On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
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Heath Ledger
Patrick Verona
Julia Stiles
Katarina Stratford
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Cameron James
Larisa Oleynik
Bianca Stratford
David Krumholtz
Michael Eckman
Andrew Keegan
Joey Donner
Susan May Pratt
Mandella
Gabrielle Union
Chastity
Larry Miller
Walter Stratford
Daryl Mitchell
Mr. Morgan
Director
Gil Junger
Tagline
"How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$16,000,000
Revenue
$53,478,166
Production
Mad Chance, Jaret Entertainment
Rob
May 9, 2023
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in a modern high school setting with humour. Reminiscent of an 80s-style rom-com. Settle back and just enjoy it for what it is.
Andre Gonzales
August 21, 2023
Very funny movie. I like the late 90's and early 2000's quirky romance comedies. It's always funny to have embarrassing things happen to you, when your trying to impress a girl.
CinemaSerf
February 14, 2024
"Cameron" (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a bit keen on "Bianca" (Larisa Oleynik) but she has eyes on the wealthy school Lothario "Joey" (Andrew Keegan). Regardless of who likes who, though, her dad won't allow her out of the house, socially, unless her independently-minded and rather stand-offish sister "Kat" (Julia Stiles) goes too. She's no intentions of playing any games of conformity, though, so it...
signsoflife
January 8, 2026
Not for nothing this was my favorite movie when I was in my straight era. Literally nothing bad can be said about it. Kat is perfect (and would've been even more so if she was a KD Lang fan), and so is that poem delivery. Patrick was the original performative male.
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