It's a Boy Girl Thing

2008 "They've turned into the things they hated most... each other."
6.2| 1h35m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 17 June 2008 Released
Producted By: Alliance Atlantis
Country: United States of America
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A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.

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Tony I rate this 7 which to me means a decent film, I just came across it and gave it a go. I enjoyed it for what it is, a feel good about yourself whoever you are type film. It's no must see, but enjoyable if you've the time. If any ladies say ditto, I'm going to stop it right there.
rioplaydrum I like body switch-a-roo movies (Freaky Friday, many others) and this seemed like a good choice.Both Samaire Armstrong and Kevin Zegers have impressive resume's for being so young, so they should have dazzled through this upper middle-class ditzy comedy with ease.They don't.The plot is very predictable but solid. The problem is an over-the-top deluded script that no actor of any talent could ever deliver convincingly. People in real life just don't talk like that. Completely unbelievable.The screen play itself also delivers an immense amount of visual clichés that grew tiresome after 30 minutes.I did find myself having some genuine laughs here and there, but as soon as it looks like the story is about to take off, it just sinks again. The light at the end of the tunnel only keeps disappearing.I believe this movie would be highly entertaining for teens and pre-teens, but I think most adults will easily dismiss it as undeveloped rubbish.Not a 'bad' film per-say, just one that fails to launch.
SnoopyStyle Nell Bedworth (Samaire Armstrong) is a brainy virgin girlie girl. Her dumb jock neighbor Woody Deane (Kevin Zegers) has fun picking on the nerd and she hates him. Woody has shallow cheerleader girlfriend Breanna (Brooke D'Orsay). Woody and Nell are on a field trip to the museum. As they argue in front of a statue of the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca, a spell is cast on both of them. The next day, they wake up in each other's body. Things go downhill as each try to one up the other in destroying the other's reputation.This is more sexual than the Disney body switch movies. As a rom-com, it works sometimes. At other times, the movie fails to navigate the fact that he's in a girl's body and she's in a boy's body. For example, Woody in Nell's body would never go off to that guy's trailer. He would pretend to go and then lie about it afterward. The whole trailer scene is a ridiculous attempt at some slapstick that fails. The movie works half of the time. The other half is a bit awkward. Both actors do the switch well and this kinda works.
Dragoneyed363 I'm not going to lie, really the only reason I had any interest in It's a Boy Girl Thing was because my man candy Kevin Zegers was a main star. Having said that, I thought It's a Boy Girl Thing was genuinely and truly a funny, enjoyable and nice little film to watch. It was entertaining and though the main gist has been a bit butchered, they were able to come up with fresh material that became indisputably likable and I was very pleased with the outcome of this movie.First of all, I thought the performances were believable and likable. Armstrong and Zegers have a cute chemistry and their individual performances were delightful. Even though the film is predictable, I really wasn't going to give it a hard time for that, because the performances are charming, the movie itself is well done and just a fun time, and I really don't think a film should be judged just because you know what's going to happen; it can still be satisfying and good fun. It's not meant to be an Oscar winning masterpiece, and it shows, but with the material they try to work with, they pull off a current, fun, teen rom-com.In the end, It's a Boy Girl Thing is nonetheless just a nice film to watch from time to time if you enjoy it for what it is. Armstrong and Zegers, as well as all the supporting actors and actresses, look like they have a fun time giving pleasant and congenial performances. The material is fresh for a plot that's running out of ideas and the movie is just well done from start to finish. I am glad I had the chance to watch it.