It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Nick Hurran

Writer:

Geoff Deane (writer)

Release Date:

26 December 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

They've turned into the things they hated most... each other.

Plot:

Sworn enemies find themselves in each other's bodies, and use this to ruin each other's lives.

Plot Keywords:

Football | High School | College | School | Love

Cast

Samaire Armstrong	...	Nell Bedworth
Kevin Zegers	...	Woody Deane
Sherry Miller	...	Katherine Bedworth
Robert Joy	...	Ted Bedworth
Sharon Osbourne	...	Della Deane
Maury Chaykin	...	Stan Deane
Mpho Koaho	...	Horse
Dan Warry-Smith	...	Team Guy #1
Balázs Koós	...	Glixen (as Balazs Koos)
Emily Hampshire	...	Chanel
Brooke D'Orsay	...	Breanna
Kathryn Haggis	...	Miss Bidermeyer
Genelle Williams	...	Tiffany
Alex Nussbaum	...	Mr. Zbornak
Jack Duffy	...	Old Man
John Bregar	...	Richard
David Ndaba	...	Team Guy #2
Rob Ramsay	...	Team Guy #3 (as Robert James Ramsay)
Michael Lazarovitch	...	Gay Boy
Roman Podhora	...	Coach Leary
Brandon Carrera	...	Nicky
Nicholas A. Catalano	...	Nice Penis Guy
Justin Tensen	...	Smug Student
Shane Daly	...	Talent Scout
Jennifer Markowitz	...	Band Singer
Ellen-Ray Hennessy	...	Principal (as Elley-Ray Snow)
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Professor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Allan	...	Cheerleader (uncredited)
Ashley Evelyn Bell	...	Classmate (uncredited)

Directed by
Nick Hurran

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Geoff Deane		writer

Produced by
Jeff Abberley	....	executive producer
Julia Blackman	....	executive producer
Veronica Castillo	....	line producer
David Furnish	....	producer
Wendy Grean	....	executive producer
Elton John	....	executive producer
Martin Katz	....	producer
Andy Mayson	....	executive producer
Peter Naish	....	executive producer
Steve Hamilton Shaw	....	producer
Patrice Theroux	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christian Henson

Cinematography by
Steve Danyluk

Film Editing by
John Richards

Casting by
Robin D. Cook
Nicole Hilliard-Forde

Production Design by
Craig Lathrop

Art Direction by
Jon P. Goulding

Costume Design by
Donna Wong

Makeup Department
Joan Chell	....	assistant makeup artist
Katarina Chovanec	....	key hair stylist
Debi Drennan	....	makeup department head

Production Management
James Crouch	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Baker	....	second assistant director: UK
Matt Birman	....	second unit director
Tim Cushen	....	assistant director
Melanie Dicks	....	first assistant director: UK
Felix Gray	....	first assistant director
Kevin Hourigan	....	second assistant director
Garfield Russell	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Pierre Bonhomme	....	art department apprentice
Jamie Burke	....	construction coordinator
Carlo Cesta	....	head painter
Craig Grant	....	property master
Jason Herriott	....	key scenic
Tanya Lemke	....	assistant property master
John Moran	....	assistant art director
Harry Pain	....	assistant art director
Timothy Peel	....	graphic designer
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist
Mickey Woolfson	....	property master

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Craig Baker	....	boom operator
Ben Barker	....	supervising sound effects editor
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Andrew Caller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Clements	....	sound mixer
Robert Edwards	....	adr recordist
Lee Herrick	....	adr editor
Lee Herrick	....	dialogue editor
Claire Mahoney	....	foley artist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Brendan Nicholson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Andy Thompson	....	adr mixer
Iain Jamieson	....	assistant adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Craig Allison	....	network and operations: The Senate VFX
Simon Carr	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Sean Farrow	....	visual effects supervisor: The Senate VFX
Sarah Hemsley	....	visual effects producer: The Senate VFX
David Margolis	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Nick New	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Samantha Spacey	....	visual effects coordinator: The Senate VFX

Stunts
Dan Belley	....	stunt rigger
Marco Bianco	....	stunt double
Matt Birman	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher Cordell	....	stunt rigger
Dana Jones	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Johnny Askwith	....	camera operator
Tim Barg	....	electrician
Kathryn Cox	....	video assist operator
Gabriele DiChiara	....	gaffer
Grace Donaldson	....	additional grip
Christian Drennan	....	key grip
Carl Flood	....	electrician
Russ Goozee	....	director of photography: second unit
Mike Gowland	....	generator operator
Adrienne Hayward	....	camera trainee
Peter Irvine	....	grip
Alex Jordan	....	best boy
Sean Jordan	....	electrician
Alex Lisman	....	daily camera trainee: second unit
Brent Marrale	....	lighting technician
Brooke Palmer	....	still photographer
Chad S. Roberts	....	daily electrician (2005)
Brent Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Darren Spriet	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Amanda Wojtaszek	....	camera loader (as Amanda Buckland)
Matt Kiskis	....	grip (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Marie-Hélène Boulianne	....	telecine assistant
Siobhan Boyes	....	post-production coordinator
Paul Ensby	....	digital color timer
Hugo Fowler	....	post-production runner
Dianne Gordon	....	digital intermediate data manager
Tom Harrison-Read	....	assistant editor
Chris Haufe	....	colorist
Aaron Marshall	....	first assistant editor
Yan Miles	....	first assistant editor
Dominic Thomson	....	digital editor
Jay Warren	....	digital intermediate project manager

