While the idea might be a tad unoriginal the movie had room to make it its own. The characters seemed interesting and it was an endearing and feel good movie as everybody realises is better to be themselves instead of trying to fit into the "cliques" of college. But the movie would have failed miserably if it wasn't for the outstanding performance of Amanda Bynes who can seem to do no wrong in these genre of teen comedies. As for the rest and especially the poshy blond girl and all of the nerds, they were so over the top and exaggerated that they actually seemed demeaning caricatures of themselves.
As a dork and geek myself I usually find the interpretation of other dorks and geeks in these movies inoffensive and always sticking to the most common traits but when a movie takes it as far as basically giving them all the inconventionalities you can have in life: allergies, speech-traumas,... it just becomes overbearing and impossible to empathise with. Some romantic choices for them were a nice touch to an already busy movie but it's worth mentioning that the most outstanding aspect of the movie is its choice of making the lead female protagonist as dorky as she was. The movie wouldn't have worked as well if it weren't not only for Amanda Bynes performance but also the interestingly written character with her backstory and her tastes, pretty impressive for hollywood and a welcome female protagonist.
IN CONCLUSION, what's best to realise of the movie is that it promotes being yourself and also to be proud of the dork, geek and nerd in all of us. The movie is easy-going, harmless and a fun ride if you don't take it too seriously. Amanda Bynes was amazing as always, the love story cute, the dorks a bit too much but in the end likable and the rest of the people were okay I guess. At times the whole Snow White beats and references were a bit out of place but if you look over it it's fine.
As a dork and geek myself I usually find the interpretation of other dorks and geeks in these movies inoffensive and always sticking to the most common traits but when a movie takes it as far as basically giving them all the inconventionalities you can have in life: allergies, speech-traumas,... it just becomes overbearing and impossible to empathise with. Some romantic choices for them were a nice touch to an already busy movie but it's worth mentioning that the most outstanding aspect of the movie is its choice of making the lead female protagonist as dorky as she was. The movie wouldn't have worked as well if it weren't not only for Amanda Bynes performance but also the interestingly written character with her backstory and her tastes, pretty impressive for hollywood and a welcome female protagonist.
IN CONCLUSION, what's best to realise of the movie is that it promotes being yourself and also to be proud of the dork, geek and nerd in all of us. The movie is easy-going, harmless and a fun ride if you don't take it too seriously. Amanda Bynes was amazing as always, the love story cute, the dorks a bit too much but in the end likable and the rest of the people were okay I guess. At times the whole Snow White beats and references were a bit out of place but if you look over it it's fine.