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Sydney White
This film is Snow White meeting Revenge of the Nerds. It has a fairytale like aspect to it, and it is much cleaner then revenge of the nerds. But there is a group of seven nerds/dorks who playoff the stereotype that was created back in Revenge of the Nerds. This combination of the two actually does work to make a quite entertaining and funny storyline.
This film is relying on the fact that it is poking fun, like the film Enchanted, at fairy tales, however this one simply focuses on the tale of Snow White. And it does a good job. There are a lot of cliche, or what could be cliche, lines used throughout the film. But they are done with great timing and fit into the flow of everything that is going on. There is one great scene where the dorks are marching as part of advertising for their campaign for student council at college and go past the wicked witch character. They have picket like signs over their shoulders similar to the dwarves marching with shovels and as they go past, the second person in line says: "Hi ho" to the witch character, and the last person says: "Bye ho" in obvious reference to Snow White but it isn't cheesy when they do it.
Amanda Bynes does a solid job in the lead role. She comes off as a very nice person who is a little bit clueless from time to time, and tries to hard for the results that she gets, but it works out quite well. The actress playing the wicked witch does a good job of pulling off the "queen bee" role, such as in Mean Girls. So the casting for the most part is spot on. All of the dorks seem sufficiently awkward, so it is enjoyable to watch them in their roles. Terrance is the ideal dork in the film who is extremely awkward.
Overall this is a very cute and well done parody of Snow White. It has a lot of heart, and it keeps the laughs coming at a reasonable speed, so it doesn't end up hurting the film with the potentially cliche lines that it uses. It does fall into the feel of a lot of other college/teen-esque films, but it is much better then most.
Overall Grade: B
Story: B+
Acting: B
Audio/Visual: B-
This film is Snow White meeting Revenge of the Nerds. It has a fairytale like aspect to it, and it is much cleaner then revenge of the nerds. But there is a group of seven nerds/dorks who playoff the stereotype that was created back in Revenge of the Nerds. This combination of the two actually does work to make a quite entertaining and funny storyline.
This film is relying on the fact that it is poking fun, like the film Enchanted, at fairy tales, however this one simply focuses on the tale of Snow White. And it does a good job. There are a lot of cliche, or what could be cliche, lines used throughout the film. But they are done with great timing and fit into the flow of everything that is going on. There is one great scene where the dorks are marching as part of advertising for their campaign for student council at college and go past the wicked witch character. They have picket like signs over their shoulders similar to the dwarves marching with shovels and as they go past, the second person in line says: "Hi ho" to the witch character, and the last person says: "Bye ho" in obvious reference to Snow White but it isn't cheesy when they do it.
Amanda Bynes does a solid job in the lead role. She comes off as a very nice person who is a little bit clueless from time to time, and tries to hard for the results that she gets, but it works out quite well. The actress playing the wicked witch does a good job of pulling off the "queen bee" role, such as in Mean Girls. So the casting for the most part is spot on. All of the dorks seem sufficiently awkward, so it is enjoyable to watch them in their roles. Terrance is the ideal dork in the film who is extremely awkward.
Overall this is a very cute and well done parody of Snow White. It has a lot of heart, and it keeps the laughs coming at a reasonable speed, so it doesn't end up hurting the film with the potentially cliche lines that it uses. It does fall into the feel of a lot of other college/teen-esque films, but it is much better then most.
Overall Grade: B
Story: B+
Acting: B
Audio/Visual: B-