She's All That (1999)

Director:

Robert Iscove

Writer (WGA):

R. Lee Fleming Jr. (written by)

Release Date:

29 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A new comedy that proves there's more to attraction than meets the eye.

Plot:

A high school jock makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive girl into the school's prom queen.

Plot Keywords:

Prom | Prom Queen | High School | Love | Pygmalion

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Zack Siler
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Laney Boggs
Matthew Lillard	...	Brock Hudson
Paul Walker	...	Dean Sampson
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe	...	Taylor Vaughan
Kevin Pollak	...	Wayne Boggs
Anna Paquin	...	Mackenzie Siler
Kieran Culkin	...	Simon Boggs
Elden Henson	...	Jesse Jackson
Usher Raymond	...	Campus D.J.
Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones	...	Alex
Gabrielle Union	...	Katie
Dulé Hill	...	Preston
Tamara Mello	...	Chandler
Clea DuVall	...	Misty

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor, brief strong language and teen drinking.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Norway:7 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Cerritos, California, USA

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

M. Night Shyamalan reportedly did a script polish for this film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Katie's bag jumps about between shots at the party as she talks to Zack.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Laney Boggs: Simon! Simon, I have got your breakfast! Are you up?
Simon Boggs: Give me a couple of minutes.
Laney Boggs: Simon Boggs, there are children in Mexico who have already been up for three hours making clothes for corporate America.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Ugly Betty: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (#1.18)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Wanderer

You've almost certainly already got this tee-shirt

So predictable, so derivative. This film came recommended but I feel that the recommendation was misplaced. Taming of the Shrew has been remade many times but in some cases (Pygmalion, My Fair Lady) new eras and genres add something. In this case, we have "taming meets teen-movie" - nothing is added, only taken away.

Cook is very watchable, but she's no shrew which somewhat side-steps the point. And as for having a chip on your shoulder about the jet-setters when you're a teenager living in a house with a huge basement that you can monopolise as your art studio and a swimming pool in the garden. Please. At least in Pretty in Pink the poverty was more relative and somewhat absolute (although even then, if you can afford a car and have a job........).

Unless you have never seen a teen movie and/or never seen a remake of Taming, you've already got this tee-shirt many times over so this movie is not worth the 90 minute wait for the closing credits. My partner, Janie, was asleep within four minutes and barely stirred until the end, which is a record even for her.