Amanda Bynes Rules

I like Amanda Bynes because I think she's really funny. I watched a handful of episodes of her show What I Like About You, and her facial expressions and physical comedy cracked me up. Therefore, I decided to give She's the Man a try.

In this modern take on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, we find Viola (Bynes) impersonating her twin brother Sebastian (James Kirk) so that she can enter the soccer team to play against her former boyfriend, who was spectacularly unsupportive when the girls soccer team was disbanded due to budgetary reasons. You can imagine the rest: Fiona's issues with trying to act like a boy living in a dorm, the cute girl (Laura Ramsey) who likes her because she thinks she is a guy, the guy (Channing Tatum) who likes both the aforementioned cutie and the actual Viola, whom he knows as his roommate's sister, and Sebastian's psycho girlfriend (Alex Breckenridge) who stalks Fiona thinking she is her boyfriend Sebastian. Confused much?

She's the Man was a lot of fun to watch, and Amanda Bynes was great. The movie, as it's usually the case with movies about people in drag, demands certain suspension of disbelief, but it is extremely cute and funny. Plus, the soundtrack is pretty cool too, and the priceless Vinnie Jones has a small role as the soccer coach. So, while She's the Man will certainly not redefine the genre, it is a very enjoyable silly little movie that will entertain you for about 105 minutes. Sounds like a good deal to me.