Type:
Theatrical Movie
Year:
1999
Production:
Miramax Films/Tapestry Films
Feature:
3/5
DVD:
1/5
Teaser
Zach Siler (Freddie Prinze Jr) is a high school BMOC who has it all --
he's a soccer star, has outstanding academic grades and the head
cheerleader as his girlfriend. The geeky Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh
Cook) loves art and liberal thought. They have nothing in common until
Zach's girlfriend, Taylor Vaughan (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) dumps him for
"Real World" participant Brock Hudson (Matthew Lillard).
"Girls like her are a dime a dozen," explains Zach to console himself.
"Take any girl. Give her a makeover and the right connections and she
could be Prom Queen." "Sounds like a bet," says Zach's friend Dean
Sampson (Paul Walker). Dean picks the girl and Zach's job is to elevate
her to Prom Queen. And so enters social underclassgirl Laney Boggs,
Zach's project and someone he becomes attracted to as he gets to know
her better.
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Comments
"She's All That" is a standard teen romantic comedy, this time
patterned after "Pygmalion" -- a girl of lower social standing is
taught to be an upper class person. Freddie Prinze Jr is fairly good in
these roles. This is the second time I've seen this movie and this time
it wasn't as good as the first time. The ending is a bit lackluster as
you expect the heo to come to the lady's rescue but it doesn't turn out
that way. Other than that it was an ok movie.
Actors
Freddie Prinze Jr is his usual loveable self. It's hard for me to
imagine why teenage girls love him so but then again it's comforting to
know that someone like him is a teen idol. Rachael Leigh Cook is ok as
a geeky girl. I just thought she wasn't extremely believeable.
DVD
The movie is in letterbox format. There is a music video for Sixpence
None the Richer's "Kiss Me". No other extra features.
Recommendations
It's a movie worth seeing once. |