SYNOPSICS
Whatever It Takes (2000) is a English movie. David Raynr has directed this movie. Shane West,Marla Sokoloff,Jodi Lyn O'Keefe,Manu Intiraymi are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2000. Whatever It Takes (2000) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama,Romance movie in India and around the world.
Ryan (Shane West) is a bit of a geek with eyes for the school sex bomb, Ashley (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe), which induces cringing in his neighbor and best friend, Maggie (Marla Sokoloff), a cute intellectual girl. But popular jock Chris (James Franco) has his eye on Maggie, and he offers to help Ryan win Ashley if Ryan will help Chris with Maggie. So begins a two-headed variation on Cyrano de Bergerac; Ryan composes soulful e-mails for Chris, and Chris advises Ryan to treat Ashley like dirt, which seems to be the only way to get her attention. At first, neither finds it easy to change their ways; Chris comes on too strong, and Ryan is too nervous to be a jerk. But as they start to succeed, Ryan begins to see Maggie in a new light and wonders if he's pursuing the right girl. He realizes Ashley is not meant for him, and tries to convince Maggie about Chris's affection for her. Maggie is reluctant to take him "back" at first, but then realizes Ryan has a change of heart.
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Whatever It Takes (2000) Reviews
If you liked She's All That you'll like this one
In the lines of She's All That, Columbia Pictures brings Whatever It Takes, a teen comedy with all the cliches. The story is fairly simple, unpopular guy (Shane West) is in love with hottest girl in the school (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). His beautiful yet different female friend (Marla Sokoloff) is being adored by the hottest guy in the school (James Franco). So the unpopular guy and the popular guy team up to get the girls. They both help each other in ways that aren't normal to each other. But when the unpopular guy realizes that what he was looking for was right under his nose everything becomes chaotic. The performances are good. Nobody does a stand out job but they all do the best with what they have. The jokes are at times really funny and at times a complete waist of time. There is a lot of racy material for a PG-13 movie. Many of the sexual jokes can get pretty bad. If your a teenager I think you will enjoy this film. Whatever It Takes is a sometime enjoyable and sometime funny teen comedy with a reused plot and many teen comedy cliches. If your looking for a comedy that breaks new ground this just ain't it. But if your looking to enjoy yourself, you might just get a kick out of it.
Exactly what you expect and want from this type of film.
Whatever it takes is bad, silly, predictable, stupid, and romantic, in exactly the ways it's supposed to be. It follows formula to a tee. Good production quality. The beautiful people are very, and the nerds are unmistakable. Teen gross outs. Hot fashions. Adolescent fantasy at its finest. Both a one and a ten at the same time, I have to give it a five.
Even a computer could do this!
Perhaps there's a new software product called InstaScript that's selling big in Hollywood. To make this movie, simply feed in keywords like teenager, high school, prom, and booze. Then ensure character choices include two females: one rich and self-indulgent, one attractive but rejected. And males: Three jocks, three geeks, and a geek-but-jock wannabe. Next, turn the sex setting to extra-super-duper, but make sure the PG-13 button is turned on (or who knows what may happen). InstaScript is conveniently programmed to recognize that audiences love to hate popular people, laugh at geeks watching pornography, and cheer underdogs who get vengeance in the end. So, push print and voila! Out comes a perfectly formatted script that will impress the studio soooo much, they won't notice the missing plot. Instascript will do 'Whatever It Takes' to get your movie made. Note the wardrobe department will save extra dollars with costumes that use minimal fabric to clothe the star females. Notice also the scene where the girl that is willing to have sex with any man who treats her badly (a great portrayal for young female audiences to follow...) is camped on the front lawn of the guy she wants to take to the prom. The convincing way she flashes her almost naked body at him is bound to be a hit. Meanwhile, your Miss Unpopular character will blossom into a full woman, especially when she leads her date to think she wants bondage sex on prom night. And how about that twist at the end? How could anyone guess those two would wind up together? And you'll love the way InstaScript fills in the other 90 minutes of your script by reusing classic movie scenes. Sure, you may know about Cyrano de Bergerac's trick of telling his buddy what to say to the girl. And yes, you've seen the swimming pool idea in It's A Wonderful Life, but don't worry. Nobody coming to see the movies you make with InstaScript is going to be old or wise enough to ever suspect that the following movie has been recycled to fit their screen. (c)2000, One Voice Communications. All rights reserved.
A Horrible Rip-Off (Spoilers)
All right, let me state first-off that I LOVE Marla Sokoloff and would do ANYTHING (including sit through "Whatever It Takes" again) for her. To underscore the depth of my devotion, let's take a peek at this film. It is the most AWFUL RIP-OFF of classic teen movies ever made. Columbia owes about a dozen studios either credits or apologies. First, we have the premise--a guy and a girl are next-door neighbours and well, sparks just might fly. They even shout at one another from opposite balconies. Where have we seen this before? "Drive Me Crazy" (Fox) of course. We also have a onetime nerd who cruelly abandons his nerd friends in order to score with a hot chick--"Drive Me Crazy" again. There's also a witchy, misandristic girl protagonist (as seen in Disney's "10 Things I Hate About You"). Even the underlying theme of the film--stud wins the heart of mousy girl, nerd wins hot babe--is a steal from Universal's classic "Sixteen Candles." Trust me, there is NOTHING original in this movie! Even the nerd with the surprise prom date ("Drive Me Crazy"), the screechy girl thrusting her yearbook into people's faces for autographs (Columbia's own "Can't Hardly Wait") and the prominence of a very unfunny penis joke early in the film ("10 Things") are blatant rip-offs. Now that I've torn this movie apart, you can't say you haven't been warned!
Had some funny moments but wasn't as good as other teen comedies
I thought this film had some really funny moments and good lines. Marla Sokoloff was perfect for his role, and so was James Franco, who looks as cocky as his character in the film is. The other actress Jodie was played over the top, because she has all these hissy fits which can be funny to watch or annoying. Overall good job but the ending is dumb