... So when I watched a T4 special earlier in the year about "It's a Boy/Girl Thing" I was immediately interested in seeing the film itself.
Three things made me want to see this film. Firstly that the female lead in the film was Samaire Armstrong, who played Anna in the teen drama series "The ... Read review
They've turned into the things they hated most... each other. It's A Boy Girl Thing is a ... more
brilliantly funny romantic comedy about next-door neighbours who live worlds apart. Woody Deane (Zegers) and Nell Bedworth (Armstrong) are life long sworn enemie...
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It's A Boy Girl Thing is a brilliantly funny romantic comedy about next-door neighbours ... more
who live worlds apart. Woody Deane and Nell Bedworth are life long sworn enemies who wake up one day to find themselves in a very strange place: each other bodies. ...
Two kids with nothing in common are brought together in a veryunexpected way in this ... more
comedy. Nell (Samaire Armstrong) is a prettybut hopelessly geeky teenage girl who loves Shakespeare and wantslittle more than to study literature at Yale when she graduatesfrom high school in a few months Woody (Kevin Zegers), who livesnext door, is the quarterback on the school's football team, andseems like a sure bet to land a lucrative football scholarshipdespite the fact he isn't especially bright. Nell and Woody are notat all friendly and normally have nothing to say to one another,but one day during a class field trip to a historical museum, thetwo fall under the spell of an Incan icon and when they awake thenext morning, Woody's mind is in Nell's body, and vice versa.Neither is comfortable with their sudden gender switch or having toassume the other's personalities, but they quickly realize thatuntil they can find a way to reverse the spell, they have to worktogether if Nell is to go to Yale and Woody is to get hisscholarship and move away from this loutish parents (Sharon Osborneand Maury Chaykin. Elton John was an executive producer on It's ABoy Girl Thing, and songs from his back catalog appear on thesoundtrack. Special Features: The making of It's a Boy Girl Thing Interview with Samaire Armstrong Interview with Kevin Zegers Are You More Boy or Girl? History of the statue Trailer Bios
ITS A BOY GIRL THING is a hilarious body-swap comedy in the style of BIG and 13 GOING ON ... more
30 and is the story of Nell and Woody; teen rivals that love nothing more than to hate one another. Enemies in school, and next-door neighbours at home, the pair inexplicably wake one morning to find they have swapped bodies. At first, theyre disturbed by the occurrence, but with a little thought, its not long before theyre in school and tarnishing each others reputations. Devoting so much time and attention to each other has never been as much fun for Nell and Woody, and they soon discover that love can stem from the strangest of plantings.
If you've ever wondered what boys really think of girl's and what girls really think of ... more
boys, this is your chance to find out. Do boys think girls have a better dress sense? Do girls think boys are better at maths and science? Filled with opinions, from the ridiculous to the frighteningly spot on, this book attempts to answer these questions.
Comedy - Director: Tony Dow - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: John Challis, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Gwyneth Strong
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Advantages: an interesting spin on an old theme, funny, strong leads Disadvantages: slightly predictable
...cheesy moral subtext - obviously, it's trying to tell us that despite our obvious differences, guys and girls ain't all that different from one another. Deep down, we all worry about similar things - our futures, what others think of us, etc. And perhaps it takes a walk in the other person's shoes for us to see this?
Or you could just watch this film and learn instead. Although part of me would quite like to know what it was like ... ...
***SOME CHOICE QUOTES***
Nell: [Woody in Nell's body gives up putting on a bra] Okay girls today we are going al natural.
Woody: [on seeing Woody in Nell's body is dressed] You look like a prostitute
Nell: [Woody in Nell's body] Damn... I was going for high class hooker
Woody: [Waking up in Nell's body] Oh my God! I have tits! I have tits!
There's a hell of a lot of teen flicks around - I should know, I've seen most of 'em. You get the rare great one - "She's All That", "Cruel Intentions", "Mean Girls" and that old classic "Clueless" are the best in my opinion - and there's tons of ones that are more than entertaining, but nowadays the majority are just, well, PANTS!!! Let's face it, there are just so many on the market, and the same themes just seem to recur over and over, and the same old cliches dragged out time and time again. Unless something has a fabulous theme, fantastic acting or brilliant one-liners, how is it POSSIBLY going to make itself stand out from the pack?
