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In the montage, they legit had Amanda Bynes copying random guys walking around. The guys' reactions were genuine. Also, the props department had to make a special tampon to fit in Amanda's nose for this film. There are so many great quotes in this film. Easily in my top 5 favorites of ALL time.
I saw this (along with Mean Girls) when I was 9, that time when you feel like you're watching something scandalous and inappropriate (which is pretty tame in retrospect). People are not talking bout that ICONIC restaurant scene enough. The line, the delivery (OO-GLAAAY), just *chef's kiss*... such a good time for teen comedies.
YES!! the amount of times I quote that scene or this movie, might be concerning 😂
HARD agree on how channing tatum acted in this movie like... i thought this was one of his most authentic acting 😭. it only seems silly cuz its a romcom, but he seriously needs to be known outside of magic mike.
Wasn't expecting Sophia to drop a movie commentary on Super Bowl Sunday. What a surprise and a welcomed one at that!
Oops I forgot about that HAHA I probably shouldn’t have but oh well 😅
For the people of SF, this video is a much needed distraction from the Super Bowl.
I miss Amanda Bynes, she was everywhere in the 2000's, though it's sad that she fizzled out too early. I hope that she's doing better out of the limelight now. She's stated that she stopped acting because she felt uncomfortable with how she looked as a guy, basically experiencing reverse gender dysphoria, of sorts.
This film is still genuinely hilarious. There are so many genius comedic moments. And I know it's obvious and basic but "chew like you have a secret" still absolutely kills me.
Also, I'd put Zac Efron in with Channing Tatum as two "hot guys" who turned about to be really funny and great in comedic roles.
Ugh I love Zac Efron. I think he’s talented even in his serious roles as well!
Zac efron is really good in 17 again; he's funny and charming, his character is really kind. A good comedy with a great actor! One of my favorites movies too!
@@SophiaPhannn You should definelty see the iron claw! Zac is so good in it and Lily James plays his wife. I don't want to say to much but its by A24 and its so good.
the two movies of favorites february this year being shakespeare adaptations is so amazing
Viola and Olivia should've been endgame, PERIOD!!! and happy black history month too ❤️🖤💚
I kid you not, but I had to watch this for a class at college (Remakes and Reboots). This was the original that we got to see, and I had a blast watching it for the first time (with chick flicks, it's kinda hard to take them too seriously). The remake in question was a 2009 Bollywood film titled "Dil Bole Hadippa!". That adaptation was honestly WILD.
Omg Bollywood movies are always wild 😂
@@SophiaPhannn I've only seen one, "Mahakaal" a Bollywood rip off of "A nightmare on elm street"🤣
songs in the dil bole hadippa were fire though and it made sense on why the female lead couldn't pursue sports on a serious level due to societal mindset
holy shit i had no idea there was a bollywood remake!! immediately added to my list tyyy
When I think of David Cross, I think of Ian Hawke from those live action Alvin and the Chipmunks movies
Omg I forgot about those movies
@@SophiaPhannn lmfao 🤣 same here but I remember you said David Cross and I had to look up what other movies he did and I remember he was Ian 😂
Same
I was so obsessed with those movies growing up and besides the cameo in Pitch Perfect 2, I also only associate David Cross with Alvin and the Chipmunks
One of my all-time FAVORITE movies with one of my all-time FAVORITE RUclipsrs!
Omg 🥹🫶🏼 so blessed to be your fave
OMG. I'm starstruck to have gotten a comment from YOU!@@SophiaPhannn
I had actually never heard of this film until the Dylan commentary, then i watched it and regretted never experiencing it when I was a teen. :’)
Gotta agree, i like the cute awkward vibe Channing was channeling in this, ngl
Thanks for the video as usual, I had a great time!
Thank you hehe 🙈🫶🏼
i was part of that channing tatum fan club growing up, i thought he was soo attractive in this movie 😂 (still do) and totally agree about his acting chops! so glad to have seen you do this reaction! it's humor still holds up, ultimate comfort film.
I haven’t seen this movie but why did when Amanda Bynes talked to the guys it reminded me of that one episode of zoey 101 where Lola pretends to be a guy to prove girls can hang out with guys or something like that.
girly i know this has nothing to do with the video but you look So Good!!! The facecard, the hair blowout, that top?!? ate
Omg thank you 🙈💅🏼 I was trying out a heatless blowout method and it turned out good!!
"Who can turn the world on with her smile?" Obviously Sophia Phan!🥰😍🤣
I think Duke should've been bi, and implied to be caught between a crush on his bro and Olivia, like the Duke was implied to be in the play.
