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She Gets What She Wants

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She Gets What She Wants (2002)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:9

Rotten:16

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Welcome to Splendona High School in Splendona, Texas -- where football players, cheerleaders, and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady (Jane McGregor), the most popular girl in school,... Welcome to Splendona High School in Splendona, Texas -- where football players, cheerleaders, and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady (Jane McGregor), the most popular girl in school, is on top of it all. That is, at least, until Genevieve LePlouff (Piper Perabo) drops in.

Genevieve, a foreign exchange student from Paris, movies in with Starla’s family in an attempt to help boost Starla’s grade in French class and keep her from getting kicked off the cheerleading squad. At first glance, Genevieve appears to be the typical fish out of water – following Starla around with unwavering admiration at her charmed and wonderful life. But when Genevieve is featured on the front of the school newspaper telling her tale of misfortune and lost love, Starla feels the tide of her perfect world begin to shift.

Before Starla realizes what’s happening, Genevieve has stolen her best friends, her boyfriend, her spot on the cheerleading squad, and her position as the most popular girl in Splendona! But Starla’s not about to go down without a fight. With the help of her little brother and a new crush, she plots her revenge to expose Genevieve as the conniving, back stabbing liar that she really is. -- © The Premiere Marketing & Distribution Group LLC [More]

Starring: Piper Perabo, Alexandra Adi, Jane McGregor, Trent Ford

Starring: Piper Perabo, Alexandra Adi, Jane McGregor, Trent Ford, Nicki Lynn Aycox

Director: Melanie Mayron

Director: Melanie Mayron
Screenwriter: Robert Lee King, Lamar Damon

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12/30/06
Empire Magazine

Slap her - she's not funny! No French people were harmed during the making of this movie, but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
06/08/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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04/06/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

...even if one were willing to overlook the downright aimless storyline, there's still the dearth of laughs and muddled character motives to contend with.

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01/31/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like Clueless Does South Fork.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/01/02
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety

As if Drop Dead Gorgeous wasn't enough, this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition.

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08/08/02
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
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EmanuelLevy.Com

If we’re to slap protagonist Genevieve LePlouff because she’s French, do we have that same option to slap her creators because they’re clueless and inept?

Full Review Source: TheWorldJournal.com | comment Comment
09/18/02
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

The humor is forced and heavy-handed, and occasionally simply unpleasant.

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09/17/02
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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Takes one character we don't like and another we don't believe, and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and isn't very funny.

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10/22/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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The script falls back on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy.

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09/04/02
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Luisa F. Ribeiro
Boxoffice Magazine

A gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional, unlikable characters and hackneyed, threadbare comic setups.

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08/22/02
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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This is more a case of 'Sacre bleu!' than 'Magnifique'.

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10/07/02
Neil Smith
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