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- Running time:
- 108 minutes
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Cast:
- Amanda Bynes -
- Sydney White
- Sara Paxton -
- Rachel
- Matt Long -
- Tyler
- Jack Carpenter -
- Lenny
- Jeremy Howard -
- Terrence
(3 ratings)
Big question: Is this retelling of "Snow White" better than "She's the Man," Bynes' update of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"?
Skip it: Bynes' comic timing has the subtlety of a snowball to the face. While "Sydney White" attempts to show that everyone has a dorky side, it also contradicts itself when it doesn't allow for flexibility within cliques, as if a sorority girl couldn't possibly be in an a cappella group too.
Catch it: If you don't mind the casual interpretations of Sydney's allied group of dorks/dwarves, since Spanky (Samm Levine) is more horny than happy and George (Arnie Pantoja) seems less dopey than mentally challenged. Surely, just as Walt Disney intended!
Bottom line: It's tough to hate Bynes since she just doesn't seem to know any better, but "Sydney White" confirms her status as Hollywood's go-to gal for oblivious tomboys who treat everything that happens to them as if it's, like, so confusing and awkward. You'll love the movie, however, if all you want is finely sculpted college students and lines like, "That girl wouldn't know her Gucci from her Pucci."
Bonus: The film's only clever use of the Snow White blueprint: As one of the geeks passes The Witch, he mutters, "Hi, ho." Nice.
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