10 Brilliant Movies With A Terrible Concept

8. 10 Things I Hate About You

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The Concept: A modern retelling of Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew - set in an American high school - sounds completely mad on paper, especially one that's a teen comedy arriving at the tail-end of the 90s teen comedy craze.

Add to that the fact that a first-time feature-film director was at the helm, and it's understandable that some people didn't have a whole lot of confidence going in.

The Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You is often regarded as one of the better teen comedies in existence, elevated above the rampant stupidity of similar fare thanks to charming performances from Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

It's also genuinely funny, with several standout scenes - including Ledger's amusing rendition of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - proving that teen comedies don't have to contain cheap sex jokes every five seconds just to draw a laugh.

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