10 Things I Hate About You
55% overall with a pattern worth knowing: 10 Things I Hate About You opens well and fades. Early-round voters favor it; the films it faces in finals tend not to. A high school Shakespeare adaptation that outlived every teen film of its era. Ledger's performance and the rooftop poem scene give it emotional ammunition most comedies lack.
Synopsis
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.
First impressions do the heavy lifting. 70% in the opening round is where 10 Things I Hate About You is most convincing — by the final at 24%, the field has thinned to the films it can't outrun.
Anyone But You is the easy matchup at 73%. When Harry Met Sally... is the kryptonite at 17%. The gap between best and worst opponent says a lot about what 10 Things I Hate About You can and can't handle.
10 Things I Hate About You handles Notting Hill in the semis but can't get past When Harry Met Sally... in the final (17%). The tournament nemesis is clear.
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