock music. The film itself, without its references to Shakespeare and other writers, shows very well how the teenagers of modern America live. It shows how exactly the teenagers of America live, and how there are many different sorts of social groups within a single school. This is shown by Michael Eckman at the beginning of the film when he is showing Cameron around the school. He describes everyone as being in a 'group', such as the 'don't even think about it group'. This shows how the school is divided and how they can only talk to people who are in the same sort of social groups. Another thing that is presented in the film, about modern American teenagers is the party at Bogey Lowenstein's house, where there is a lot of alcohol and nearly all the people there are underage, as the drinking age in America is 21.

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