Synopsis
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.
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Cast
- Freddie Prinze Jr.Zach Siler
- Rachael Leigh CookLaney Boggs
- Paul WalkerDean Sampson
- Jodi Lyn O'KeefeTaylor Vaughan
- Kevin PollakWayne Boggs
- Anna PaquinMackenzie Siler
- Kieran CulkinSimon Boggs
- Elden HensonJesse Jackson
- Matthew LillardBrock Hudson
- UsherCampus D.J.
Recommendations
- 70
Salon
What really saves She’s All That from being just another why-good-heavens-you’re-beautiful piece of piffle, however, is the way its lesser elements sparkle. The romantic comedy may be predictable, but director Iscove’s over-the-top parody of faux celebrity — by way of Lillard’s gleefully preening, partying, getting-sensitive-for-the-camera ex-Real Worlder — is a hoot. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
To give the movie credit, it's as bored with the underlying plot as we are. Even the prom queen election is only a backdrop for more interesting material, as She's All That explores differences in class and style, and peppers its screenplay with very funny little moments. - 60
Chicago Reader
As an undiscovered beauty who frequents open-stage night at the local performance-art club, her rack hidden under paint-spattered overalls, her chiseled face obscured by glasses, Rachael Leigh Cook is charming and sincere, and ultimately so is Prinze, whose character's realization that he's not as shallow as he'd thought is convincing. - 50
ReelViews
Despite being largely uninspired, the dialogue is peppered with enough profanity and salacious comments to keep the undiscriminating interested. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
About one idea short of being an excellent teenage romance. As it stands it's a pleasing but routine effort. - 50
The New York Times
She's All That is essentially a formulaic comedy, but it has enough glimmerings of originality and wit to make you wish it were much bolder and funnier than it turns out to be. - 50
Film Threat
The tempo of the film does well to cure the unlikely romance with just the right amount of anxiety and the leads — especially Cook, who is wonderfully promising here — create an earnestly heartfelt chemistry. - 30
Variety
While there are a few good jokes and sight gags along the way, the main impression left by She's All That is how numbingly consistent its lack of originality is.
