Sydney White (2007)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

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

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 13	11:30 AM	HBO
Sat. July 18	2:00 PM	HBO
Wed. July 22	2:00 PM	HBO

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:

Most of the members of the "SAU Marching Sharks" in the film are actual band members. Members of the University of Central Florida Marching Knights were used to film these scenes.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When religious Jewish men dance they don't dance with women, as incorrectly depicted in the movie.

Quotes:

Gurkin: [to Tyler about his date with Sydney] If you try any funny stuff, I will unleash the power of the internet on you. I will register you as a sex offender in all 50 states... and Canada.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-22)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Pump the Fist

Modern Day Fairy Tale...

Don't we all wish our lives could be fairy tales??? In this movie, that's exactly what one naive and tomboyish girl named Sydney White gets. To us, it seems like a rather familiar story.

What Amanda Bynes is so good at is delivering clean and funny teen and family comedies. She is a very funny actress, and continues to be respectable by not screwing up her life like most actresses her age. She's cute as Sydney, though her tan was not. It was quite over-done in fact. Besides her the ones who steal the show are, of course, the dorks (aka dwarfs). They are certainly adorable, and we can't help but think that Sydney has found the best possible friends on campus. The downfall in the cast was Sara Paxton as the arch-nemesis Rachel WITCHburn. She just didn't seem quite evil enough for me. Crystal Hunt was also not that great as Sydney southern friend Dinky.

There are some laugh-out-loud moments and one-liners. The most fun part of the movie is catching the fairy tale parts as they come. That and watching the dorks. "Sydney White" is a fine family film and will even work well for teens, and it has a very nice message. However, it never reaches any kind of high point and kind of just seems to go on at a continuous rate. Still, it's worth a watch as a diversion from reality and back into fairy tale world. 6/10 stars!

Jay Addison