By Lillias Cummings

     “10 Things I Hate About You” is one of the most iconic and well-known rom-coms for teens and adults since it first came out in 1999.

     The movie begins with a new student, Cameron James played by Joseph Gordan-Levitt completely head over heels for one of the most popular and kind students, Bianca Stratford played by Larisa Oleynik. There’s only one problem–she’s not allowed to date until her sister Kat does.

     Kat Stratford, played by Julias Stiles, is a beautiful, yet abrasive teenager who has absolutely no interest in dating and is very stubborn about the subject.

     Cameron and his friend Micheal decide to come up with a plan to get the school bad boy, Patrick, played by Heath Ledger, to date Kat, so Cameron can date her sister Bianca.

     Cameron, to speed up the process, deceives another popular kid interested in Bianca and says he will be the one to date her if she gets Patrick to date Kat.

     After Patrick agrees to get involved with Kat, they gradually become friends and more. Patrick commits a series of funny and sweet gestures to win her over.

     The end of the movie is sweet and the perfect ending to a great plot, the movie comes to a perfect full-circle ending without any sense of something being missing or being open-ended.

     The movie’s coloring is also extremely vibrant, making it the perfect film to get ready for the bright colors of spring and summer that are slowly approaching. The vibes of the movie along with the colors shift it into the movie to watch when especially missing the summer while amid a dreary cold winter. 

     The chemistry between Kat and Patrick is electric once they begin to become fond of one another as well. They perfectly match each other with their initially stubborn and cold personalities that slowly stop when their walls come down for one another. They begin to show care and love for each other, which is the opposite of their initial personalities. There is an immense amount of character development between all the characters that makes you love them even more.

      They also make each other more thoughtful to other people. Once they truly get together, Kat and her sister Bianca get along better and Patrick becomes more friendly to the people around him who truly mean no harm to him.

     Teens tend to enjoy romantic comedies, as they perfectly grasp the kind of life some people desire. “10 Things I Hate About You” has the type of relationship many would love in the end, of course without the bribery and lies that came with their original relationship, but after Patrick truly realizes he loves her, he becomes the type of person any girl would want.

     “10 Things I Hate About You” is overall the perfect movie to get excited for the upcoming spring and summer with the beautiful colors, the character development, and one of the most iconic endings to a film.