She's the Man: Is she really?

I have recently watched the movie “She’s the Man” starring Amanda Bynes. The movie was based on Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night.” Bynes plays Viola who is the twin sister of Sebastian and also the star soccer player on the girls’ team at Cornwall. Unfortunately, not enough girls signed up for soccer at Cornwall, and the girls’ team was cut. Viola and her team decide to try out for the boys’ team, and the captain of the boys’ soccer team, Justin who is Viola’s boyfriend, says girls aren’t good enough. Coincidentally Viola’s twin brother Sebastian was sneaking off to London for two weeks and not attending Illyria. No one knew Sebastian at Illyria and to prove the boys’ soccer team at Cornwall wrong, Viola decides to tryout for the boys’ soccer team at Illyria as Sebastian. The movie wasn't extraordinary but I had quite a few laughs. Like Roger Ebert said, " I didn't for one second believe the plot of "She's the Man," but I did believe for the entire movie that Amanda Bynes was lovable." I agree too that the plot was not believable, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a good movie. Amanda plays the role of Viola really well, by being comical. Playing a high school student and encountering things that high schoolers do, made the movie laughable. From wanting to switch lab partners in chemistry to be with the girl you like, to breaking up with your twin brothers girlfriend. The movie was silly and funny overall.

It was funny and silly, but it was unbelievable. Roger Ebert stated, "Can Amanda Bynes convincingly play a boy? Of course not. She plays a cute tomboy with short hair who keeps forgetting to talk low and then nervously clears her throat and talks like she's on the phone to the school office: 'Viola is sick today, and this is her mother speaking.' Can she play soccer and live with a male roommate and take showers and not be exposed as a girl? Of course not, but at least the movie doesn't make a big deal out of it; she has a few close calls, and thinks fast." It's hard to pass for a boy when you're really a girl, and rooming with a boy and falling for the boy you're rooming with. Viola rooms with Illyia's boys' soccer captain, Duke. After tryouts Viola gets put on second string. Duke has this huge crush on a girl name Olivia, who Viola is partnered up with in chemistry. Viola agrees to help Duke get a date with Olivia in exchange to help her get on first string to be able to play for the first game against Cornwall. In helping Duke get Olivia, Viola who is pretending to be Sebastian, pretends to be Viola to help Duke talk to girls. I thought that was one of the funny parts of the movie. While helping Duke talk to girls, Viola asks if he likes cheese, and of course later on in the movie Duke uses that to try and start a conversation. Then in the middle of the conversation a tarantula crawls over Duke's foot, and both of them scream and hold on to each other. Viola screams like a girl and you would think Duke would be suspicious, but then Viola is technically a guy right there so a guy to guy freak out is goofy. Which is what made it funny.

Overall the movie's plot was not believable, but it was a good laugh. Amanda is comical and she made the movie goofy and funny with her forgetting to talk in a deep voice and clearing her throat every other minute. Also there were funny characters like the principal who seemed to do all the jobs at school from being a lunch lady to being a janitor. Viola's mom dreams to see Viola become a debutante, while Viola chews with more then spoon fulls of food with her mouth wide open. Amanda Bynes role as a tomboy made the movie quite hilarious and a good movie for laughs.