Being somewhat of a teen movie connoisseur myself (sad but true!), despite the same old movie seeming to be released time and time again, I always keep an eye out for this genre of movie. Call me weird (and you probably will) but I do like to watch these things and come to my OWN opinion, not judge it based on some critic's review and nothing else (as I've said before, I have found myself more likely to LIKE a film which has been critically panned than hate it). So when I watched a T4 special earlier in the year about "It's a Boy/Girl Thing" I was immediately interested in seeing the film itself.
Three things made me want to see this film. Firstly that the female lead in the film was Samaire Armstrong, who played Anna in the teen drama series "The OC". As I had only seen her in this role and in a supporting role in the Lindsay Lohan film "Just My Luck", I was interested to see how she would hold up with top star billing. The second was that the film's executive producer is none other than Elton John (and one of the producers is John's partner David Furnish) - I was interested to see the kind of film he would put his name behind, and was interested in the fact it was a teen film of all things! The third was that, while this film uses an old wellworn theme (that of bodyswapping - how many remakes of "Freaky Friday has there been???), it put an interesting twist on it: it asks what would happen if a teenage boy and girl swapped bodies?
It is quite an interesting situation. After all, we have Nell (Armstong) and Woody (Kevin Zegers - "Transamerica"), two characters who live next door to one another and can't stand each other, as we find out within the first five minutes or so of the film. Nell is an intelligent, opinionated girl who doesn't seem to care what anyone thinks of her while Woody is the cool football player who is probably not as dumb as people think he is. They really couldn't be more different. So when after a trip to a museum when they wake up in each other's bodies, it is understandably hard to cope with. After all, not only are they trapped inside a person they HATE, they also have to cope with the most alien of things. Woody now has breasts, and Nell has an early morning erection she can't get rid of! They also have the other's parents to cope with, and everyone else's expectations of them.
At the beginning, after the initial shock, they use this bodyswap to exact revenge on each other (Nell preppies up Woody's image, Woody turns her into a tart; Nell dumps Woody's girlfriend, Woody tries to lose her virginity for her) with hilarious results. However, as the body swap continues with no end in sight, Nell and Woody have to face the fact that if they want their futures to work out the way they want them to, they're going to have to work together to get their bodies back - or try to understand one another better. Will romance blossom between the pair?
I think what won me over most with this film was the performances of the two leads. It must be incredibly hard for a girl to play a guy trapped in a girl's body and vice versa - and both Armstong and Zegers pulled this off brilliantly. They managed to make their portayals seem so realistic that at times I got confused about who was who, and where one ended and the other began. There were lots of lovely little touches that it must have been hard to think of - liked Nell-trapped-in-Woody's body getting into a car like a girl. These were all little things that added to the humour, just as Nell-as-Woody bursting into tears or Woody-as-Nell trying to beat up a guy and then realising she has no upper body strength will cause a giggle. And can I just point out in addition the sheer YUMMINESS of Kevin Zeger. I didn't realise what a beautiful guy I'd been missing out on until I watched this film - he is SERIOUS guy candy!
The film is first and foremost a comedy, partly due to the aforementioned silliness of the bodyswap and partly due to a lot of funny lines. If you like teen comedies, and enjoyed "Freaky Friday" or "Thirteen Going On Thirty", I think you will definitely enjoy this. Of course, the film is not without its cheesy moral subtext - obviously, it's trying to tell us that despite our obvious differences, guys and girls ain't all that different from one another. Deep down, we all worry about similar things - our futures, what others think of us, etc. And perhaps it takes a walk in the other person's shoes for us to see this?
Or you could just watch this film and learn instead. Although part of me would quite like to know what it was like to be able to pee standing up...
***SOME CHOICE QUOTES***
Nell: [Woody in Nell's body gives up putting on a bra] Okay girls today we are going al natural.
Woody: [on seeing Woody in Nell's body is dressed] You look like a prostitute Nell: [Woody in Nell's body] Damn... I was going for high class hooker
Woody: [Waking up in Nell's body] Oh my God! I have tits! I have tits!
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Advantages: Funny , Good Acting , Disadvantages: Similar to other films
...round to watching it.
It's A Boy/Girl Thing is a romantic comedy starring Samaire Armstrong and Kevin Zegers. Sharon Osbourne also stars in this film. The film was directed by Nick Hurran and released in 2005. The film's running time is approximately ninety three minutes. The film is a certificate 12. I bought this film for £5 from Woolworths.
