She’s the Man directed by Andy Fickman, is a modern-day sports romance adapted by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. These plots are similar to the main character’s names, and they both share Viola switching places with her twin brother. Typical soccer-loving teen Viola Johnson (Amanda Bynes) is living her best life until she finds out her school is cutting the girls soccer team. She comes up with a plan to become her twin brother, Sebastian, and try out for his boarding school boy’s team. Viola tries to avoid as many obstacles as she can, but that gets a little hard when the hardest obstacle is that she is falling for her roommate Duke (Channing Tatum). Viola (Sebastian) and Duke spend the majority of the film together, as they made a deal that he will help Viola (Sebastian) make the starting lineup if she helps Duke get the girl he likes. The plan works out perfectly until her twin brother returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.
This movie has sprinkles of comedy, specifically superiority theory throughout, which makes it very fun and lighthearted. I feel that the main comedic choices were formed out of superiority theory because it is something that the audience can quickly catch on to and make them chuckle at. All the drama that is shown at the school throughout the film gives it some conventions that teen romance movies typically have. The classic who likes who, gossip throughout the school, sometimes the main characters differing in social status, and the happy ending. This film also demonstrates chaos when Viola is pretending to be her brother, and at one point in the film is constantly switching back and forth between her being Viola or Sebastian. This is then resolved at the end of the film when the real Sebastian comes back and they both reveal who they really are. This allows Viola to play on the boy’s soccer team (as a girl) giving us cosmos because the issue is resolved, not to mention she also gets the guy. Also throughout the entire film, there is a high lighting key that is used because this film is happy and filled with upbeat energy. This is also the same for the non-diegetic audio, specifically, when Viola (Sebastian) and Duke are training, the upbeat audio was picked to further show, change, and that the soccer skills were getting better.
Personally, I really like this movie because of everything that is happening and every character has a secret and everyone is connected all throughout the movie. This is definitely a movie to watch if you don’t want to really think too hard because everything is explained, the plot is very predictable, and the comedy that is sprinkled in is really fun and witty. I definitely think that this movie does send out a good message to girls can do anything that boys can do. I believe that this falls on the more positive side of things, and in between ironic and sincere.
Recommended teen romances:
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- A Cinderella Story
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Princess Diaries
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