He's All That

I am too ancient it seems to know who Addison Lee is but she's no Freddie PJ. This lack of context meant I thought the bizarre hyper unrealism of her acting was going to be revealed as a plot point. What a grave misconception to imagine this film had anything like so much substance. I won't spoil anything in case anyone is mad enough to be reading these reviews and still watch, but I am about to take a long hard look in the mirror for making it through this film without throwing up.

Oddly however this did pass the Kermode six laugh test for me, a one liner from an underused elderly relative woke me up and laughter of at least five times the duration emerged during the denouement. Not sure if that counts actually, please don't bother. As for the preposterous physique of the "loser" leading man and patronising nods towards diversity I have no words. Oh a kardashian pops up.

The reviews are more entertaining than the movie. That's my review.

As an adult I should not have watched this movie, to a young person it might have been tolerable and relevant. However, in my opinion it was painful. The acting was stiff and the actors had no chemistry. The storyline was expected, but some really laughable moments - prom dance off? Is that even a thing?

It's a cute little movie to watch. There's a lot of things they did wrong and I feel bad for the actor that plays Cameron who had to try and force chemistry with a lead who has no clue what's she's doing and to have to carry the movie. The scene that displayed acting like I have never ever seen in my life is after the Cameron makeover & before the reveal. Literally the lead "actress"/not an actress must of read the script's notes: "Cameron enters room and his handsome face takes Padge's breath away." In that scene she is literally panting when she see Cameron's newfound hotness. To be fair, my pug pants real hard like that when I come out of the bathroom too. I thought maybe I missed a scene where she was doing aerobics for a bit before he came out of the bathroom but no, that's just how she played it.. Interesting interpretation I guess.

Then a Kardashian shows up. Doesn't even matter which one, they are all the literal worst.

Like, why Netflix? Why do you hate us?

Rachael Leigh Cook and the 2 minutes of Matthew Lillard was Netflix's apology to the viewer's for the rest of the film.

I could watch those two in anything.

They really should of just done a geriatric remake and brought back Freddy and they could of just read lines from the original movie. I'd be in for that.

Also, laughing at the reviews that say she did a good job because it's her first movie....literally.... PANTING!!!

4 Stars because Rachael, Matthew, Tanner and the horse.

Matthew Lillard was better in the 10 minutes he was around then all the other "teens" through the rest of the movie.

I went into this with low expectations and was still disappointed. It was good if you wanted a braindead watch but the ending with the horse.... god so cringe.

The writing and acting were horrendous. The two original actors carried every scene they were in with the exception of the little sister.