Classic Friday : 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 7/10

Starring : Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan
Director : Gil Junger
Running Time : 93 mins

Bianca Stratford (Oleynik) is mortified that her father won’t let her start dating until her sister Kat (Stiles) does the same. When she informs her potential beau Joey (Keegan) of her predicament, he begs new kid Patrick Verona (Ledger) to start dating Kat so that he can take Bianca to the upcoming homecoming dance – the problem is, Kat has a nasty habit of putting guys off with her superior attitude.

Basically this takes the Shakespeare play The Taming Of The Shrew and sets it in a modern high school, with some of the usual teen comedy moments thrown in for good measure. This is one of Heath Ledger’s earliest starring roles, and it’s sad to see that he died this week, but thankfully he’s left behind a short-lived but pretty varied legacy which came to an end with the upcoming Batman instalment, in which he plays the Joker.

You’ll like this if you liked : Get Over It