Sydney White (2007)

Director:

Joe Nussbaum

Writer (WGA):

Chad Gomez Creasey (written by)

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Freshman year is no fairy tale.

Plot:

A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.

Plot Keywords:

College | College Freshman | Sorority | Convertible | Allergic Reaction

Cast

Amanda Bynes	...	Sydney White
Sara Paxton	...	Rachel
Matt Long	...	Tyler
Jack Carpenter	...	Lenny
Jeremy Howard	...	Terrence
Crystal Hunt	...	Dinky
Adam Hendershott	...	Jeremy
Danny Strong	...	Gurkin
Samm Levine	...	Spanky
Libby Mintz	...	Christy
John Schneider	...	Paul White
Arnie Pantoja	...	George
Donté Bonner	...	Embele
Brian Patrick Clarke	...	Professor Carleton
Lauren Leech	...	Katy

Also Known As:

Sydney White and the Seven Dorks (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language, sexual humor and partying.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43712) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:12A | New Zealand:PG

Filming Locations:

Church Street Station - 129 W. Church Street, Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

Each one of the dorks is one of the dwarfs: Lenny: Sneezy; Terrence: Doc; Jeremy: Bashful; Gurkin: Grumpy; Spanky: Happy; Embele: Sleepy; George: Dopey.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sydney gets on the bus and says "I love you, Dad." you can see Paul's jaw moving but there's no sound.

Quotes:

Lenny: Did they really make you sing Celine Dion?
Sydney White: Yeah.
Lenny: Do you need a place to stay?

Movie Connections:

References Yojimbo (1961)

Soundtrack:

Warning

Charming as well as Hilarious

This movie is a rarity, genuine humor is displayed throughout the film without using sex jokes/raunchiness references. That's is what comedy films need to strive for which is clean wholesome humor unlike movies such as SuperBad, Borat, Wedding Crashers, and Knocked Up. I know it's difficult with today's society to come up with clean jokes with what is shown on television now days, which is why Sydney White deserves several rounds of applause. I can't even think of a college movie which does not have at least one dirty joke or being as wholesome as this film. According to an article Amanda is the one who told the writers to tone down the script and not make it raunchy. Amanda Bynes as the leading performer in this movie is phenomenal. She is hysterically funny as well as being cute as a button. Amanda is destined to have a long career in the comedy field since there isn't many actresses out there who can even "do" comedy. What Amanda have and not many other actors/actresses is her facial expressions. Her facial expressions makes the movie 10 times better. It's as if Amanda is two actresses wrapped in one.

I really like Amanda's interaction with the dorks, the scenes when they are all together...it's the best. Matt Long is charming as the prince. His type of character is rare in movies and in real life. He's handsome, funny, and do charity work. Amanda Bynes and Matt Long have great chemistry, makes me wish they will date each other in real life.

Cyrstal Hunt is funny as the airhead southern buddy of Sydney. The weakest link of the movie would be Sara Paxon, but she improves throughout the movie. There is some clichés in the movie, but what movie doesn't? Every movie borrows somethings from other resources. Another rare thing that this movie have would be that it actually teaches a great lesson which is to be yourself and not to conform.