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Shes the Man
2006
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Positive Reviews
19
Negative reviews
11
Average Rating
2.7
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1.5
In other words, the movie isnt the teenage laugh riot its summary suggests.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
But then, I suppose thats why Im writing about films and not directing them.)
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Shakespeares Twelfth Night gets a teen movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bards cross dressi ..
Austin Chronicle
3.8
I didnt for one second believe the plot of Shes the Man, but I did believe for the entire movie that Amanda Bynes was lovable.She plays a girl who pre ..
Rogerebert
1.5
Unfortunately it feels more like an afterthought than a centerpiece for the movie and the silly comedy bulldozes right over it.
Cinema Blend
3.8
This is a perfectly pleasant, entertaining and often witty romp with engaging performances.
Usa Today
0.5
Make a panicked face and flail your hands a little when you say it!
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
The movie is noisy, obnoxious and wildly overacted, as if Fickman planned it to play only on a Sony PSP.
News Review
2.0
That said, there is a truly spectacular, surprisingly violent three way catfight thats probably the films funniest scene.
View London
2.5
Some Like It Hot, Tootsie and La Cage Aux Folles are but three triumphant comic examples of cinematic cross dressing, but its an undeniable fact that ..
Film Journal
3.8
Im not that familiar with the ins and outs of Title IX, but if one minute I were on a girls varsity soccer team and the next minute the team suddenly, ..
Boston
2.5
Like any cross dressing comedy, Shes the Man holds some interest as a study of how ideas of gender are constructed.
Smh
2.0
Oh ho and oh hum, this teen comedy is, to put it bluntly, kind of a drag.
Mountain X
2.5
Too many plot points are glossed over in music montages (at least seven), and none of the films bit players are ever given more than a few cheap momen ..
Emanuellevy
3.5
Because Bynes doesnt look much like a boy, even with her Buster Brown wig, this movie is hard to believe and a tad too over the top.But Bynes makes it ..
Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
In Shes the Man, Amanda Bynes pastes on sideburns and a shaggy bowl cut wig and struts around in a prep school jacket attempting to pass herself off a ..
Ew
2.0
Shakespeares Twelfth Night gets the teen movie treatment in this tale of boy meets girl dressed as boy.
Empire
2.5
Almost as distracting is the age of most of the actors cast as preppies.
Sf Gate
3.0
Shakespeares Twelfth Night is the nominal inspiration for Shes The Man, a largely fatuous but occasionally rewarding comedy that relocates the Bards c ..
Bbc
2.5
For the teen audience this is aimed for, none of this will matter.
Washington Post
1.0
Opens today nationwide Directed by Andy Fickman 105 minutes Shes the Man reminds us that girls can do anything boys can do, unless those girls happen ..
The New York Times
3.1
Director Andy Fickman occasionally cannot resist the urge to go over the top and paint some of the peripheral characters as stereotypes, but neither t ..
The Movie Boy
3.0
Her flair for the slapstick is a rare quality in actors these days, and its refreshing to see someone whos not afraid to get down and dirty if the scr ..
Bullz-Eye
2.5
Bynes is just never believable as a guy, really, but shes got so much confidence she very nearly bluffs her way through.
Reeling Reviews
2.5
First time director Andy Fickman is too concerned with juvenile, sit com level humor.
ReelViews
3.5
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u ..
Calendar Live
3.5
However, as teen comedies go, this one hits most of the right marks.The cast is solid.
Seattle Pi
3.5
But it is a frivolous teeny bopper movie that amused this adult, and Im not that easy.
Tony Medley
2.5
Gender confusion, romantic confusion, and tampon based running gags ensue.
Pajiba
3.1
In the end, were it not for star Alyson Hannigans ample charisma, theres little doubt that Date Movie would fare a lot worse than it ultimately does.
Reel Film
3.0
The great thing about Shakespeare is that the story is inherently pretty good.
7M Pictures
3.1
People used to move to the suburbs to save money.Now, nearly every corner of Toronto has downtown rent In Part 2 of a series looking at the urban subu ..
The Star
2.5
The film is generally likable and pretty good natured, but its proclivity for crude jokes and dumb slapstick eventually bring it down.
Deseret News
4.0
SHES THE MAN SYNOPSIS: In this modern day adaptation of Twelfth Night, Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian ( ..
Urban Cine File
3.1
While all of the intrigue and circular love has all the tension of your average sitcom episode, it is done with enough good natured humor to keep you ..
Three Movie Buffs
2.5
Shawnee Mission Health has started instructing its employed physicians to ask patients about their spiritual health during primary care visits.
Kansas City
2.5
That would be a waste of brain cells, and, if the people who wrote it and directed havent put that much thought into the plot and script, why should I
Waffle Movies
3.8
Why is that people assume that movies starring teenage girls are made only for them.After all, ninjas arent the only ones watching kung fu movies, and ..
Montreal Film Journal
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.1
Shes the Man retains much of Twelfth Nights discombobulation and many of its names but is aimed, unlike the original, at the cherry lip gloss demograp ..
Chron
3.1
Shes the Man, modeled on that gender bending Shakespeare masterpiece, is harmless fun for the 12 year olds who should make up the core audience.
Denver Post
2.0
So it goes without saying this is not a movie intended to charm adults.
Review Express
2.5
In a lame attempt to amuse older teens, Shes the Man manages to alienate the parents of the younger ones with tampon jokes.
Abc News Go
2.5
Its as if this movie about a girl posing as a boy was unsure of what to be, so it decided to be crass.
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