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It's a Boy Girl Thing
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Kevin Zegers,
Samaire Armstrong, Sharon Osbourne |
| MPAA Rated: |
Unrated |
| Released By: |
Anchor Bay |
| Kiddie Movie: |
It's PG-13
material. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if she's your
14 year old girlfriend. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Just some fun,
teen talk. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Some punches are
thrown. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Mostly chuckles. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Nothing really. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
"Do you want to
touch my helmet?" |
| Directed By: |
Nick Hurran |
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Cool Things About the DVD |
| Anything? |
Nothing is that
special about the "Special Features." Just rent it for the
movie. |
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It's a Boy Girl Thing
A Movie/DVD Review |
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There have been dozens of movies about people "trading
bodies" with usually it being a child and a parent,
sometimes people end up in the body of their pet, and
sometimes people end up as a snowman. So, what the hell, why
not have a high school jock and the nerdy girl "trade
bodies?" What you get, at least for the DVD of "It’s a Boy
Girl Thing," is the same, formulaic story, although like
most of them, it has its cute moments.
Let’s get to the story…
Woody (Kevn Zegers) is the stereotypical high school
quarterback, complete with the slutty girlfriend. Nell (Samaire
Armstrong) is the bookworm who dreams of getting into Yale.
They have lived next door to each other; pretty much hate
each other; and thanks to a wacky statue that emits some
kind of spell, yup, they wake up the next morning, now
occupying the body of their enemy. But, of course, they know
they must work together so they don’t blow each others
secret, and yup, it’s high school (although, oddly enough,
everyone in high school looks like they are in their
twenties) so there’s a good chance the two of them will fall
in love.
Working together they have their differences, especially
since Nell is the "hoity-toitier" of the two, while Woody
has parents with mouth’s of sailors (it doesn’t hurt that
Woody’s Mom, Della, is played by Sharon Osbourne, doing a
remarkably good job I must add), but for both of them to
achieve their dreams, well, Woody will have to teach Nell
how to be a great quarterback for "his" big game, and Nell
will have to tutor Woody on the beauty of literature for
"her" Yale interview. And reiterating, since this is high
school time, yup, a Prom is involved.
Look, there isn’t anything surprising in "It’s a Boy Girl
Thing," but cute moments do abound, especially if you are a
younger teen girl. And sure, I’m not a younger teen girl,
but I did chuckle at some of the easy jokes thrown out
during the movie. As such, if your young teenager wants to
rent this movie, go ahead and let them, but for an older
couple movie, oh, I don’t think so. Even so I’m going to
give "It’s a Boy Girl Thing" 3 ½ stars out of 5 for some fun
moments, doing what it needs to do, and even keeping things
predictable. Samaire Armstrong does a great job at being a
jock quarterback, and Kevin Zegers somehow channels the
insecure high school girl, and it’s no surprise they fall in
love in the movie.
As far as the DVD goes, the special features aren’t
anything special, especially since we pretty much know why
the film folks are making the movie, most of us don’t care
about listening to Samaire and Kevin talk about why this
movie is important, and they don’t include anything really
fun like bloopers, outtakes, or deleted scenes (even though
we always find out why those scenes should have been deleted
anyway).
I’m a dork. I liked the movie. And if you’re a dork, or a
younger teen girl, or my sister, you’ll probably like the
movie, too.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
