She's the Man Reviews

Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Robert Joffman, James Kirk, Julie Hagerty, David Cross, Vinnie Jones

DIRECTED BY: Andy Fickman

Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) had her own good reasons for disguising herself as her twin brother Sebastian (James Kirk) and enrolling in his place at his new boarding school, Illyria Prep. She was counting on Sebastian being AWOL from school as he tried to break into the music scene in London. What she didn't count on was falling in love with her hot roommate, Duke (Channing Tatum), who in turn only has eyes for the beautiful Olivia (Laura Ramsey). Making matters worse, Olivia is starting to fall for Sebastian, who--for reasons Olivia couldn't begin to guess--appears to be the sensitive type of guy she'd always dreamed of meeting. If things weren't complicated enough, the real Sebastian has come back from London two days earlier than expected and arrives on campus having no clue that he's been replaced...by his own twin sister.

Didn't expect to like this flick much, but I did. Mainly because it really brings the laughs. Any movie that can make you laugh through out it is good to me. Amanda Bynes is a really funny gal and it really shows in this movie. Some things were a bit cheesey, but it's a no brainer that things will be in films like this. But all in all a good little funny film. Good watch..

For a family comedy, 'She's The Man' isn't too bad, but for an adaptation of William Shakespeare, this is very poor.

Based on one of Shakespeare's best plays, 'Twelfth Night', Amanda Bynes plays the football, not soccer, but football loving girl Viola Hastings who disguises her as her brother in order to continue to play the game at a different school. It's not exactly Shakespeare, and the words 'based on' are used in their loosest terms, with only the bare components used.

With some impressive cast choices, including Vinnie Jones and David Cross, the writers wreck some of the most important characters, such as turning Malvolio into a spider and a boy named Malcolm. However, Amanda Bynes gives a lovely, sweet performance in a comedic style perfect for the genre. Channing Tatum meanwhile plays his character somewhere between a grunting teenager and a shy toddler. What he or the director were actually trying to achieve is a question I will never know the answer to, but his performance isn't a patch on the rest of the cast.

Nothing else stands out. Style and substance is rare, whilst gags and funny facial expressions are common. It's funny in parts, others not so. But what it fails most at is the complete rejection of the use of any Shakespeare's own comedy. 'Twelfth Night' is a comedy filled with funny moments, excellent set ups and great deliveries. Instead, 'She's The Man' opts for cheap, old gags.

And in the end, it is a high school teen comedy, made for teens. It doesn't try to be anything it's not and doesn't shy from some more interesting gags than the average flick of this type. The screenplay and direction will never go down in history as a great example of making a high school comedy, but it is a decent one in the genre anyway. Outside that target audience though, 'She's The Man' is best avoided.

She's the Man is a fairly decent comedy with a good cast. For what it is, She's the Man is a good little family oriented comedy that though not perfect is a pretty decent, entertaining film that has quite a few good laughs. I'm surprised I quite enjoyed this film, and I thought that Vinnie Jones was pretty good here. The films plot could have been improved a bit, but for the most part, it's mindless fun that is hard not to like. Like I said, this film is not perfect, but manages to be a good hearted comedy. I thought I was going to hate this film, but I enjoyed it somewhat. There is definite room for improvement, but it does succeed at making you laugh. Don't expect a great comedy with this one, expect something mildly entertaining and funny, and you're most likely not going to be disappointed. She's the Man is funny, never anything hilarious, but it does make you smile. This is a fairly entertaining film for what it is, but is never really anything memorable. She's the Man is the type of film worth watching at least once. The cast is enjoyable and they manage to give decent performances. She's the Man is definitely not a great comedy, but it does manage to entertain. She's the Man was better than I thought it was going to be and it caught me by surprise. Not a great comedy, but good considering all the crappy comedies that come out.

Amanda Bynes is sexy, but this movie isn't.

If you wanna chase your dream, sometimes you gotta break the rules.

Saw it again! Fun movie with some very funny moments. I enjoyed it and that's all there is to it.

She's the Man is about Viola Hastings, a girl who's passion is Soccer. She then finds out that the Girl's Soccer Program gets canceled at her school. She then tries out for the guy's team, but they tell her that girls aren't good enough. So when Viola finds out that her fraternal twin brother, Sebastian is sneaking off to London for a music tour, instead of going to Illyria School, Viola decides that she can take his place, and pretend to be him, to be able to try out for their Soccer program. After a makeover and help from her friends, she gets to Illyria, but then finds that she likes her room mate, Duke. Things get messy when a girl who Duke likes falls for Sebastian, who is Viola in disguise. Everything falls apart when Sebastian goes home from London early, and things start to fall to pieces.

One of my all time favourite films! I loved this! A must see!

I was a little worried this would be quite a lame chick flick that would appeal more to the teenage generation. No doubt that is the target audience, but with a decent cast including a surprise show up of Vinnie Jones (Ex-Pro footballer) and high production backing, this is actually quite funny. Amanda Bynes was great, don't think I've even heard of her before? It might be too cute for some still, but I actually ended up laughing a good few times and enjoyed it. They even had some Chelsea posters in the bedroom!!

Amanda Bynes looks scarily like a dude in her Sebastian scenes, but that doesn't take away from her absolutely flawless comedic timing. I'm sort of embarrassed how hard I laughed in some scenes. Yeah, it's not exactly movie gold caliber but it's more entertaining as anything else you're going to find out there.

80% wow this wasn't that good. C

The essence of Shakespeare's play where Viola loves Duke who loves Olivia who loves Viola is always a good thing to base a story on. But as much as I like Amanda Bynes movies, I don't think she plays a convincing boy and the movie was 3/4's of an hour too long. Amazingly, that is still good enough be better than 1/3 of the movies I have seen.

This was hilarious!

Not completely devoid of humour but I do think they got lucky in some scenes. Amanda Bynes's performance I suspect was unintentional but a quirky serendipitous piece of good luck. It soon descends into tripe overload though, which was a great shame but then I've never been a big fan of Shakespearean comedies, his tragedies have always appealed to me more.

It was a fun concept! I enjoyed waiting to see what was going to happen next! But now that I already know, it's not really worth watching again!

amanda bynes is once again trying to prove herself in yet another chick flick. it's a surprising good chick flick, however, though it just doesn't stack up to the competition surrounding it.

oh man this is straight torture

Silly, predictable, wacky, and lovable. The spirit of Shakespeare's play doesn't get lost in the Hollywood formula.

Another typical Amanda Bynes Comedy/Romance & What a nauseous ending it reminded me of Popstar's ending

Loved It!!!!!

Got trapped into watching this one.

There isn't anything new going on in this movie but the actors pulled it off well. I like Amanda Bynes and I thought a lot of the stuff she did was pulled of great. Her facial expressions that she does during a lot of her scenes make her great to watch.