10 Things I hate about you = Ten Things I hate about you

10 things I hate about you continues the current trend of modernizing William Shakespeare’s back catalogue, which has produced inspired rethinks like Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant disco take on “Romeo and Juliet”, Julie Taymor’s surreal interpretation of “Titus”, Michael Almereyda’s hi-tech “Hamlet” (featuring Julia Stiles) and the American high school setting of “Othello” called “O” (again featuring Julia Stiles). Not surprising then that Julia Stiles stars in this latest twist on Shakespeare’s classic opposites-attract tale, “The Taming of the shrew”. “10 things I hate about you” sticks to the original story quite closely, mostly foregoing the flowery Elizabethan dialogue for a more appropriate teen slang. Otherwise the story set up is the same, the sweet natured Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is in love with Cameron (Joseph Gorden-Levitt) but is forbidden to date by her paranoid father unless she finds her older sister a boyfriend. Unfortunately her sister Kate (Julia Stiles) is an ill-tempered shrew whose manner towards men is hostile to say the least. Enter mysterious bad boy Patrick (Heath Ledger), who is enlisted by the desperate lovers to win over the impenetrable Kate. Cast includes Larry Miller, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz and Susan May Pratt.