In the play, when Viola confesses her love as the Page boy, the Duke is like... very conflicted, and even says subtly "yeah bro, ily, but- but- like, you're a man, a hot sexy loyal man who I would 100% marry in you were a girl, but you're not so-"
Duke kind of reminded me of Shang from Mulan in this aspect LOL
@@SophiaPhannn Shang🤝Duke:
Having crushes on their dude man bro friend who they're also training
LOL at 1:07 :) I remember the first time that my mom heard a favorite song of hers on an oldies station, she had a meltdown. It was at a store, and she said out loud "That song's not old!!!" Everyone started laughing, and I just kind of slinked away to hide 😅
We cannot escape getting older LOOOOL 🥲
I just watched this again last week. It's my favorite Amanda Bynes movie. Definitely a guilty pleasure
Baz Luhrmann's romeo + juliet and now she's the man. Favorites February is giving Shakespeare's special edition ❤ I can't denied that I living for it 😂🎉
This movie makes me feel nostalgic 😢.. I miss the early 2000s.
This movie has been my favorite since last month I've watched it, just made me realize that 2000s movies weren't that bad 😭
That welcoming is just a blessing it feels like I'm her friend and just a viewer. Never mind that she just seems so earnest 😅😂
She's the Man (2006) Turns 18 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024 on St. Patrick's Day
I love Paul! We all need a friend like him lol
How did that headmaster not get fired for having two minors publicly expose their genitalia to prove their genders? Also, maybe it's just me, but I thought that Viola and Olivia had far more chemistry than she had with Duke.
Nah I feel like that’s the general consensus HAHA although me personally, Viola came off more straight to me while Olivia gave more queer vibes
For sure. If this movie was made today, Viola and Olivia would have been the main couple.
We love Sophia’s impeccable taste in movies ✨! Also in hair color too cause my god does this orange fit her so well!!
Thank you hehe 🙈🫶🏼
So I don't know if you knew this but this movie is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. So if that's the case, this is the second movie in a row you've seen based on Shakespeare this month.
If you want to see what Twelfth Night is about, there's a pretty good film version with Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley.
That version is what my english teacher in grade 9 showed us before we read the play as a class, they do the yellow stockings scene pretty good
I think my crush on Channing Tatum while growing up came from my obsession of the Step Up movies. I had a crush on every single male lead of those movies. Especially Robert Hoffman who play Justin in She’s the man. Moose will always be my number one in those movies though.
I somehow had never seen this movie until a few months ago and it's definitely a cute movie, but I was so aghast at the principal exposing her to the whole school at the soccer game... like imagine if "Sebastian" was actually trans and the principal just outed and humiliated them in front of everyone 💀
I remember watching this movie for the first time with my friends at a sleepover and I LOVED IT! I still love it to this day!
the mother played the main love interest in Airplane!
No kidding! I’ve never made that connection. Cool!
Movies I want you to react to:
• Sleepover (2004)
• Aquamarine (2006)
• Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
• It Takes Two (Olsen twins movie)
• Richie Rich (1994)
• Bratz (2007)
•Alice Upside Down (2007)
• Wild Child (2008)
• The Clique (2009)
• Legally Blondes (2009)
26:06 In the musical of 'Kinky Boots' they argued high heels lifted "the rear and made it appear pert and ready for mating season"
As a Brit i find it so odd Vinnie Jones is in this movie, he's known for playing gangsters and thugs, why and how he's in this is so freaking weird 😂
Channing Tatum is a wonderful actor. Obviously great at comedy but also dramatic roles. And I absolutely love Duke, he actually respects women and also is shy and has a hard time talking to girls, but is still open and honest, whole package ❤
they definitely don't make movies like this anymore. the music had me in flashbacks.
I love this movie SO much!! It's one of my favorites. I will forever give props to her coach for not being sexist to her being on the team!! Also I know the Principal comes off creepy but he makes me laugh everytime! He's such a funny actor.
i love this movie and motocrossed so mcuh
motocrossed is really similar in soem ways because it's a girl drfessing as her twin brother for sports
but what REALLY got to me is the main character has the same first AND middle name aas me AND spells her nickname tthe same too
so it's twins andrew and andrea and he's andy while she's andi
i didn't realize the first time i watched it and when her mom yelled her first and middle names i thought it was my mom 😭
and i'm trans masc nonbinary so you can imagine seeing a character with the same first and middle names dressing as a boy DID SOMETHING to me as a kid ♥
My brother and I watched Motocrossed quite a bit as kids. Explains my gender a lot now lol. Both movies are based off of the Twelfth Night, which is my favorite Shakespeare play, definitely worth watching if you can find a recording of it.
