Plot
A high school jock makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive girl into the school's prom queen.
Release Year: 1999
Rating: 5.5/10 (35,037 voted)
Director:
Robert Iscove
Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard
Storyline Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as a high school hottie who makes a bet with a fellow classmate that he can turn geeky Rachel Leigh Cook into a Prom Queen. Problems arise when hot shot Prinze becomes involved and in love with the transformed Cook.
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr.
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Zack Siler
Rachael Leigh Cook
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Laney Boggs
Matthew Lillard
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Brock Hudson
Paul Walker
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Dean Sampson
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
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Taylor Vaughan
Kevin Pollak
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Wayne Boggs
Anna Paquin
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Mackenzie Siler
Kieran Culkin
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Simon Boggs
Elden Henson
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Jesse Jackson
Usher Raymond
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Campus D.J.
Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones
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Alex
Gabrielle Union
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Katie
Dulé Hill
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Preston
Tamara Mello
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Chandler
Clea DuVall
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Misty
Taglines:
These two opposites attract... but EVERYONE'S trying to keep them apart!
Release Date: 29 January 1999
Filming Locations: Cerritos, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $10,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $16,065,430
(USA)
(31 January 1999)
(2222 Screens)
Gross: $63,319,509
(USA)
(27 June 1999)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
In one scene, a copy of John Irving's book "The Cider House Rules" is visible in the background behind Kieran Culkin. Culkin played Buster in
The Cider House Rules.
Goofs:
Continuity:
Girl (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is sitting in Cafeteria and speaking with Man, but in next shot when Derek Funkhouser Rutley (Chris Owen) is eating dirty pizza, the Girl has disappeared.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Laney Boggs:
Simon! Simon, I have got your breakfast! Are you up? Simon Boggs:
Give me a couple of minutes. Laney Boggs:
Simon Boggs, there are children in Mexico who have already been up for three hours making clothes for corporate America.
User Review
CONFORM, CITIZEN! CONFOOOOOOOOORM!!!!
Rating: 2/10
High school Jock Number One gets dumped by his prom queen to be! Doh! So
the
fool bets that he can make a replacement out of the geekiest girl in
school.
And this is one helluva geek. For a start, she DOESN'T LIKE DUMB MACHO
JOCKS. No, really! And listen, you're gonna love this - SHE WEARS
GLASSES!!!
I know! And the first time we see her, she TRIPS OVER ON THE STAIRS!!!
What
a total geek-of-the-week man-eatin' psycho Commie MUTANT, huh? Let's all
point at her and LAFF!
Luckily, he redeems her by making her wear contact lenses and pretty
dresses. Soon, she'll be just like everyone else. Hallelujah!
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