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 MPAA originally gave the film an R rating, but it was re-rated PG-13 rating on appeal (without cuts).

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Goofs

When Jessica's mother sexually attacks Jessica as their gardener "Taquito," Spencer forgets his accent that he used to pretend to be their gardener.

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Quotes

Jessica (Clive): How come you didn't snitch on me?
Booger Spencer: Cuz you're my sister and I accept you for who you are.
Jessica (Clive): Come here;
[hugs him]
Jessica (Clive): You're such a little weirdo.

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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

Featured in The Sandlerverse (2016)

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Soundtracks

Good Stuff
Written by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
Performed by Kelis
Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music

User Reviews

Silly, but cute...

Not wanting to dismiss this movie entirely after seeing the trailer, I decided to sit down and view this with an open mind. To my surprise, I actually found myself giggling at the antics of Rob Schneider trying to portray a teenage girl. Kudos to Rob...if he ever decides to find a new profession, he could always do one of those male reviews in full dress...but let's hope he gets a good wax job this time! This movie was silly, but enjoyable.