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She's The Man (2006) DVD Review
She's The Man (2006) DVD Credits:
She's The Man (2006) Directed by:
Andy Fickman
She's The Man (2006) Written by:
Ewan Leslie, Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
She's The Man (2006) Cast:
Alex Breckenridge, Amanda Crew, David Cross, Julie Hagerty, Robert Hoffman, Vinnie Jones, James Kirk, Jessica Lucas, Emily Perkins, Laura Ramsey, Jonathan Sadowski, James Snyder, Channing Tatum, Robert Torti
She's The Man (2006) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
She's The Man (2006) DVD Release Date:
17th July 2006
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She's The Man (2006) 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 campus, who is crushing on the nerdy new guy on campus. Viola Johnson (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.

She's The Man (2006) DVD Review:


The first thing I noticed about the DVD for She’s the Man was the artwork. The film is about a girl posing as a boy in order to play soccer, and Amanda Bynes is the girl, as well as the boy. As I looked over the cover and the back artwork it struck me that there were no photos of Amanda Bynes as the boy. As I watched the film it took me a while to get used to the sight of her dressed like a boy, and the first couple of jarring scenes were almost enough to make me stop the film. After a while, however, I found myself adjusting to the uncomfortable look and the exaggerated acting styles of Bynes. Once I was able to look past that, I found myself enjoying the film.

Everything lines up perfectly and predictably in She’s the Man as Viola’s twin brother Sebastian decides to leave town right before he is supposed to start at a new school. Viola’s soccer team is terminated and her boyfriend and the coach don’t think she’s good enough to play with the boy’s team, so she disguises herself as her brother and goes to a new school to play on their team. The whole thing is really loose, but chances are if you are the type of person to watch this film, you won’t mind these small holes in the plot.

More than anything else, She’s the Man relies heavily upon love triangles. Every character in the film seems to be interested in someone who is interested in another related person. All in all it is pretty ridiculous, but the humor allows you to extend your disbelief for a short while. David Cross has a small role as the principal of the school, and he is funny as always. His energy level is so high in this film that he must have been enjoying himself.

The DVD comes with a few good special features, and a few that are better ignored. There is a director and cast commentary with Amanda Bynes, and she shows her silliness isn’t only in front of the camera. The deleted scenes are just filler scenes, the gag reel is better than most, and there is a making of featurette as well. The other features are a music video, a photo album, pop-up trivia and other small perks not worth mentioning.

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She's The Man (2006) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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