The Hot Chick [M]

Jessica is perfect. She’s beautiful, has a gorgeous boyfriend who loves her, is cheerleading captain, and a sure win for Prom Queen. But she’s never really appreciated all this until it was taken away from her. When a pair of enchanted earrings switches her body with that of a 30 year-old man’s, Jessica is forced to make amends to the people she’s hurt if she’s to have any hope of getting her life back. 

Admittedly, this movie is rather trashy and kind of stupid, all those Rob Schneider/Adam Sandler Happy Madison movies harbour comedy that leaves a bit to be desired. The Hot Chick, although a stereotypical body-switching movie, is still one that I can watch every once in a while and certain scenes from it tend to just pop into one’s head on certain occasions. It may be trashy, but it is a movie that stays with you. 

Jessica is perfect. She’s beautiful, has a gorgeous boyfriend who loves her, is cheerleading captain, and a sure win for Prom Queen. But she’s never really appreciated all this until it was taken away from her. When a pair of enchanted earrings switches her body with than of a 30 year-old man’s, Jessica is forced to make amends to the people she’s hurt if she’s to have any chance of getting her life back. 

I honestly don’t know what it is about this movie that just stays with you, but there is definitely something. I mean, the story is enjoyable enough and lends itself to all sorts of comedy, the characters are reasonable memorable, and the performances were all fine. But there is nothing inherently special about this movie. 

Rob Schneider both writes and stars in it and yeah, he was funny enough. I do have to say, though, that there was something askew about the casting of the body-switchers. Rachel McAdams is Jessica when she’s a she and Rob Schneider is Jessica when she’s a he and, for some reason, the two just didn’t really work. Obviously, because of the physical changes, the audience is always aware that the girl is really a boy and visa versa, but Rob’s acting like Jessica whilst looking like a man, just didn’t fit. I guess what I’m trying to say (very inarticulately) is that his Jessica was different to that of Rachel’s at the beginning. The whole character just sort of changed along with the arrival of a penis. That’s my only major beef though. 

Starring Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Robert Davi, Melora Hardin, Alexandra Holden, Maritza Murray, Jodi Long, Angie Stone, and Adam Sandler (who stole each scene he was in), The Hot Chick is a trashy, but funny and light movie filled with body switching, romance, memorable characters, and comedy. It’s not one that I would watch all the time, but every once in a while, it’s worth it.