She's the Man
Published July 25, 2020
Film info
- Title She's the Man
- Director Andy Fickman
- Year 2006
- Run time 1hr 45m
- Genres Family, Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Tagline If you wanna chase your dream, sometimes you gotta break the rules
Amanda Bynes proves that girls can do anything guys can do in She's The Man. The laughs are non-stop when Viola, disguised as her twin brother Sebastian, joins the high school boys' soccer team and helps win the big game while unexpectedly falling for Duke, the hot star forward. Viola discovers that dealing with high school politics and twisted love triangles is a major challenge when you're a guy who's really a girl!
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:27 | I LOVE this song. Won’t get No Sleep Tonight. |
| 4:32 | “I don’t know that that’s a thing that I know.” |
| 9:34 | “I have a strict no ruffles policy.” |
| 9:48 | They couldn’t have signposted where this is going any more. |
| 13:49 | I do like how many levels ‘be a good boy’ works on though. |
| 18:04 | Training montage. |
| 29:59 | Babepool. |
| 33:16 | The accent situation is really confusing me. |
| 39:16 | Wait, how is it going to work when the brother gets back? |
| 43:28 | “Flow is flowww.” |
| 50:12 | What is a kissing booth and why?? |
| 58:12 | Is it a coincidence that Olivia and Viola are similar names? |
| 1:01:56 | “Screw you guys, I hate high school.” Tell me about it. |
| 1:07:33 | That’s the thing about being “ladylike”, there’s no such thing. Fighting in the bathrooms. |
| 1:10:40 | I secretly really like the short sleeve over long sleeve t-shirt look. |
| 1:15:55 | It’s all going to unravel now and I am very stressed. |
| 1:23:52 | Ninja goalie! |
| 1:28:39 | “He’s probably halfway to China right now, he showed his Willis and doodleberries…” |
| 1:36:24 | Not totally sure about this debutante business either, why do they look like wedding dresses? |
Thoughts
We were looking for a movie that required no brainpower whatsoever, the sort of rubbishy Netflix movie that is just some eye candy. I’m not sure how we stumbled across this one, we’d put it on some kind of wishlist somewhere somewhen, but had no idea what it was about.
It turned out to be a really good film, funny and with interesting thoughts on gender, a little bit stereotypical in places, and a clear gaping hole in how she thought things were going to resolve themselves if it hadn’t all gone wrong like it did.
Bynes was really good, although not convincing as a boy at all. Her facial expressions were exceptional! It’s cheesy, no doubt, but not at all the rubbish film we had anticipated.
Rating: 4 / 5