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 | female butt jiggle | looking at oneself in a mirror | 

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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

Official Sites:

Touchstone Pictures

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$35,081,594

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$19,557,959

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 scene where Rob Schneider falls down the bleachers was filmed in Sea Hawk Stadium at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California.

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Goofs

When Jake speaks to April after his skiing trip, he very obviously has love bites all over his neck, yet whilst changing after the football game only a few moments later, there is no sign of any of them.

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Quotes

[Jessica (Clive) to Jake while calling for April]
Jessica (Clive): Too late dude, she's with me right now. She says that my peepee's way bigger than yours. And that's if I fold it in half.

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Crazy Credits

Rob Schneider's outtakes are seen alongside the ending credits.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.86 (2012)

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Soundtracks

Ash to Ash
Written by Davey Ingersoll and Loudermilk
Performed by Loudermilk
Courtesy of DreamWorks Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Better than "The Animal" at least

Jessica Spencer (Rachel McAdams from "Mean Girls") heists a pair of earrings from an tribal shop at the mall. After a run-in with another robber at a gas station (Rob Schneider), she loses one earring from the set. Turns out these jewelery pieces are magical and allow body-switching. We're dealing with a bad news/good news scenario here. the bad new being that the writer is the same responsible for "The Animal" travesty. The good news is this is considerably better. However, Anna Faris shouldn't make any more comedies, in every single comedy I've seen her in she is capable of a whole range of.. ONE expression, that would be being shocked/ Surprised, which would be fine if she didn't use it about 50 times per movie. But if gay stereotypes, fat jokes, and dick humor is your cup of tea By all means help yourself. You know what? I probably made it sound better than it is actually. It all honesty, this is merely an alright film even if it does feel a bit tame for a Schneider movie.

DVD Extras: Commentary by Director Tom Brady; 15 Deleted scenes; 5 featurettes (Becoming Jessica, Becoming Clive, the Hot Chicks, Guest Speakers, and Physical Education); a "Starlight" Music Video by Zed; Trailer for "Shanghai Knights"

My Grade: C+

My DVD extras Grade: B-