She's The Man

She’s the Man is the most recent of a long-line of films employing the gag of having a female pretend to be male. Many of these films are compared to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It’s probably about time for those comparisons to stop. Shakespeare wasn’t the first writer to concoct a story of gender confusion, so it’s probably about time we stop pinning all of this on him. In addition, if writers claim Shakespeare as their inspiration, they should put a fair amount of effort into making sure that their adaptation is at least somewhat inspired. She’s the Man is not terrible, but there’s hardly anything unique, original, or even memorable about the movie. Instead, it plays for the safe laugh and only occasionally delivers.



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