I watched Motocrossed again a couple years ago, I had forgotten how cringe/in your face the dad telling Andi that she couldn't do ANYTHING because she is a girl was. It's way worse than the whole debutante thing in She's the Man, imo.
@@killedbyrabbits right?? it's WILD
and then that guy he gets to replace her??? yikesss
it's just WILD that a character has the same first and middle names as me in something like that because wow i identified with her so hard as a kid, it really hits different when you see a character with the same name doing the things you want to do (cut hair short, start using a specific gender neutral nickname, all that)
it was my formative childhood trans movie for sure
i saw she's the man when i was like 20 so it wasn't so much part of my childhood as motocrossed was but i still love it too
i know they're based on the same thing but they're kind of different in a lot of ways too
they both definitely fit into the mulan "i'll make a man out of you" genre for trans mascs lol
@@SkwithOv I feel like they each picked different parts from the original story, so they can each have their unique take while being true to the original story.
Agree, they both fit really well with Mulan in that way.
This is one of the most quotable and re-watchable movies! Hard to pick a favorite scene or line delivery. But have to say watching Viola breaking up with her ex and counting up to five seconds (+that slap) *shook* me as teen. If you haven't done so already, and you're looking for another movie where soccer looks better than it actually is, check out Bend it Like Beckam. It's so good!
I love how both Olivia’s love interests starred as the MLs in step up 1 & 2
February is like one of my favorite months. Not only is it my birth month which my birthday was yesterday but I love romance movies especially Disney ones. I watched so many Disney romance movies this month. I will watch sleeping beauty, little mermaid, tangled and princess and the frogI watched beauty and the beast and Mulan. I also watched twilight which isn’t good but also like a masterpiece. You should watch the Disney romance movies like my favorite Disney couples are from Tangled and Princess and the Frog
Happy belated!! 🥳
@@SophiaPhannn Thank you!!!!!!
Omg I love your top sooo much! It’s so cute 💜 also! I absolutely love you February favourites, cant wait to see what you watch next 😊
Hehe thank you 💅🏼🫶🏼
I did not know that about David Cross "The more you know!"🌠🎹🎶
This movie is based off of Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth night” Same names and everything 0:53 He was also in book 1:18 Hey, Mean Girls is Almost 20 years old, April 2004. 1:34 Same. Also “The Ring” is a dreamworks movie. I’m mainly into the Animated Dreamworks movies. 1:50 Same😂 3:02 OOOOHHHH!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥 4:06 I’m a twin and so are my Brothers.❤😅 7:53 Me.😂 14:38 So in this movie she plays a nerd, and in “Another Cinderella story” She plays a bully. It’s Ironic cause this movie came out 2 years later. 2:46 True. 10:09 Now That’s Part of me. 11:36 That’s a Mood.
This movie means so so so much to me and the fact that you dropped this out of the blue in FAVORITES FEBRUARY (my birthday is also feb) thank you so much for the fantastic content
Yay!! Glad you liked it 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
15:57 girl I still remember the pain of riding a tricycle at the ymca and hitting a wall, hit my ya know. I cried and couldn’t walk. It hurt so fucking bad so the fact Viola was like oh right I’m like nah that ish hurt 😂
Another Amanda Bynes movie I feel like no one but me has seen “Sydney White” (snow white in a college setting)
OMG I love Sydney White actually, I also don’t know anyone else who has seen that
Sydney White is a good one! I watched it around the same time I watched Wild Child for the first time, so for some reason my brain always associates the two, even though they have absolutely no relation. I feel like no one has seen Wild Child lol.
the jump cut at 15:38 has me in TEARS lmao
Another iconic movie from my childhood! I feel like i quote this movie allllll the time. Thankyou for another amazing video and reaction.
I would have been a fan of this if I had seen it growing up. Alas, I was in college at the time and it passed me by.
Always been a fan of Amanda (and what the industry did to her was terrible) and she's so funny. Around this time, I really enjoyed her in Big Fat Liar and What A Girl Wants too.
Also Alex Breckinridge 😍 (I didn't see her until AHS, but damn!)
