ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
powermandan
She's All That has so much going for it that made a guy like me fall in love with it. First, it is so 90's. That was the last great decade where everything was perfect. Teen movies were perfect, romance was perfect, the music was perfect. The timeless pop song "Kiss Me" by Sixpense NonetheRicher was used for this movie. And the other reason why I love this is that it's the modern teenage take on my favourite musical ever: My Fair Lady. Most people that didn't like this must not have liked the element of that. Luckily, I fit in where I love the whole 90's aspect as well as the roots of the film. I'm probably the only person that feels this way, but I don't mind. In fact, that makes me feel like I have a special bond with this film.My Fair Lady is about a well-respected upper-class Englishman who bets that he can transform a cockney woman into somebody classy. She's All That features the most popular guy in high school (Freddie Prinze Jr.) betting that he can transform the biggest basket case in school (Rachael Leigh Cook) into the prom queen. So the plot sounds pretty good eh? It is a process kind of plot where it all depends on the outcome of the idea. Fortunately for this, everything even before is handled just right. We get to know our main characters perfectly and feel for them. We get to know why our leading lady is so timid and our hearts go out. As our leading man falls for her, our heart goes out too. There is real chemistry and perfection behind the characters. This was made back when teen movies were made properly, back when party movies were well done, and when modern day adaptations were faithful to the original but still had their own spunk. I recommend this now more than when it came out.5.8 is much too low.
miss_lady_ice-853-608700
For all the people complaining that Rachel Leigh Cook is pretty anyway, that's the whole point. Zach does not change Laney; she was always pretty but just didn't give herself the chance. This isn't a film about turning an ugly girl into a pretty girl; rather a film about putting yourself out there and allowing yourself to be pretty. To pick an unattractive actress to transform would send out the message that the only way you will ever be accepted is if you tart yourself up.The premise is quite thin and perhaps a more severe transformation would have been more entertaining but Freddie Prince Junior, as Zach, the jock who makes a bet that he can't transform the geekiest girl in the school Laney (Rachel Leigh Cook) into prom queen is charismatic and has nice chemistry with Cook. There are also some entertaining minor characters, such as Zach's sister (played by Anna Paquin) and Laney's brother.There is one gross-out scene that feels a little out of place in what is quite a gentle story about coming out from your shell; I wouldn't really describe this as a rom-com. Still, it's a good film to watch on a Friday night with a couple of friends, and it has some good morals.
Danii Disaster
Late 90s / early '00 produced some of my favorite movies ever, including some romantic teen comedies. But what the hell was this all about? Was this a PARODY for a teen flick? It certainly felt like it.They CAN'T be serious. I mean, who'd want to produce (or star in) something THIS lame?! It's outrageous! Honestly, I don't even know where to start.I won't say that this movie is full of clichés. It's fair to say that this whole "movie" IS one huge cliché. It's not a movie; it's a parody for a movie. And even as such, it fails miserably, because, if nothing else, it should AT LEAST be mildly amusing (if not funny), but there is ZERO humour in this stinker.It's not funny, it's not romantic, it's not realistic, it's not heart-warming, it's not dramatic, it's not... anything. It's just boing, lame, predictable, and annoying.The acting is nothing short of ATROCIOUS. Look at these people! How do they get acting jobs? I wouldn't cast them as extras in made-for-TV flicks! They're really, really, really bad. No, not just the leads; all of them! I shouldn't even bring up the fact that this "movie" defines the term "predictable"; it goes without saying. I guarantee you have not seen anything as disgustingly predictable and cheesy as this.No one deserves to be subjected to such moronic bulls***. It insults human intelligence. I had to watch an Arnie movie right after this, so I could get the stench of this piece of s*** out of my system.Urgh, people associated with this pathetic excuse for a movie, should be banned by law to work in the film industry.
capone666
She's All ThatThe only downside to being Prom Queen is that you can't behead any of your zit-faced subjects.Fortuitously, the Prom Queen in this teen-comedy is merely a pawn.Distraught over a break-up, Zach (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) makes a bet with his friend Dean (Paul Walker) that he can turn any female candidate into a royal consort before the prom.In charge of selecting a worthy contender, Dean decides on Laney (Rachael Leigh Cook), a dowdy art student.Accepting the challenge, Zach begins reworking the reject and eventually turns her into something very regal.But Zach's newfound feelings for Laney are jeopardized when she learns the truth.With doe eyed leads and a dumbed down plot, this slightly amusing adaptation of Pygmalion turns the ugly duckling anecdote on its ear.Besides, it doesn't matter who the Prom Queen is, the Prom King will inevitability be going home with the Prom Lady-in-Waiting. (Yellow Light)
