Whatever It Takes (2000)

A modern-day remake of the Cyrano DeBergerac tale.

Director:

David Raynr

Writer:

Mark Schwahn

Stars:

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Shane West, Marla Sokoloff

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe	...	Ashley Grant
Shane West	...	Ryan Woodman
Marla Sokoloff	...	Maggie Carter
Manu Intiraymi	...	Dunleavy
Aaron Paul	...	Floyd
Julia Sweeney	...	Kate Woodman
James Franco	...	Chris Campbell
Kip Pardue	...	Harris
Scott Vickaryous	...	Stu
Colin Hanks	...	Cosmo
Richard Schiff	...	P.E. Teacher
Kevin Ruf	...	Security Guard
Erin Champaign	...	Shower Girl
Rachel Zerko	...	Shower Girl
Eric Kushnick	...	Stoner

Storyline

Ryan's dreams for catching the eye of the 'goddess of the high school hallway' has a chance of becoming true when her cousin (Chris) offers to make him a deal. All he has to do is help Chris to win the heart of his best friend, the beautiful enigmatic Maggie. This sparks off a damned cute comedy as 'boy helps boy to get girl'

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Plot Keywords:

prom | high school | neighbor | american football | sexuality | 

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Taglines:

How low will they go to get the girls of their dreams?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Sony

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Got to Be You

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,104,298 (USA) (24 March 2000)

Gross:

ESP 5,765,201 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Phoenix Pictures, I'll Be You Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Floyd: It's supposed to be Ryan gets pickle in Ashley. Not Ashley gets Ryan into a pickle!

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Connections

Version of Cyrano de Bergerac (2005)

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Soundtracks

"You Make Me Come"
Written and Performed by Danny Saber and Bernard Fowler
Courtesy of Strict9 Productions and SOS Management

User Reviews

A bland and trite "teen flick" that is barely worth seeing.

I am only writing this because I think the other reviews I've seen for this movie are far off base. "Teen flicks" in general have a tendency to play off of the same premise with little variation or creativity, and are--generally speaking--bad as a genre. There are a few exceptions, paramount among them "Clueless." This film isn't as horrible and unbearable as "10 Things I Hate About You," and I actually think it was probably a little better than "American Pie"--although I rather disliked the latter thus is not a very high compliment for this film either.

Quickly, to break it down, I will tell you the main problems with this film. 1) It recycles the horrible "Prom is coming up and I want to take the popular girl" premise, which seems to be the basis of many a horrible teen movie. 2) The primary conflict doesn't evolve until the movie is half over--up to that point, it is just a waste of time waiting for the primary conflict, and the action is pretty boring. 3) The end is predictable from the the first couple scenes of the movie... not a good thing. Save your money (and time), and rent something a little more original.