What a Girl Wants is also a great movie 😩 I loved her and Colin Firth together
I don’t know why I am so obsessed with Disney but do you have any romance Disney movie recommendations. Also what are your top 5 favorite Disney princess movies. I won’t stop talking Disney which is concerning
I didn't have access to this movie growing up, but I was aware of it. I did grow up watching Motocrossed, the older, more dated Disney adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Turns out the Twelfth Night is my favorite of his plays. I was finally able to watch this movie when I was older and recently watched it again for the second time in my life and I definitely like this movie a lot.
I wish I had Viola's confidence, because I wouldn't be able to play for the soccer team ever again knowing that everyone on the team saw me topless lol
They really need to make rom-coms like this again! I've heard so many actors mentioning that they would be up for a romance/rom-com movie yet the studios gives us nothing...
idk if anyone else noticed, eunice also has a bracelet with soccer balls
When’s Cinderella 3? Happy bday month 🎉❤🎉
My wish list reactions for you:
1. The Little Princess (1995)
2. Superstar (1999)
3. Bedknobs & Broomsticks
4. Victor/ Victoria
5. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
"She's the man" (2006) is almost as funny the much lesser known "He's my girl" (1987).
I saw this video in my home page and I was so confused why it said it was posted an hour ago. Like I could've SWORN you'd watched this movie with us ages ago. I'm so confused. But this movie is so fun so I'm not too mad lol
Omg someone else said the same thing 😱 alas, I must be mistaken for another channel LOL
@@SophiaPhannn maybe it's just such a reaction channel staple that it just made sense that you (a top tier reaction channel imo) would've already watched this movie with us
Amanda Bynes was always such a huge part of my childhood. I just love her comedic delivery. Makes me sad to think of all the shit she's gone through the past decade or so. Love her in this movie! Also I do personally find Channing Tatum pretty attractive. Not THE most attractive guy I've seen but I can see him as pretty swoon worthy. Personally I think it helps when he has longer hair. Not LONG long but slightly shorter than the average pixie cut if that makes sense. His Wikipedia profile picture is what I'm thinking about. Maybe a bit shorter. Sorry. I'm just rambling at this point. 😂
I had to go look at his Wikipedia page, and it made me giggle because the way his hair is parted reminds me of Ellen Degeneres a little bit 😂 it’s also funny because I personally think that he’s made for a buzz cut. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder👁️👁️
@@SophiaPhannn Now why you gotta insult Channing like that? 😭😂 Kidding. No I can see that. Personally I'm not always a fan of the buzz cat look on guys and usually prefer the pixie cut look more.
Every lady I know is absolutely in love with Tatum.
Please do a walk to remember! It's so good!! Also masterminds, the 5th wave, there's something about Mary, the notebook, Eurovision the story of fire saga and the roommate please please please ❤❤❤
This is one of my favorite movies. I always thought the part where she flashes everyone to prove she is a girl was so weird because she A) was supposed to be wearing a binder and B) if she isn't wearing a binder, then she is going bra less at a soccer game????
This movie and "Stick It!" were my go to sleepover movies growing up. Just kick ass women doing physics-defying tricks to killer soundtracks!
Idc what anyone says, this movie is iconic and funny 😂 sad we didn’t get a sequel movie but this time idk, they have to go to another state for the games and they don’t allow girls so she has to dress up as a guy again and her whole team is trying to protect her secret plus I just want to see more of their relationship 😂
i recently re watched this. i love this
I love this movieee, and also your hair looks AMAZING
Hehe thank you 🙈🫶🏼
@@SophiaPhannn Decker Shado has nothing on you!🤣
one of amanda bynes best roles great vid sophia.
Im so glad people are tlaking about this movie, it was me and my sister's go to movie
i love LOVE LOOVVEE this movie and watched it so many times as a kid!!! great commentary and i love all the other favs you mentioned 🤌 good taste
Your editing is so funny lmao
@SophiaPhannn I just rewatched "The Vow" with Channing and Rachel McAdams and it would be a great February watch and Channing is only more seasoned with his acting!!!
I also find channing attractive in this movie only lol I think he's a great actor too and she's the man will always be one of my favs. You always react to movies that I think nobody else watches lol
Sophia Phan I relate to the not being into sports thing, except in my case "Field of dreams" and the remake of" Angels in the outfield" were the only two movies that made me give a fuck about baseball⚾🤣 One of these days I hope to see the original one.
Baseball is too boring for me, I don’t think movies could even salvage it for me 😂
@@SophiaPhannn Still I recommend those movies if you haven't seen them, especially "Field of Dreams" that's a really beautiful film.
