His movies are typically good for a few mindless laughs, but the only comedy to be found in this film is unintentional.
I don't think I can ever recall Schneider being this far off the mark.
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Armed with information about how to reverse the spell, the small group sets off in search of Jessica's body. Jessica manages to convince her best friend, April (Anna Faris), of her identity, followed by some other schoolmates and her boyfriend, Billy (Matthew Lawrence). So, for more than an hour, we are subjected to Schneider exhibiting all sorts of exaggerated female mannerisms that are as unfunny as the pratfalls and the uninspired gay jokes.
#The hot chick movie#
In order to give Schneider more screen time, the movie largely ignores the story of Jessica-in-a-man's-body until late in the proceedings. (In fact, the only exception that comes to mind is Prelude to a Kiss, and that isn't a comedy.) An ancient spell causes high school cheerleader Jessica (Rachel McAdams) to swap bodies with derelict convict Clive (Schneider). It seems that nine out of every ten times this idea is employed, it results in a disaster. Plotwise, The Hot Chick employs the tired device of two people switching bodies. All you need is you" and "You are the only boy who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time." In a parody situation, this kind of dialogue would fit nicely, but Brady expects us to take it seriously. And the screenplay gives us dozens of unintentional howlers like "You don't need any guy to make you feel beautiful and special. It's during these painfully inept stabs at drama that director Tom Brady displays how far in over his head he is. To add insult to injury, not only is the movie seriously humor-deprived, but it actually attempts to do some moralizing/sermonizing. It's a wretched attempt at entertainment, ephemerally redeemed only by the appearance of several attractive girls. Unless you're a member of a certain demographic, "idiotic" and "moronic" do not equate to "hilarious." Why do audience members laugh when Rob Schneider takes a header down about 100 steps? Not because there's any real humor in the situation, but because the filmmakers expect viewers to laugh, and we have been programmed to laugh, even if that laughter is more of a knee-jerk reaction than something that bubbles up from deep within.Īdmittedly, this is probably a deeper analysis of The Hot Chick than a throw-away piece of refuse like this deserves. I understand what the filmmakers want us to laugh at. The problem isn't so much one of personal taste where humor is concerned, but a basic inability to make the material funny.
Rob Schneider's The Hot Chick is the most recent example, but it's certainly not the only example. Unfortunately, that is becoming an all-too-common occurrence. It is a masterpiece in forward-thinking post-irony.One of the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called "comedy" and not laugh once. Horrible depiction of Asian character who also drops N-bomb: -5Ĭonclusion: The Hot Chick is not a tactless, embarrassing reminder of what was acceptable barely twenty years ago. Trans character being most morally blameless character: +2 Trans character having demeaning name: -1 Said jokes being made by womanizing white father, therefore actually good by deflecting blame to someone we're not supposed to emulate: +2 Victim of fat shaming being good at science and entering interracial relationship: +2īathroom attendant becoming stock character by helping Rob Schneider pee ( en./wiki/Magical_Negro ): -1īathroom attendant being played by civil rights activist Dick Gregory: +2 Negative score = socially regressive movieĪfrican cultural stereotype present for sake of skewering dreadlocked, cannabis-crazed appropriator of African culture: +2 Positive score = socially progressive movie
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