Frustrated by Bianca's insistence and Kat's rebelliousness, Walter declares that Bianca may date only when Kat does, knowing that Kat's anti-social attitude makes this unlikely.
Bianca wishes to date affluent senior Joey Donner, but Walter, an obstetrician worrisome of teenage pregnancy, will not allow his daughters to date until they graduate. Kat, a senior, is accepted to Sarah Lawrence College in New York, but her father, Walter, wants her to stay close to home.
Geeky Michael Eckman warns him that Bianca is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective father does not allow Bianca or her older sister, the shrewish Kat, to date.
Ten years later, the film was adapted into a television series of the same title, which ran for 20 episodes and featured Larry Miller reprising his role as Walter Stratford from the film.Ĭameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, instantly falls in love with beautiful and popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. It was a breakthrough role for Stiles, Ledger, and Gordon-Levitt, all of whom were nominated for various teen-orientated awards. Released March 31, 1999, 10 Things I Hate About You grossed $60 million and received generally positive reviews from critics. Much of the filming took place in the Seattle metropolitan area, with many scenes shot at Stadium High School in Tacoma. The film is named after a poem written by Kat about her bittersweet romance with Patrick. In the story, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with Bianca (Oleynik) and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat (Stiles). The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's late-16th-century comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. But all of them are just great, popcorn-watching films in their own right so that no matter how the night goes, you've watched something fabulous.10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. Some of these are romance-adjacent (or have sneaky lil side romances that you prob missed when you watched it the first time), and some of them are more about love in the abstract, non-romantic sense. So here I come with the ~surprise~ date night picks. To All the Boys I've Loved Before? A fave, but also, you know you've already watched all three movies. When Harry Met Sally? Crazy Rich Asians? Been there, done that. Obviously, you could go with OTT sweeping romantic movies-but you've already watched The Notebook a whole bunch, and maybe, just maybe, your partner doesn't want to want to watch Pretty in Pink again. But, no matter what your tastes are or whether you're on a first date or 500th, I'm here for you.Īlso worth noting? I assume you already know about the typical classic rom-coms you could bust out for such an occasion. Maybe you just wanna reconnect after an exhausting week (universally relatable, TBH).
Maybe you have v different movie tastes and can't agree on a genre that'll work for you both (raises hand sheepishly). Maybe you're in it for the Netflix and chill of it all (in which case, bring on all the hot movies!). Depending on what phase of the relationship you're in with your partner, the perfect vibe can totally vary. The date night movie can be surprisingly tricky if you think about it.