10 Things I Hate About You: Volume One

A pretty solid DVD featuring the first 10 episodes of the series and enjoyable special features
Ten years after the popular teenage romantic comedy film "10 Things I Hate About You", director Gil Gunger along with writer Carter Covington ("Greek") returns with a brand new sitcom for abc Family with "10 Things I Hate About You", a 30-minute comedy which began in July 2009 and on its first day attracted over a million viewers. With 10 episodes filmed, the popularity of the series has earned an additional episodes that will be shown in 2010. But to prepare viewers for this second half of season one, volume one of the TV series has been released on DVD.

The film which is based on Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew" has a slightly different storyline with the TV series version. In the TV series of "10 Things I Hate About You", The Stratford family has just moved to a new city and their father Walter (played by Larry Miller) who is a doctor is overprotective about his two daughters Kat (an activist who is very serious about school) and Bianca (a teenager who...

You Won't Hate This!
Cable shows rarely produce family fare that doesn't push the envelope too far and remakes in general don't tend to hold up. 10 Things I Hate About You is one of those rare exceptions. The actor who plays the father in the film reappears here in the series and is wonderful. The slight changes to the original premise (the best friend of the younger sister has been tweaked)work. The central lead, the older sister, is wonderfully portrayed and the backstory that is being added makes the entire show wonderful to watch. Add to all this, a male lead that teen girls like to look at, and it is a good tween/teen show that parents can sit through too.

Amazing!
Such a great show! I didn't expect much going into it but by episode 3 I was totally hooked! The Kat and Patrick scenes alone are worth watching the show for. They have amazing chemistry and Ethan Peck is a totally hot Patrick. Don't expect this to be like the movie but it's so different, it's really no use comparing it. It stands very much on its own. Also, it's actually funny!! This show is appealing not just to teens but to older viewers too. I'm 24 and find the storylines and characters engaging and endearing.

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