He's All That
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 27, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
11
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38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 31, 2021
Undemanding movie-goers on the lookout for a movie featuring pretty people in a vapid rom-com that might find this movie to their liking. For everyone else, this is decidedly not “all that.” Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreAug 28, 2021
But the charm is thin and the laughs hard to find in this iteration. Aside from a little nostalgia for the middling film this is based on, He’s All That just isn’t all that. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Amil NiaziAug 27, 2021
Despite some clever, winking nods to the original, including appearances by Cook herself and Matthew Lillard, He’s All That fails to deliver on what She’s All That did so well: a sweet, lighthearted romance that hinges on the chemistry between its two leads. Read full review
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ABC NewsPeter TraversAug 27, 2021
Manufactured for the ‘Kissing Booth’ crowd, this gender-swapped, TikTok-friendly update of the 1999 teen hit sounds awful and it often is, but enough charm pokes through the cracks to sucker anyone who ever fell for a makeover fable. Read full review
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Screen RantMolly FreemanAug 27, 2021
He's All That is a hollow Gen Z recreation of She's All That, lacking in charm and seemingly engineered as a vehicle to promote its stars' other work. Read full review
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The PlaylistChristian GallichioAug 29, 2021
Water’s film is merely bland, a boring hodgepodge of Gen-Z references and a workmanlike script that never seems to understand what it’s trying to say. Read full review
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IndieWireRyan LattanzioAug 27, 2021
Despite the efforts of a bright young cast, this is a hollow and depressing Gen Z romantic comedy. What’s even scarier is that this film comes from Mark Waters, the director of “Mean Girls,” a way savvier teen satire that doesn’t pander to its audience. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeAug 27, 2021
There’s nothing inherently wrong with the idea of a teen rom-com centered on social media popularity and influencer culture—even one that doesn’t necessarily see those things as evil. But He’s All That offers nothing beyond buzzwords, empty platitudes, and sponcon. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiAug 27, 2021
It might be just as well that Padgett is not given a real emotional arc, nor anything resembling an internal life. Even when little is asked of her, Rae's acting is not up to the challenge. Read full review
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Washington PostSonia RaoAug 27, 2021
In the end, He’s All That is not all that — not even a little bit of that. Read full review
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Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerAug 27, 2021
He’s All That is, yes, a nightmarish, joyless commentary on influencer-beholden adolescence told through the crutch of nostalgia and starring a charisma-less TikTok star, but it’s hard to know if one is merely an example of “Old Man Yells at Cloud” or if the teenagers of today are truly living in a Hell on Earth Read full review
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