Review of She's All That (1999) by Steven V — 30 Dec 2009
She's All That follows the same basic plot line we've all seen millions of times over. The reason this movie was as entertaining as it was, was due to both Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook.
They have this likeable quality about them, that makes you want them to be happy together. Of course, in a movie like this, all the characters are pretty stereotypical. There's also the supporting cast including Anna Paquin as Mackenzie Siler, Zack Siler's sister, and Kieran Culkin as Simon Boggs, Laney Boogs' little brother, Elden Henson as Laney Boogs' nerdy good friend, not forgetting a very subdued performance of Wayne Boggs, Laney Boogs' father from Kevin Pollak.
Of course there's the two camps of followers and the soundtrack music, yet the story's told in a pretty good pace, event after event with timely interludes. Kudos to director Robert Iscove and writer R.
Lee Fleming Jr. All in all a wholesome teenage tale with no violence nor sex. The one thing that sort of bothered me about the two main stars was that they looked too far apart in age at time. I figure they're both supposed to be seniors in high school, but he looks 20, and she looks 14.
She's All That was a fun movie to watch. Nothing unexpected happens and you all know what's going to happen right from the start, but with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook leading the way, it's still a good movie to see.
This review of She's All That (1999) was written by Steven V on 30 Dec 2009.
She's All That has generally received positive reviews.
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