Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from her drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career.
Written by KGF Vissers
It is an issue in the movie that Josie is considerably older than her "high school crush" Guy (she is supposed to be 25, while he would be about 17), but actually, Drew Barrymore is 2 years younger than Jeremy Jordan, the actor who plays Guy.
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Goofs
Continuity:
After George puts the hidden camera pin on Josie's sweater and she gets out of the van, we see George sit down and reach up to the monitors with no headphones on. In the next shot, he's suddenly wearing headphones.
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Quotes
Josie Geller:
That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time. Cynthia:
Damn girl... you are a writer. See more »
Crazy Credits
The closing credits feature school photos of the cast and crew.
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"Cool Magnet"
Written by Joseph W. Daniels and David Scott Lucas Performed by Local H Courtesy of Island Records Inc. Under License From Universal Music Special Markets
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