She’s The Man

She’s The Man

Viola (Bynes), however, is disappointed to know that the women’s soccer program at her school is a lost cause and has been dropped due to lack of interest. She suffers through practice with the boys team but is emphatically met with hostility from their coach. He thinks women are too slow and lacks the physicality necessary to compete at an elite level in soccer. So what does Viola do? You would probably not believe me, but you would have to believe me.

Viola’s twin brother, Sebastian (Kirk) can’t wait to get out the door as he is off to London for two weeks. He is part of a band that has been called to a musical festival.

This is beyond. Meantime, their divorced parents will be none the wiser, and Sebastian asks Viola to lie for him with no fear of getting caught. Wow, I know people do sneaking out at night, but for two weeks, how does any get away with sneaking out of their home?

But anyway, Sebastian had recently joined a top rate boarding school that has a decent men’s soccer team. Viola’s plan is to wear Sebastian’s clothes, go to College instead of him and join men’s soccer team. This will prove good to herself, because there’s boys, and there’s Sebastian.

Things begin to fall apart in Viola’s plan when she encounters her ‘hunk’ roommate, Duke (Tatum). She starts falling for Duke but naturally, she cannot express such emotions as he believes her to be a man. In this case, I will now take the help of the film’s poster tagline, as it is easier than trying to understand the various other complexities in the storyline, ‘Duke wants Olivia who likes Sebastian who is really Viola whose brother is Monique’s boyfriend hence she is jealous of Olivia who is with Duke because Sebastian is actually Viola who is in love with Duke who thinks he is a male’ and so on and so forth.

There is a question, of course. And that is where the comprehension stops. When I finished watching this realistic movie, I honestly did not know if I should award this film a mediocre mark or consider it the most revolting piece of work I have ever seen. When attempting to appear like a man, Amanda Bynes fails miserably. This fact, along with the outlandish plot, will have some people conclude that this type of film is at the bottom of the barrel for most viewers. I will not contest their argument.

But there’s a point in the film which seemed so ridiculous that I cannot help but think it was brilliant. Does that make any sense? I should admit that I was kind of disturbed by how Bynes was saying her lines which usually does not happen for me. When a movie is horrible, I simply clam up and freeze in disdain. However, now and again, a film produces such abysmal results that one appreciates the failed endeavor rather than revile it. I’m sure you are wondering what’s the relationship between Ed Wood films and this movie.

Another layer of absurdity was contributed by the received opinions about the picture during the last Wednesday episode of At The Movies on ABC TV. David Stratton in reply said, ‘It’s so puerile, Margaret. Yes, it’s so bad’. Which has been more than frustrated by Margaret who told her how burnt she was, by saying, “What does that say about me? It’s like everyone was on the same page.”

The drama loosely draws its plot from Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night. I mean to say that as a slight aside as it certainly should not factor into your willingness to go and view this. The only thing I can feel safe doing is advising you to take medication first so there are no side effects like in some films. Allow me to conclude at this juncture.

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