WHATEVER IT TAKES could have been a better teen film. LOVE James Franco but I did NOT like his character, Chris Campbell. His only decent scenes were on the stage with his (real, at the time) girlfriend spouting off lines from the other guy who was actually sincere & secretly in love with her. I did NOT like the school nurse's prop! It was so inappropriate! I cannot believe any school would allow such a thing! I cannot believe any PARENTS would allow it, either! I also can't believe all the kids who went to a hotel after the prom! Do high schools & parents really ENDORSE such a thing?!? Stupidity! These were all rich & snooty-type high school kids who just didn't have a clue. I have to say - I'm sorry I bought this one.

"Whatever it Takes" isn't really THE movie that you'll remember the rest of your life. It's nothing more than just another teen movie that tells the story that every one of this movies tries to bring, spiced up with some humor.An ordinary boy is in love with the most popular girl of the school. He's too afraid to talk to her, but one of the popular guys at school will help him, in return for a favor. He'll get some help if he can make sure that his neighbor, a pretty girl that has been his friend since years, will date the popular guy, even though they are complete opposites. So he does everything he can to convince her, succeeds and gets the date with his own love interest. But of course the girl of his dreams isn't exactly what he imagined she would be like and now he understands what a wonderful girl his neighbor is... only it's already too late, or isn't it? Don't expect something mind blowing, because then you'll be very disappointed. However, I have to admit that it is far from the worst teen movie that I've ever seen. Most of the time the jokes actually worked, making this movie at least a bit better.All in all I had a rather good time. I give it a 6/10.

WHATEVER IT TAKES (2000) * Shane West, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Marla Sokoloff, James Franco, Aaron Paul, Colin Hanks, Kip Purdue, Julia Sweeney, Richard Schiff. Charmless and brainless umpteenth remake of all of John Hughes' teenager in love flicks with alleged comedy take on 'Cyrano De Bergerac' of all blasphemes! West and Franco form an unlikely alliance to help the other win over the girl of their dreams, yada yada yada.Babelicious O' Keefe is put through the ringer and humiliation but her character deserves it and for that matter the rest of the cast and particular the talentless director David Raynor who wouldn't recognize subtlety and nuance if it bit him on the ass!

"Whatever it takes" is by one line summary really just another teen movie. All though we might need sometimes in our lives to remember to smile and how playful life and love could be from time to time. The story is about two guys, one who's acting out like the school's general geek and the other guy is the school's Johnny Bravo. Both of them wants the same, the girl of their dreams and lives. With using tricks and cheats they try and do whatever it takes to succeed their mission, to finally get the girl. As "the geek" wants the other guys cousin, and as him indeed wants the geeks best mate and neighbor, they decide to team up to score.This is nothing more than another movie about crazy teens, but all though it might give you a laugh at some points. See this only if you got some time to spare and you're really bored.