by Courtney Hilden
She's the Man follows around high schooler and high society girl Violet (the charming Amanda Bynes) as she impersonates her twin brother Sebastian at his new school to prove to her former high school soccer coach and captain that girls can play soccer as well as boys. While at her/his new school, she befriends Duke (Channing Tatum) and Olivia (Laura Ramsey).
Olivia falls in love with Sebastian and Duke falls for Violet at a carnival. Violet pretending to be Sebastian must make win the big game aganist her old school and navigate relationships and she pretends to be two different people. The plot is obviously a modern remake of Shakespeare's Twelve Night, similar to 10 Things I Hate About You.
Bynes gives another winning performance. She has wonderful facial expressions and uses her body to give a Chaplin-like performance. She manages to play an awkward but well-meaning young man, and blends in relatively well.
Unsurprisingly, everything ties up neat in the end, just as most of Shakespeare's comedies do. It's too bad that even the remake is unable to address the issues of identity and sexuality that the film does it's best to avoid.
She's the Man follows around high schooler and high society girl Violet (the charming Amanda Bynes) as she impersonates her twin brother Sebastian at his new school to prove to her former high school soccer coach and captain that girls can play soccer as well as boys. While at her/his new school, she befriends Duke (Channing Tatum) and Olivia (Laura Ramsey).
Olivia falls in love with Sebastian and Duke falls for Violet at a carnival. Violet pretending to be Sebastian must make win the big game aganist her old school and navigate relationships and she pretends to be two different people. The plot is obviously a modern remake of Shakespeare's Twelve Night, similar to 10 Things I Hate About You.Bynes gives another winning performance. She has wonderful facial expressions and uses her body to give a Chaplin-like performance. She manages to play an awkward but well-meaning young man, and blends in relatively well.
Unsurprisingly, everything ties up neat in the end, just as most of Shakespeare's comedies do. It's too bad that even the remake is unable to address the issues of identity and sexuality that the film does it's best to avoid.
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