The Hot Chick (2002)

An attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.

Director:

Tom Brady

Writers:

Tom Brady, Rob Schneider

Stars:

Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Schneider	...	Jessica
Anna Faris	...	April
Matthew Lawrence	...	Billy
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Jake
Robert Davi	...	Stan
Melora Hardin	...	Carol
Alexandra Holden	...	Lulu
Rachel McAdams	...	Jessica
Maritza Murray	...	Keecia
Fay Hauser	...	Mrs. Thomas
Jodi Long	...	Korean Mother
Tia Mowry-Hardrict	...	Venetia (as Tia Mowry)
Tamera Mowry-Housley	...	Sissy (as Tamera Mowry)
Lee Garlington	...	Vice Principal Bernard
Angie Stone	...	Madame Mambuza

Storyline

Jessica Spencer is the hottest, most popular girl in high school. Jessica, her best friend April, and a couple of other hot girls Lulu and Keecia visit the mall to hang out and do some shopping. They enter a new age store, where they check out a pair of ancient earrings. Unbeknownst to Jessica, these are magical ones set in ancient Abyssinia. A princess known as Princess Nawa is disgusted by the groom of her arranged marriage and switches bodies with a slave girl by means of an enchanted set of earrings. Since the earrings are not for sale, Jessica steals them. But the next morning she gets a big dose of reality when she wakes up in the body of a 30-something lowlife male, Clive, a career criminal. Clive finds himself in Jessica's body. Now it's up to Jessica (in Clive's body) to find a way to get her body back, while Clive (in Jessica's body) takes advantage of his new body to set in motion a crime spree to put the blame on Jessica!

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Plot Keywords:

crossdresser | switching bodies | pole dancing | transgender | transgender teen | 

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Taglines:

The hottest chick in town just switched bodies with the luckiest loser in the world.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Miss Popularity

Filming Locations:

332 Lorraine Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,401,146, 15 December 2002

Gross USA:

$35,081,594

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$54,639,553

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Happy Madison Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 100 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Bongo Player, played by Adam Sandler, is based on a character from a Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch featuring Rob Schneider where he played a store owner who kept saying, "You put your weed in there."

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Goofs

The night before Jessica becomes a man, she is talking to April on the phone about how everything is perfect. Then she puts her phone down and goes to sleep, but it in the morning it is in her hand still though she clearly puts it down.

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Quotes

April: So... do you really have a penis?
Jessica (Clive): I don't think you get the gravity of the situation here.
April: Can I see it?
Jessica (Clive): April!
April: Sorry... can I see it?
[Jessica gives April a dirty look]
April: Come on, it's not every day that your best friend grows a penis.

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Crazy Credits

Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Daietto Shindoromu/Hai Sukuru Nudikaru (2010)

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Soundtracks

Ya Mama, Ya Mama
Written by Samy Goz, Pedro Maza Luaces, and Charles Burbank
Performed by Alabina
Courtesy of Atoll Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

Surprisingly Funny

A very popular girl named Jessica(Rachel McAdams)accidently switches body with a man who is also a criminal(Rob Schneider)because of a pair of magical earrings. Now Jessica is trapped in a man's body and along with her best friend April(Anna Faris)she must find her body before it's too late but on the good side, Jessica learns a lot about herself, her family and her friends that she did not know before. I didn't have any high expectations for this movie but surprisingly it wasn't so bad and it had a few very funny moments. Oh, and by the way, Anna Faris is the real hot chick in this movie! Anyways, I would give The Hot Chick 6.5/10.