{"id":331343,"date":"2021-08-27T10:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:01:51","slug":"watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Review: Gender-Swapped Rom-Com Remake Disappoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c336c086e9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c336c086e9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Hes_All_That_Review_Gender-Swapped_Rom-Com_Remake_Disappoints%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Review: Gender-Swapped Rom-Com Remake Disappoints&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Hes_All_That_Review_Gender-Swapped_Rom-Com_Remake_Disappoints%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Review: Gender-Swapped Rom-Com Remake Disappoints&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-hes-all-that-review-gender-swapped-rom-com-remake-disappoints\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Hes_All_That_Review_Gender-Swapped_Rom-Com_Remake_Disappoints%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Review: Gender-Swapped Rom-Com Remake Disappoints&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Hes_All_That_Review_Gender-Swapped_Rom-Com_Remake_Disappoints%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;He&#8217;s All That&#8217; Review: Gender-Swapped Rom-Com Remake Disappoints&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        Before anyone labels \u201cHe\u2019s All That\u201d as a rote remake, consider this: It\u2019s a reimagining that \u2014 unlike \u201cShe\u2019s All That\u201d or the source material that inspired it, George Bernard Shaw\u2019s \u201cPygmalion\u201d \u2014 is rooted primarily in the female perspective. It\u2019s a shame though that director Mark Waters and returning screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr. don\u2019t put a savvier spin on the conventional, frequently-lampooned tropes and clich\u00e9s. And while it\u2019s possible to make the formulaic and familiar resound fantastically, that concept has evaded these filmmakers here. Neither bland regurgitation nor innovative retelling, the remake falls somewhere in between, suffering greatly by not establishing a more distinctive identity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social media<\/a> influencer Padgett (TikTok superstar Addison Rae) lives the perfect life \u2014 at least, that\u2019s what she wants everyone to believe. She has a 4.0 GPA and dates burgeoning music superstar Jordan (Peyton Meyer), and her besties Alden (Madison Pettis) and Quinn (Myra Molloy) are amongst the wealthy elite. Her mega-popular self-improvement vlog, Padgett Head to Toe, gives viewers tips and tricks for how to be spectacular. And the shrewd high school senior always knows the right pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion to cover up noticeable flaws. Yet she herself is hiding the real Padgett, living on shaky financial ground in a cramped rental home with her self-sacrificing single mom Anna (Rachael Leigh Cook).<\/p>\n<p>Padgett\u2019s beautiful fa\u00e7ade begins to crumble once she has a hysterical meltdown after catching her egomaniac boyfriend cheating during a surprise, live-streamed visit. With her follower count hemorrhaging, a viral meme about her circulating and her corporate sponsor Jessica (Kourtney Kardashian) threatening abandonment, she\u2019s desperate to regain her social and financial status. She comes up with a plan to take the class dud and turn him into the class stud, translating their newfound popularity into Prom King and Queen titles. Alden, who\u2019s secretly jealous of Padgett, takes that bet. The hapless mark? Class misanthrope Cameron (Tanner Buchanan), whose salty disposition and out-of-date grunge attire have made him a pariah. As the pair bond, Padgett realizes that the superficial changes being made are opening her up to deeper feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Gender-flipping the narrative works to a limited effect. Padgett has agency and her motivation for change isn\u2019t exclusively tied to the male arc. It\u2019s an equal split when it comes to highlighting how Padgett and Cameron enhance each other\u2019s lives. She brings him out of his shell and he encourages her to embrace life\u2019s imperfections \u2014 a journey she began before she met him, but finishes on her own. It\u2019s also heartening to see an LGBTQ-inclusive, positive story thread that gives their respective best friends Quinn and Nisha (Annie Jacob) a modicum of interiority, marking a notable advance over archaic archetypes of the genre.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that\u2019s where the ingenuity ends, despite ample opportunities to expand the richness of the story given the perspective swap. The female gaze is hand-waved at a few times. Cameron\u2019s makeover debut is rushed through as a bafflingly brief slo-mo walk, scored to a song that\u2019s catchy, but not nearly on par with Sixpence None the Richer\u2019s career-defining hit \u201cKiss Me.\u201d The film makes us wait for that inevitable, nostalgia-fueled needle drop, which admittedly satisfies in the remake\u2019s big Movie Moment. While it does away with some of the macho misogyny of its predecessor, it retains other negative facets, including pitting two women against each other. Worse, it fails to engage further with salient points raised about societal sexism and class structure.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the two leads succeed in spite of their spotty material. The duo have a breezy, sweet chemistry together. Buchanan is a dynamic leading man, as adept at delivering pointed sarcasm as he is at navigating his character\u2019s vulnerabilities and tenderness. Rae has a natural ease and charm, at her best when she\u2019s either leaning into the bubbly, comedic, satirical overtones, or performing in a heavily choreographed dance-off (a fun homage to the original). However, she\u2019s a little rough around the edges and not quite a confident presence when tasked to mine emotional poignancy, especially evident in the third act. Matthew Lillard, once again, steals the show in a supporting performance, this time as the school\u2019s delightfully acerbic principal, a cut-up who can also cut a rug.<\/p>\n<p>Waters demonstrates slight visual dexterity with his modernization. Padgett\u2019s panic-and-pleasure endorphin rush feels palpable whenever a flurry of text bubbles pop on screen with her fickle followers\u2019 feedback on her social channels. Since smart phones are another tool capturing these teens\u2019 lives, Waters incorporates them into the framework, mimicking Padgett\u2019s live streams and applying the interface to an obligatory clothing montage in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le split-screen. He and cinematographer John Guleserian collaborate to bring out the inherent comedic timing in a few of the scenes, as when she snaps from her saturated, pastel-pink bedroom broadcast to her cooler-hued reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s All That\u201d makes some smart alterations to the original despite mimeographing the structure, and strikes a benevolent balance between old and new with a light sprinkling of references. However, there are many more maddeningly underwhelming elements. Its sentiments about toxic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> are stale and shallow. The resonant commentary that high school is filled with a bunch of scared people assuredly rings true, but it\u2019s housed in a frustrating and fairly forgettable package whose biting commentary is toothless. All considered, the stultifying story feels as pass\u00e9 as the slang expression \u201cAll That.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"optional_screen_reader\"><\/span>\n        optional screen reader  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_More_About\"><\/span>Read More About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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