Fridae

With a title like that, any fag, drag or dyke instantly knows that
the plot centers on cross-dressing. And if you're short on LGBT
entertainment this week, then She's The Man might just offer you
some cheap thrills and spills.

Likeable teen starlet Amanda Bynes plays a soccer-playing girl
who is upset when her school drops the girls team and would not
let her play in the boys team. When her twin brother Sebastian ditches
school to pursue his dreams of becoming a rock star, Amanda decides
to cross-dress as Sebastian just so she can play soccer again.

But she soon finds herself falling for her gorgeous teammate (Channing
Tatum, a former Abercrombie & Fitch model), who walks around shirtless
all too often. Channing, however, has a crush on the sexy Olivia
(Laura Ramsey), who in turn has a crush on Sebastian.

Now any Shakespeare expert might see the resemblance between this
plot and that of the Twelfth Night - minus the football, of course.
Scriptwriters Karen Lutz and Kirsten Smith, who also penned Ten
Things I Hate About You, inspired by Shakespeare's Taming Of A Shrew,
are are obviously very comfortable with this sort of material. The
result is an occasionally entertaining though largely uninspired
film.