Review #229: She's the Man.
Cast
Amanda Bynes (Viola Hastings), Channing Tatum (Duke Orsino), Laura Ramsey (Olivia Lennox), Robert Hoffman (Justin Drayton), Alex Breckenridge (Monique Valentine), Brandon Jay McLaren (Toby), Clifton Murray (Andrew), James Kirk (Sebastian Hastings), David Cross (Principal Horatio Gold), and Vinnie Jones (Coach Dinklage) Directed by Andy Fickman.
Review
In light of Amanda Bynes' ongoing craziness, I've updated the review just for kicks. What is typed following this statement is the original review, which was written almost a year ago. Here you go...
Apparently this is inspired off the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, but honestly if I didn't read the credits in the beginning saying that, I would've thought it was just an idea made on the spot. Then again, if they hadn't given credit, someone would've made the complaint. Who? Nobody knows. Anyway, even with that, the film doesn't really suffer or benefit because it hits and misses with its jokes with a predictable story (Sister impersonates brother, gets involved in a love story that happens to have a soccer (which is a shock, given America's boredom of soccer) game added in), and Amanda Bynes while doing a decent job, cannot save the film from cliche land. So why am I not giving it a lower rating? Because it does have some sort of okay moments that are splintered within in the forgettable moments,and it makes a mostly forgettable film that would only be known due to its star.
Overall, I give it 6 out of 10 stars.
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