Review of She's the Man (2006) by Felipe C — 25 May 2014
Good movies stand the test of time. This movie is clearly not one of them. I remember when I was a little kid that I was fond of this movie... or how hot Laura Ramsey and Amanda Bynes were. I thought the story and script were fine until now.
It's been at least five years since I've seen this film and I revisited this film with my younger sister and I have to say, this film is cringe-worthy. Everything is horrible in this film. The story is really generic with a girl pretending to be a boy get something done and a crappy attempt at teen romance. The script has a few chuckles but the rest falls flat and spirals down the toilet. The acting is bad, maybe good enough for a wannabe Teen Nick movie (yup, I'm going old school). It was really middle school type characters trying to be in a college setting and call it "high school". A perfect portrayal of high school for this time period was surprisingly from She's All That and even to extent Not Another Teen Movie . This was clearly the time when Channing Tatum couldn't act to save his life and Amanda Bynes was Amanda Bynes in the Amanda Show (really a throwback to the good ol' days). Then again, I'm not the target demographic anymore with this movie. This movie is for the pre-pubescent middle school children that doesn't know a good movie from a bad one.
The only positives were the soccer coach, who you can tell he's trying to play the stereotypical tough coach role and Laura Ramsey. She is still really hot. Her acting was serviceable in the movie but the only thing I took from her role is how hot Laura Ramsey is. That's where I can thank the movie. The music was serviceable for the time period but now, it is obsolete and maybe it reflects how fast pop culture is changing.
Either than that, this film is really just a typical teen movie that tries to be a little sexual without the sexual. The acting is bad and this film should only belong on television. 1 star for the young and sexy Laura Ramsey, the coach and the music.
This review of She's the Man (2006) was written by Felipe C on 25 May 2014.
She's the Man has generally received positive reviews.
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