Another teen-flavored Shakespeare adaptation in a lineage that includes ROMEO + JULIET (1997), 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999), and O (2001), SHE'S THE MAN takes an even lighter approach to TWELFTH NIGHT than the bard himself, but throws a curve by mixing it's inherent gender-switch romance with a feel-good girl power sports element. Amanda Bynes (WHAT A GIRL WANTS) is Viola, a high schooler who just wants to play soccer, even though her mother (Julie Hagerty) is prepping her for a debutante ball. After the girls' soccer team is eliminated from her school just before the start of the school year, she finds that her brother, also a soccer player, is ditching the beginning of the semester to go to London with his band. Viola decides to go in his place-as a boy-and prove that she can make it on the team. However, she doesn't count on falling for hunky jock Duke (Channing Tatum, SUPERCROSS), whom she befriends and reluctantly attempts to aid in wooing beautiful and popular Olivia (Laura Ramsey). Though the credits list Shakespeare as it's inspiration, the script-by Ewan Leslie, Karen McCullah Lutz, and Kirsten Smith-owes more to the perennial cable TV classic JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (1985), in which a female student goes undercover at a rival high school as a boy for journalistic purposes. Here, Bynes, (a veteran of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy show ALL THAT) gamely jumps into the role with energy to spare and a broad comic style that works well with this bright, colorful film. The adult roles are handled deftly by Hagerty and Vinnie Jones (SNATCH), who lends authenticity as the soccer coach, and David Cross (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT), who makes the most of his clueless headmaster role with the help of a cavalcade of ridiculous hats.
T**H
Love this movie
The dvd worked without issue! There were no scratches, or skipping/lagging. I love this movie and I'm so happy with the quality of this product!
A**.
Perfect!
Played on my blu ray player with no issue! No skips or scratches!
A**B
The best movie, should've gotten the Oscar for best picture
You are making a great purchase! Considering She's the Man for your dvd collection is the first step to greatness. So do it. Buy the movie and watch it whenever you want. It's worth it, trust me. Plus it comes with a digital copy code. Why buy it only online when you could have the physical copy AND the digital copy. Come on now, be realistic. This is the best option for you :)
H**S
Great movie
Great movie lots of humor
D**N
Fun Movie
Daughter Loves this Movie, good price, perfect condition.
T**A
Twelfth Night modernized
Twelfth Night is my favorite Shakespearean play. This modernization is pretty funny at times even though it is a bit juvenile.
L**P
She's not really a man.
She's the Man is the greatest movie about a sister who pretends to be her brother so that she could play soccer for a university soccer team. The twin actors they got to play these characters are so convincing in their roles that I kept having to rewind the movie to figure out if the scene was about the brother developing feelings for his roommate or if the scene was meant to show the sister pretending to be her brother falling for the brothers roommate. It doesn't help that the roommate is played by Chinning Tantrum, a man so good looking it wouldn't be far fetched for the brother to give it the old college try. I'm pretty sure that's what that saying means. Also there was something about Shakespeares "Twelfth Night." I don't know.
K**S
Such a fun movie
I found this on sale while hunting down modernizations of Shakespeare plays. This came highly reviewed so I took a chance and was not disappointed. It's a fun comedy remake of Twelfth Night which involves a girl pretending to be a boy. Unlike other movies with similar gender switches, this movie was a lot smarter. Amanda Bynes is great as the main characters holding her own and making potentially cringy scenes come across as light hearted and fun. I would highly recommend to anyone with a teenage girl as a way to introduce Shakespeare without reading the full old English manuscript.
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