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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: ANCHOR BAY
Salesrank: 6752
Released: June 17, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
High school quarterback Woody Deanne (Kevin Zegers of FELICITY: AN AMERICAN GIRL ADVENTURE) is a sexist jock who lives for hip-hop. His next-door neighbor and sworn enemy Nell Bedworth (Samaire Armstrong of THE O.C. and ENTOURAGE) is a smart and sensitive virgin who loves Shakespeare. But one morning they mysteriously wake up in the strangest place of all: Each other s bodies! Even if they can now survive their switched lives of girls showers boys locker rooms college interviews Homecoming football and destroying each other s reputations will they find that falling in love may be the ultimate out-of-body experience? Sharon Osbourne co-stars in this wild gender-bender comedy featuring a hot soundtrack of hits by Eminem Black Eyed Peas Elton John James Blunt Ozzy Osbourne Girls Aloud Mystikal and more!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/BUDDY FILMS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 013131590890 Manufacturer No: DV15908
Description of It's a Boy Girl Thing:
A body-swapping comedy, It's a Boy Girl Thing takes a look at what happens when contentious next door neighbors have to literally live in each other's body for a while. Nell (Samaire Armstrong, Entourage, Dirty Sexy Money) is a studious geek. Woody (Kevin Zegers, Transamerica) is the high school football hero. Though they've known each other their entire lives, the two are happiest pretending the other doesn't exist. Psychoanalysis might conclude that it's because each has aspects that they are trying to subliminate in themselves, but in this farce, which executive-produced by Elton John, the plot is much less deep. It's a Boy Girl Thing has more in common with Rob Schneider's crude body-switch-'em-up The Hot Chick than, say, Tom Hanks' Big (Where his character didn't change sexes, but did grow from a little boy to a grown man overnight). At its best, the film offers a few laughs and some sight gags. At its worst, the characters utter lines such as, "I'm a loser, I'm trouble and I'm stupid. It's basic genetics." Written by Geoff Deane, who fared much better with the clever Kinky Boots, It's a Boy Girl Thing capitalizes on the strength of the lead actors. While Armstrong and Zegers look like they could be old enough to be paying off their student loans, they have the mannerisms and nuances of teenagers down pat. Once they swap bodies and have to work together to get their lives back, they also exhibit wonderful chemistry. So nice, in fact, that for a nanosecond, you almost wish they would never get their old lives back. --Jae-Ha Kim
It's a Boy Girl Thing Reviews:
thumbs up! 
2008-07-13 - I really give this a 10 im surprized it was so good a new version meets freaky friday in a diffrent way in a surprizing shocking way ended it with a bang a good bang. thumbs up! i love the ending and loved the cast.
Teen Film 
2008-06-26 - This is a typical teen, coming of age movie. She's neat. He's a slob. She's an 'A' student. He's a jock. They don't like each other or respect each other. I bet you can see where this is going.
As the cover shows, they change lives and find out what it's like to walk in the other's shoes. It's a fun film and will help preteens and teens with relationships. It may also help with gender issues and understanding the opposite sex.
