Those who follow my reviews know that I like to revisit films 10 or 20 years after release, looking for titles that were way better than the reviews showed, but somehow got lost in time.This is one of my faves.Prinze, as professional writers have said, was a lot like Kevin Costner, he seemed to be everywhere, and then suddenly he was nowhere.While the general consensus is that his later film work -- mainly weak thrillers -- was forgettable, some of his romantic roles will live on as long there are still two sexes on this planet. Which could be a very long time.This romcom at first seems simplistic but in fact it is not.Of the estimated 2 million films Hollywood has done trying to figure out how the sexes work (kidding) this is one of the best. And Claire Forlani is great, a pity this role did not bring her more work in A-list films.Also fun to watch a younger Jason Biggs ham it up, without being at all self-conscious.Classic rom-com.

This movie is a good surprise because it isn't exactly a teen movie with dumb jokes but rather a serious analysis about relationships.As a boy, I can say that I really identified myself with "Ryan" as a planer, someone who doesn't decide or do what's on the moment. And it can be true that girls, like butterfly, like to wander there and there.The main thing about their stories is that it took a long time to acknowledge that they are in love. Again, it's a proved fact and it is often due to the feminine indecision. In fact, boys (or are least, "Ryan" and me) know at once what they feel and want to hurry the relationship. The twist of the beginning and end credits is clever because it looks like it was their fate to become soul-mates.The settings of the story in Berkeley and San Francisco is enjoyable because this city is rather underrated whereas it's much better than the famous LA! If it's always funny to see adults playing students, the cast was excellent: I think that "Ryan" should have kept his glasses because it is boring always and every time to see tall, sexy, well-built flawless heroes when the common people are so diverse! To finish with a smile, I realize that Jason Biggs looks like very much as a famous president of republic in his teens years! It would be funny to see Jason at his fifties so!

This film reminds me another one: "When Harry met Sally" with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, a friendship between them for many years, with ups and downs, with different couples and respective break-ups and finally they found out they were meant one for each other that they are perfectly together in love. But this latest one with Freddy Prinze Jr and Claire Forlani is funny, touching and sweet too, the formula worked and they had love chemistry on screen, Freddy's character is more serious and a little nerdy and Claire's character is outgoing, strong-minded, impulsive, enjoying life day to day, but anyway they were the right couple in the end.

The plot of Boys and Girls is simple. A boy and a girl (Freddie Prinze, Jr and Claire Forlani), who at first seem a most unlikely couple, gradually discover their similarities. To me, the film gets off to a slightly slow start, but becomes increasingly watchable as it progresses. The plot is similar to that of When Harry Met Sally, but the style of the film is totally different. It's essentially a teen movie in the vein of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. But it matches up to other teen movies well and offers some good laughs (mainly from Jason Biggs as the womanising, compulsive liar of a room-mate). For anyone interested in the technicalities of film-making, the final scene in which the plane takes off is very smartly edited, too. In summary, if you like teen movies you'll enjoy this, otherwise you'll hate it.