The big problem is that most of the schtick doesn't work very well, not that Bynes can't do it, but it seems almost nobody else can, and those who do are stuck in parts that are half baked cartoons.
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She's The Man (2006)
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Reviews Counted:108
Fresh:47
Rotten:61
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Shakespeare's wit gets lost in translation with She's the Man's broad slapstick, predictable jokes, and unconvincing plotline.
Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $33,687,630
Synopsis: It's hard enough being the nerdy new guy on campus without also being the new girl on campus, who has fallen for the coolest guy on campus, who is totally obsessed with the most beautiful girl on... [More]
Starring: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Vinnie Jones, Julie Hagerty
Director: Andy Fickman
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Reviews for She's The Man
Gotta love how Amanda Bynes will always rather get laughs than just look pretty.
03/17/06
As was proven with 10 Things I Hate about You, it is possible to re-imagine the Bard in a modern high school setting, but She's the Man doesn't do it well.
03/17/06
Top CriticIt's as if this movie about a girl posing as a boy was unsure of what to be, so it decided to be crass.
03/17/06
It's Shakespeare For Absent Dummies, no cram notes needed.
03/17/06
She's the Man has a certain charm and is sure to appeal to tweens, at least the female variety.
03/17/06
Top CriticMore often than not it's the slapstick elements, predictably occasioned by gender confusion, that get the laughs.
03/17/06
It will certainly appeal to its target audience, and Bynes is charming enough to carry the whole film on her shoulders, which is a good thing considering that she's in just about every scene and leading man.
03/17/06
Simply put, this is horrible.
03/17/06
If music be the food of [teen] love, play on. Just so long as Amanda Bynes is the player.
03/17/06
Amanda Bynes makes the movie with her goofy awkwardness... and it helps that the supporting characters are fun.
03/17/06
She's the Man is a bit of a mess.
03/17/06
Top CriticNo one under 12 need rush out to see She's the Man.
03/17/06
Top CriticA cross-dressing comedy that's all dressing can only, well, leave you cross.
03/17/06
Energetic but lacking the wit of 10 Things I Hate About You,it requires a suspension of disbelief that only comes from taking too many soccer balls to the head.
03/17/06
She's the Man, like 10 Things, is all about shrewd young women and the decent boys who (eventually) love them. Its heart is in the right place.
03/17/06
She’s the Man, based on the Bard’s changing-room farce Twelfth Night, is a decent little piffle well-suited for boy-crazy fifth-graders.
03/17/06
This chipper outing bills itself as a modern version of Twelfth Night, but it's really just another excuse for Amanda Bynes to be cute.
03/17/06
She's the Man retains much of Twelfth Night's discombobulation and many of its names but is aimed, unlike the original, at the cherry-lip-gloss demographic.
03/17/06
As in Bynes' 2003 film What a Girl Wants, She's the Man wraps her up in a tidy romantic-comedy package with a generically non-threatening piece of Teen Beat eye candy.
03/17/06
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