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* Nell Bedworth *
Nell is a teenage girl who works takes things seriously and works hard ... ...*
I loved this film. It's the type of film I always go for. I found it really funny throughout the whole film and found myself laughing every few lines. The actors played their parts really well , and there was good chemistry between the two. At times I did find the film confusing as the boy was now in the girl's body and the girl was now in the boy's body , so when they were calling each other "me" and "you" it was quite confusing when they were ...
xdonzx 04.06.2008
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Advantages: It's relatively short. Disadvantages: It's nowhere near as daring as it thinks it is.
...of this trite little movie. It's trying desperately to be a warts-and-all version with references to genitalia, sex and a bit of swearing. But it's really not as daring as it thinks, getting mired down in high school movie clichés and predictable plotting. British TV director Nick Hurran simply can't break away from them, from the vapid peroxide head cheerleader, to the overbearing mother, right down to the cringe-worthy sight of the Yale University ... ...characters they re playing, though it's hardly surprising considering the sexual references and implicit nudity. The thing is that they all look their real ages, and Emily Hampshire, who plays snivelling Chanel appears to be in her thirties. So you'll be hard pressed to care about the characters and will have lost interest two minutes into the ninety-four minute running time.
The screenplay by former new romantic Geoff Deane is a teen movie by-the-numbers. ...
afy9mab 06.03.2007
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Advantages: funny and good for watching with kids Disadvantages: a little weak
First of all, I would like to say that I hate being the one who is protecting something which is obviously getting criticized, it makes me feel and seem like I haven’t got a clue.
But, I am about to review a film which Is a teen romantic comedy and lets face it, they are all the same and therefore, to criticize it on the grounds that it is the same as other films, is basically telling me something I’m not stupid enough not to know!!
It’s a Boy ... ...Samaire Armstrong who plays a very clever teenage girl Nell, and Kevin Zegers who plays Woody the football player!
The first ten minutes of the movie is an insight into the lives of these two teenagers who happen to be neighbours and absolutely hate each other, due to being so different, then in true teen flick style, the pair argue in front of an Aztec statue on a school trip, and in the morning they wake up in each others body and each others ...
amyloop 30.05.2007
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Advantages: good story and quite fun Disadvantages: performance is just adequate
...parentals, the two learn that it's hard living in the lives of each other, as Morty (as Nell) misses the school bus (or it left without her) and Nell (as Morty) faces listening to the dog like, reality that is…men! As they get to school Morty gives Nell a lecture about what she can and can't do in his body as he has a rep to protect, including to make up an excuse that she cannot play football as she will ruin his chances of getting into college ... ...usually enjoy her work which It's a Boy/Girl thing does not change. Kevin Zegers
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I must admit It's A Boy /Girl Thing is the first time i have actually noticed Kevin Zegers. He is not a usual teen idol in movies, and although i have no other movies to compare him to i can say that his performance alike Samaires is adeqaute. It is nothing special but not too wooden Zegers ...
brodiegirl 18.02.2008 (24.02.2008)
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Advantages: Entertaining, funny Disadvantages: Some scenes just don't work - at all.
IT'S A BOY/GIRL THING is a comedy that follows two teenagers who one day wake up to find that they have magically swapped bodies with each other. Nell (Samaire Armstrong) and Woody (Kevin Zegers) are neighbours, living right next to each other. Proximity has not bred friendship, however, and the two are always at odds and frequently pick on each other. Nell is an upper middle class girl, whilst Woody comes from a blue collar family. Both of them ... ...in the cinema. It's not a laugh out loud film, however, at least not for the most part. The funniest scene has got to be the pivotal moment when Nell and Woody wake up to discover that their bodies have... changed. [You can check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n0NCr81IWM&fea ture=related ] There are some noticeable incongruities, both in plot and casting: Kevin Zegers does not have the physique to realistically play a star quarterback, ...
babycougar 04.07.2009
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IT’S A BOY GIRL THING is a hilarious body-swap comedy in the style of BIG and 13 GOING ON 30 and is the story of Nell and Woody; teen rivals that love nothing more than to hate one another. Enemies in school, and next-door neighbours at home, the pair inexplicably wake one morning to find they have swapped bodies. At first, they’re disturbed by the occurrence, but with a little thought, it’s not long before they’re in school and tarnishing each others’ reputations. Devoting so much time and attention to each other has never been as much fun for Nell and Woody, and they soon discover that love can stem from the strangest of plantings.
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