One of my favourite comedies of all time! And I refuse to believe that CGI wasn't used here 15:35 because the way her mouth formed was straight cartoon stuff, it always gets me lol 🤣it's a shame that Amanda didn't have the support network she needed growing up, she was definitely one of the better child actors/comedic actress coming out at the time
Loved this movie!! If anyone wants to watch a similar movie, there’s one called Just One of the Guys, another romcom gender swap but from the 1980s! Its pretty good! The premise is the same where the main character pretends to be a boy at another high school to prove that she deserves to be recognized for her writing! Since her writing was snubbed at her other school because she was a girl! Also she looks SUPER cute and handsome as a guy! So these two movies are my fav! 🥰
I like how the love interest is just Duke Orsino. They didn’t bother changing the characters name from Twelfth Night.
I love She’s The Man ❤️❤️❤️ it’s such a wacky and funny movie from my childhood😄 Amanda Bynes was like one favourite actresses growing up and This one of her best movies and I loved as Viola and her acting like a guy was so entertaining to watch. Also I like Channing Tadams performance was well. My favourites are like both siblings are revealing who they are and when burning the ex of Sebastian 😁happy to see it’s your favourite too and thanks for the reaction ❤️😄😊🩷
If high heels were a male invention to make a woman's butt look smaller, why would we want it to look smaller? We'd want it to look bigger.
The 2000s were all about being skinny and having small butts 😂
@@SophiaPhannn I have a theory women don't understand what men find attractive 🤔
The hair and earrings are 👨🍳 💋
Hehe thank you 🙈💅🏼
I just saw Channing Tatum in "The hateful eight" (2015).
This movie is a modern retelling of Yentl starring Barbara Streisand.
No its a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's "twelfth night"
girl, that top is cute as hell
Sophia Phan I wanted you to know I'm very excited to see you cover this movie and I think you are very beautiful inside and out.
Aw thank you 🥹🫶🏼
@@SophiaPhannn You're welcome dear one.
The producers of She's the Man wanted Jesse McCartney to play Sebestian but he couldn't because of scheduling conflicts
I LOVE this movie I’ve always seen a movie commentary versions and it was till a few months ago I actually watched the complete movie and loved it ❤ still one of the best movies soccer related 😂⚽️
A movie I saw in the theater, 1991, that became a sleeper HIT that year is "Fried Green Tomatoes"....Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy. I Highly Recommend. Love transcends gay/bi/straight. It's a film about real life
Watch “The Blue Eye Samurai” you will love it so much
I find it extremely unrealistic for the showers in a private school to be openly public. I doubt most people want to be naked in front of a bunch of other people.
I think the dialogue got a bit cringe around the time fake-Sebastian tried to hook Duke up with Viola.
During the reveal, I can kind of see Viola flashing her boobs like she did because throughout the movie, she doesn't come off as very womanly so she's probably like, "who cares, they're boobs, fuck it!"
I love this movie I love how they betrayal The Stereotype gender roles in sports between men and women Amanda Bynes is one of my favorite actresses it sucks that she's no longer acting anymore but I love this movie all the same this is one of my favorite movies of all time also Channing Tatum did a great job acting and anything that has to do with Entertainment Sports or not as difficult for people that are different enough as it is especially if you are lgbtq a person of color person of a certain racial background or a woman
As a trans person this movie shifted my reality as a kid lmao
This is why kids shouldn’t watch movies like this that confuses them. Smh.
@@honks9484 I watched the bee movie as a kid and now I’m sexually attracted to bees. My boyfriends name is Berry
rumor has it that jesse mccartney was considered for sebastian. I liked channing tatum in “step up” the most, but in terms of heartthrob he was alright. to me he was like an older version of zac efron or something. also the film commentary for this is so funny from the cast. they kept joking about paul looking like jude law. 😂
Our ideas of peak rom com are quite different lol
I was never really a Channing Tatum girlie, but after seeing this movie (I watched it in 2020? Idk I must’ve missed it growing up) I FINALLY got it. Idk he’s really hot in this movie, like a sweet himbo guy who’s kinda awkward and tries his best to be suave. I’m not a big fan of buffed up Channing, I feel like his head shrinks and he looks unproportional. But this version of him? Yeah I dig it❤
You doing a second movie on hats another adaptation of Shakespeare is genius.
I had already suggested hamlet (96) but should we do that he Lion king next 👀
For the vibes 😂
omg lol, the coach was zack and cody's dad
oh this is one of my all time favorites ❤
Women always seem surprised that sensitive, funny, introspective, emotionally-available and insightful guys are out there, waiting to be engaged and connected with. They are certainly not the majority, of course, but they are more common than one might think…and they don’t always look like Tatum.