Music Department
Sharif Ahmed	....	assistant to music supervisor
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Joe Henson	....	music programmer
Joe Henson	....	musician: bass guitar
Seanine Joyce	....	co-orchestrator
Seanine Joyce	....	score preparation
Emily Rogers	....	music editor
Hilary Skewes	....	musician contractor
Alison Wright	....	score coordinator: Air-Edel

Transportation Department
Michael Bingham	....	driver

Other crew
Mark Alleyne	....	assistant location manager
Glenn Carter	....	location manager
Jill Carter	....	script supervisor
Irene Chawko	....	script supervisor
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Greg Denny	....	production assistant
Alice Wickwire Foster	....	production coordinator
Magali Gibert	....	production coordinator: UK
Lon J. Hall	....	legal counsel (Canada )
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Ed King	....	story development executive
Luke Lloyd-Davies	....	assistant production coordinator: UK
Luke Lloyd-Davies	....	post-production assistant to producers
Jennifer Markowitz	....	assistant to director
Jillian Ordowich	....	assistant production coordinator
Dove O'Shea	....	payroll accountant
Desmond Paes	....	production accountant
Esther Scannell	....	construction accountant
Chantelle Stoffel	....	assistant to director
Erik Sudmals	....	assistant accountant
Aaron Unrau	....	assistant: Wendy Grean
Enoch Wat	....	athletic therapist
Kelly Willson Harvey	....	assistant: Steve Hamilton-Shaw, David Furnish and Martin Katz
Nicholas A. Catalano	....	stand-in: men (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Icon Entertainment International
• Prospero Pictures
• Rocket Pictures
• Scion Films

Distributors

• Icon Entertainment International (2006) (non-USA) (all media)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Medyavizyon (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2006) (Romania) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services

Also Known As:

It's a Boy/Girl Thing (Philippines: English title)
Toi, c'est moi (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, nudity, language and some drinking - all involving teens.

Runtime:

Philippines:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Malaysia:(Banned) | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Icon Entertainment International

Trivia:

The cover of the Yale application booklet visible in Nell's room and the letterhead in the Yale correspondence she receives are both genuine.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nell is alone in the football field pitching, at the moment Woody comes there are 4 balls near her, but we count only 3 pitches and there are no more balls left in the next general shot.

Quotes:

Nell Bedworth: [after Woody in Nell's body hears a poem Shakespeare wrote to a man] The bard was a bender? Whould've thought?

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Let's Get It Started

Been done before, and better. Likable cast, movie has appeal for 14 year-olds

The actors are mostly likable. The plot is amiable enough too. Thing is, it's been done before, and done much better. Consider Debbie Reynolds and Toni Curtis in 'Goodbye Charlie' (1964), or the Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin masterpiece, 'All of Me', where he acts out the movie while being possessed by a woman. Or one-hit-wonder Joyce Hyser's 'Just One of the Guys', where she becomes a guy (I forget why). Or the semi-good 'The Hot Chick', with the creepy Rob Schneider and the ever-so-hot babe, Anna Farris. All those movies explored the notion of girls and boys living in each other's bodies. Weener jokes, 'Hey, I got tits!' jokes, stumbling in high heels, 'delicate flower' young ladies belching at the formal dinner table, etc., etc. There is even a cinemagraphic grammar about that whole thing by now.

Not to say there wasn't some appeal here. The cast is likable. Although the dude did seem really, really gay, even when he was not being possessed by a girl, but supposedly his own male self. I couldn't tell the difference. But the young woman actor who had to play a guy trapped in a girl's body managed really well. But there was also the obligatory black guy side kick, bitchy bimbo girl rivals, an unsympathetic 'Desperate Housewives' type mom, and cool slob parents, played by Sharon Osbourne (yaaay!) and Maury Chaykin (also yaay, but for different reasons).

All in all, nothing 'wrong'. Nothing unpleasant nor unlikeable. Just kind of shallow, and very derivative. There was a group of what seemed to be 14 year old kids sitting up in the back of the movie theater I attended, and they laughed and oohed and ahhhed a little bit at some lame-ish jokes. Well, great! I hope they liked it. But I suspect that they are probably the major audience that would find this movie appealing or interesting. And that's OK. I gave it a 5 out of 10--- nothing bad, but also nothing great... just ordinary.