As a twist on the 'ugly duckling' story this is a decent enough romantic comedy, but one that can't help but look a little dated.Freddie Prince Jr made a few of this type of romantic comedies in the 90's and is on good form here, supported by Matthew Lillard and Dule Hill of West Wing fame.Once it gets over a slow first 30 mins it picks up considerably, with some nice scenes between Price Jr and Leigh Cook.It's not the best film ever made, but it's enjoyable enough viewing.

Here's one of the better teen comedies, I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. Starring some upcoming stars, some of them who sadly faded into obscurity, much the same way as the ones did from American Pie, my only regret, was I should of seen this film fifteen years early. Of course my reason for watching this, was for the late Paul Walker, who I must admit, didn't do a bad job here, playing a real a..hole, typically un Walker'ish. Although there are a few clichéd moments as in the progression of the story, I still found this really entertaining, the transformation, staircase scene, that was later mocked in Not Another Teen movie, another one. The unoriginal premise has popular jock, Zack, Freddie Prince Junior, dumped by queen of popularity/vaingloried stuck up/bitch, Taylor. Now Freddie is given a wager, by friend, Dean, a sort of meathead, to change a chosen dork Walker's girl of choice), nerd, geek, rah rah rah, into the prom queen. Plain Jane, Rachel Leigh Cook, is the transformed one, where Zack, of course falls in love with her, but a bets a bet. We know how the rest of the story plays out, but the film's smart script, adds a lot of funny touches, like Laney's after school hobby, an artist venting group. Too, is a reality show starring Taylor's new love, jock idiot (Matthew Lillard), a kind of Vincent Cassell looking guy, who in one scene, makes such an a.. of himself, it was even embarrassing, watching from my end. Check out his bedroom. Here's one 99 film you must really see, a light hearted teen comedy, you can watch a few times. It has some revenge too that I liked: consult Duval's new appearance, and Walker's deafened ears. I like Freddie Prince Junior too. He has a charisma, or magnetism about his presence, where I never really found him impressive as an actor, more someone who got lucky. Pollack is fun as Cook's pool installer father, while Animal House's Matheson, popping back on the screen as Zack's father, marked a nice return to the big screen. Don't knock this one.

I had heard someone say that this film was supposed to be a modern "My Fair Lady". That had me put my expectations a little too high. Laney is the cliché "unpretty, pretty girl" who becomes the object of a bet in which Dean, play boy jerk, bets senior president, super popular, all that guy Zack that he can't make her prom queen. Like any other predictable teen 90s movie, Zack starts to fall for the out of the ordinary, quirky Laney as he gets to know her. With her help he is also able to deal with his life problems and everything is happily ever after. Many of the films targeted towards teens during this time, during anytime really, all have really similar plots. It's not like this film is a break-through or has a message so incredibly deep that the world would be lost without its insight, but as far as these movies go it isn't the worst ever. It would be good to watch with a group of friends if you're trying to be sentimental, but don't expect to feel moved by the end.

Late 90s / early '00 produced some of my favorite movies ever, including some romantic teen comedies. But what the hell was this all about? Was this a PARODY for a teen flick? It certainly felt like it.They CAN'T be serious. I mean, who'd want to produce (or star in) something THIS lame?! It's outrageous! Honestly, I don't even know where to start.I won't say that this movie is full of clichés. It's fair to say that this whole "movie" IS one huge cliché. It's not a movie; it's a parody for a movie. And even as such, it fails miserably, because, if nothing else, it should AT LEAST be mildly amusing (if not funny), but there is ZERO humour in this stinker.It's not funny, it's not romantic, it's not realistic, it's not heart-warming, it's not dramatic, it's not... anything. It's just boing, lame, predictable, and annoying.The acting is nothing short of ATROCIOUS. Look at these people! How do they get acting jobs? I wouldn't cast them as extras in made-for-TV flicks! They're really, really, really bad. No, not just the leads; all of them! I shouldn't even bring up the fact that this "movie" defines the term "predictable"; it goes without saying. I guarantee you have not seen anything as disgustingly predictable and cheesy as this.No one deserves to be subjected to such moronic bulls***. It insults human intelligence. I had to watch an Arnie movie right after this, so I could get the stench of this piece of s*** out of my system.Urgh, people associated with this pathetic excuse for a movie, should be banned by law to work in the film industry.