She's the Man
DreamWorks SKG | Release Date: March 17, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
13
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWinda Benedetti
Most of the laughs are due to Bynes, a vibrant young actress with excellent comedic chops. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
This is a perfectly pleasant, entertaining and often witty romp with engaging performances. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Of Amanda Bynes let us say that she is sunny and plucky and somehow finds a way to play her impossible role without clearing her throat more than six or eight times. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It will certainly appeal to its target audience, and Bynes is charming enough to carry the whole film on her shoulders, which is a good thing considering that she's in just about every scene and leading man Tatum is a stiff. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
A screwball comedy that made me wish I were 13 again, because this is precisely the kind of movie I would have gone nuts for in the ninth grade. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
In this it succeeds. Like the Bard said, better witty foolishness than foolish wit. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
So good-natured, and its cast seems to enjoy itself so thoroughly, that the total annihilation of disbelief it requires winds up feeling like a reasonable enough request. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
It's a cute romantic comedy, just as Shakespeare intended. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
Nothing classes up a teen movie better than the classics. Read full review
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
As insistent as its heroine to get its point across, She's the Man gathers up enough energy and likeable goodwill that it almost skirts past some extremely strained passages in which Bynes plays out being a boy. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJordan Harper
Doesn't have an unpredictable moment in it, borrowing heavily from just about every sports movie or teen comedy ever and, oh yeah, "Twelfth Night." Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
She’s the Man amounts to little more than softcore porn for the tween set, with aesthetics ripped from the pages of the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog and virtually every scene revolving around Viola/Sebastian’s crafty escape from some impromptu disrobing. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
As an actress, Bynes is wholesome to a fault. She impersonates a teenage boy yet never gives him one good dirty thought. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Another gate-crasher at the let's-do-a-mediocre-update-of-Shakespeare party. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Neither smart enough nor funny enough to have cross-over appeal to any other demographic. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Fickman mostly soft-pedals the play's homosexual panic, generating a comedy that lacks both the verbal sophistication of its source and the sexual sophistication of its target audience. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A cross-dressing comedy that's all dressing can only, well, leave you cross. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Thanks to a winning cast, all of this is funnier than you would expect considering the erratic script. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Has a certain charm and is sure to appeal to tweens, at least the female variety. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The girls who adore the likable Everygirl Bynes will find a lot to enjoy about the film, especially the boys who look as though they just were lounging around the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. Read full review
40
EmpireAnna Smith
The highschool hijinks may entertain the young, but those more familiar with the Bard will recognise this as a wasted opportunity. Read full review
40
Film ThreatFelix Vasques Jr.
It's just dumb. Read full review
33
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The surefire laugh-getter centers on using a tampon to stop a nosebleed. Watching this movie, I had to hope it could stop brain-drain. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Fails to exploit the myriad comedic possibilities, settling instead for broad, unconvincing slapstick aimed at 12-year-olds and gags Shakespeare would have rejected as ancient. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNathan Lee
Everything projects as if for the benefit of a nearsighted and dimwitted ticket holder at the back of the room. To his credit, Mr. Fickman has mastered one device unique to the cinema, making repeated use of the corny training montage. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Its kooky hybrid of slapstick gender jokes already had whiskers on 'em in Shakespeare's day. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Bynes appears in practically every scene, and the film seems to have been designed as a showcase for her comedic skills, which she apparently left behind in the trailer. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
There I sit, suffering total numbness of body and brain, no longer having to wonder what it might be like to be buried alive in gooey marshmallow. Read full review
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