My one real issue with this film (which I have only seen once ad it was 15 years ago, I admit) is the loss of focus and the homogeneity of the social dynamics. I guess that’s two issues.
The plot is fun at times, no argument, mostly due to the comedy and timing of the leads. Bynes can be very funny and the subtle little asides during her conversations and interactions with the boys (and the girls) are fun to pick out, like little awkward Easter eggs.
But what is this movie really ABOUT? Viola wants to play for the Tar Heels, ok, cool, good aspiration. But when her team gets cut (which, I’m sorry, took me out of the film almost immediately because the social backlash of such a decision would have proven WAY too scandalous for a school THAT wealthy, the exposure alone would have been undesirable for the schoolboard and many, MANY other budgetary issues would have come to light) the first decision the girls make is to join/integrate with the boys team. The FIRST decision, mind you. There’s No attempt to get more girls interested in the team, no rally or support from parents who have probably invested heavily in their daughters’ sports aspirations (from ANY of the other team members, mind you), nothing is really done to correct what is ostensibly a minor problem that could have been solved with an open draft (think Bring It On; they needed a cheerleader, they got a gymnast…the greater serves for the lesser). Essentially, they didn’t even try to work within the system to solve the problem. Instead, they tried to make the only remaining soccer team co-ed…and it backfires HARD.
Now don’t mistake me, co-ed sports are definitely a future we should all prepare for, especially with sports that are inherently NOT full contact (soccer, baseball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, MULTIPLE Olympic events, etc). The divisive social topic of sexual identification notwithstanding, the point of sports is to compete, win and set records. Eventually, the maintenance of one’s sexual dimorphism is going to take a back seat to an athlete’s ability to remain competitive (even guys do it, steroids are a great idea until someone wants to have kids or live past 50, but at the time, ALL THAT MATTERS is maintaining the edge in competition). Should the coach have allowed the girls to play on the men’s team outright? No…but they should have been allowed to try-out, just like any team-sport where money or someone’s future career might be at stake. From that point on, the plot becomes as convoluted and quirky and emotionally silly as you might expect. The focus on proving that girls can compete with boys is all but lost…maybe that was the point, but if this was ever about proving Viola could do something just as well as her male counterparts, it was lost in the shower, baldness, tampon and public-breakup jokes.
This in-and-of-itself is not bad writing, given the time-period and the company who produced the film, but level-of-engagement is somewhat lost again for one simple reason (for me, at least): the plight of pretty people just isn’t that interesting to me anymore.
I played high school sports, football, soccer, track and field, and yes, there were a few hunks on the team…but most of us were fugly mooks who liked to hit things and have fun. 90% of us were NOT dating the poms or cheer girls, and what’s more, any girl who said “girls with a$$e$ like mine do not talk to guys with faces like yours” was NOT a girl…she would have been in her twenties, like the vast majority of the cast in this film. I get it, teen actors can be nightmare to work with…but don’t expect me not to know the difference. The could have set this in college…matter of fact, why didn’t they? They all LOOK young and desirable, which was the point of ½ the casting. The other half of the cast was wasted! Julie Hagerty, Vinnie Jones, David Cross, Lynda Boyd…SUPER under-utilized (and in the case of Cross…really just not that funny, but look what he had to work with). The kissing-booth bit was created to make normal people look ugly and desperate and socially undesirable, and to exploit that for comedic effect, while confirming what we already knew: the hot people will create emotional entanglements, sexual tension and eventually pair-off and fall for each other. Who saw that coming? 🙄
I get why this film was appealing to the people it appealed to. Perhaps as I approach 40 I am just not that easily drawn-in by this stuff anymore, but even in my early 20s, the draw of this film and others like it really fell short. Overall, this film strikes me as FINE: the cast is fine, the comedy is serviceable, the premise is week but already established as situational, the ending is predictable and the satisfaction derived from it is inoffensive at best. I’m glad it did what it did for those who enjoyed it...but It’s no “Bend it like Beckham” or “Little Giants”.
Good review though! It’s fun to watch you get into these things and catch the cringe as it happens. What’s next? 😛
Since no one else really answered but if I could, I would absolutely marry Channing and have his babies, wait too far, lol. I first saw him in Coach Carter and was hooked on him🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
LOL OKAY GIRL!!! To each their own, I can see the appeal though 👀
I already left a comment, but I forgot to mention for those who didn't notice. Duke was in Step Up, and Justin was in Step Up 2