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She's the Man __Genre__- Rom-Com, __Rate__: 3.5/5

__Summary:__ Viola Hastings loves soccer. When the girl's soccer team is cut from her school she endeavours to try out for the boys. Laughed down by the boys team she is determined to show them that a girl can play as well as they can. Luckily the perfect oppotunity for her arises. Her twin brother sneaks off to London and leaves her to sort things out with his new school. It just happens that her school and her brothers are having a soccer match and so her plans start. Enlisting the help of her friends she disguises herself as her brother and enters the school, hellbent on playing in that soccer match. But being disguised as a guy has its obstacles and Viola finds herself dealing with her brothers girlfriend, a difficult love triangle and many others.

__//Review://__ This movie isn't going to be named one of the movie of the century, doesnt have an important life lesson and it doesn't feature a star studded cast but that doesnt stop the movie from doing what it set out to acheive. And that is to entertain. This light rom-com is filled with hilarious situations and a funny cast this movie will definitely make you laugh. Even the most serious person will have to chuckle. Girls, its definitely one to watch together and one to add to the Chick flick collection.

There are many memorable scenes and funny lines in the film. These include her dream scene, the tarantula scenes and the very funny but awkward situation, tampons for the nosebleed. But i am not going to say anymore. It wouldnt be fun to spoli the surprise. The comedy comes from the surprise.

__Key information/interesting:__
 * She's the Man is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelth Night. Many of the character names are from the play and all the places featured were named after places in the play. E.g the schools Cornwall and Illyria.
 * origianally Viola dressed as a boy to prove she could play Hamlet in a play but this was changed into soccer.
 * the film was filmed in Vancouver.
 * The opening scenes on the beach were filmed on the coldest day of the year in Vancouver yet all the extras and actors had to act like it was warm.

__Characters__







__**Other characters-**__ Sebastian Hastings: Viola Hastings twin played by James Kirk

Monique: Sebastians girlfriend played by Alex Brekenridge

Principal Gold: the headmaster of Illyria played by David Cross Malcolm Festes: Hates Sebastian and is in love with Olivia. played by James Snyder

Paul: Violas friend and the stylist involved with making her look like a boy played by Jonathon Sadawski

Justin: Viola's ex-boyfriend played by Robert Hoffman

Bibliography: [] Fickman, A., 17/3/2006, She's the Man, DreamWorks, Lakeshore Entertainment, Donner's Company Google images