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10 Things I Hate About You

The film “10 Things I Hate About You” made in 1999 American teen romantic comedy film. It is directed by Gil Junger. The film had an estimated budget of $16 million and is considered a moderate financial and critical success. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $8,330,681 in the United States
The film is a modernization of Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” is titled after a poem written by the film's female lead to describe her bittersweet romance with the male lead. Personally I think that it a brilliant film, one of the best in its category.
Cameron James, a new student at Padua Stadium High School, is given a tour of the school by Michael an A.V. geek whom he quickly befriends. During the tour, Cameron notices the beautiful and popular Bianca Stratford he is immediately smitten with her. Michael warns Cameron that Bianca is shallow and conceited, but he thinks otherwise.
However there is only one slight problem. Bianca’s older sister Kat. Kat is the complete opposite to Bianca and although she would give her left arm to date Kat has other ideas. Kat's aversion to dating prompts their father, a very strict man, to come up with a new rule, to Bianca's fury: Bianca can only date if Kat is also in a relationship. Cameron starts tutoring Bianca. After he makes a failed attempt to ask her out on a date, she informs him of her father’s rule. This motivates Cameron and Michael to find a boy who is willing to date Kat.
Cameron suggests Patrick Verona, another outcast who is just as ill-tempered as Kat. Cameron tries asking Patrick for his assistance, but Patrick scares him off. Michael suggests that Joey Donner, an affluent student and model who also wants to date Bianca, pay Patrick to take Kat out. Patrick agrees, but Kat wants nothing to do with him.
In a turn of events Patrick and Kat fall for each other while Bianca realises that she doesn’t want to date Joey she really wants to date Cameron. So Bianca and Kat

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