The Hot Chick
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Not only is Jessica Spencer the most popular girl in school -- she is also the meanest. But things change for the attractive teen when a freak accident involving a cursed pair of earrings and a chance encounter at a gas station causes her to switch bodies with Clive, a sleazy crook. Jessica, in the form of the repulsive Clive, struggles to adjust to this radical alteration and sets out to get her own body back before the upcoming prom.
What critics thought
Critics were almost uniformly dismissive of this body-swap comedy, finding its single premise stretched beyond breaking point and its humor more vulgar than inventive. Audiences at the time were considerably kinder than reviewers, suggesting the film landed better with its target crowd than with anyone tasked with analyzing it.
“The MPAA rates this PG-13. It is too vulgar for anyone under 13 and too dumb for anyone over 13.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“At best routinely assembled—at worst barely competent. The slapstick is labored, and the bigger setpieces flat.”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Tom BradyDirector
Rob SchneiderJessica
Anna FarisApril
Matthew LawrenceBilly
Eric Christian OlsenJake
Robert DaviStan
Melora HardinCarol
Alexandra HoldenLulu
Rachel McAdamsJessica
Fay HauserMrs. Thomas
Jodi LongKorean Mother
Tia MowryVenetia
John DebneyComposerRob SchneiderWriterThe Hot Chick
Not only is Jessica Spencer the most popular girl in school -- she is also the meanest. But things change for the attractive teen when a freak accident involving a cursed pair of earrings and a chance encounter at a gas station causes her to switch bodies with Clive, a sleazy crook. Jessica, in the form of the repulsive Clive, struggles to adjust to this radical alteration and sets out to get her own body back before the upcoming prom.
What critics thought
Critics were almost uniformly dismissive of this body-swap comedy, finding its single premise stretched beyond breaking point and its humor more vulgar than inventive. Audiences at the time were considerably kinder than reviewers, suggesting the film landed better with its target crowd than with anyone tasked with analyzing it.
“The MPAA rates this PG-13. It is too vulgar for anyone under 13 and too dumb for anyone over 13.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“At best routinely assembled—at worst barely competent. The slapstick is labored, and the bigger setpieces flat.”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Tom BradyDirectorRob SchneiderJessicaAnna FarisAprilMatthew LawrenceBillyEric Christian OlsenJakeRobert DaviStanMelora HardinCarolAlexandra HoldenLuluRachel McAdamsJessicaFay HauserMrs. ThomasJodi LongKorean MotherTia MowryVenetiaJohn DebneyComposerRob SchneiderWriterStream
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