Sure, there are popular cliques, rebellious outcasts, and awkward nerds in this iconic teen comedy, but that's not what defines it. Loosely based on "The Taming of the Shrew," the real driving force of "10 Things I Hate About You" is the convoluted plan hatched by a few characters that, like in "Mean Girls," winds up going completely off the rails. Nerdy Cameron falls for popular Bianca, but she's crushing on Joey, a rich and snobby senior. She explains to Cameron that her overprotective father has a rule in place: she can't date unless her ambitious, prickly older sister, Kat, does, too. Cameron then launches a scheme to pay Patrick, the school's bad boy, to date Kat so that he can ask out Bianca. What no one expects (least of all them) is for Kat and Patrick to actually fall for each other.
