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

Rob Schneider's mother, Pilar Schneider, appeared as one of the cheerleading contest judges.

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Goofs

When Jessica chokes Clive (while their bodies are still switched) Jessica later reveals she actually took the earring off of her ear, however when the strip club manager pulls him off when he was choking her we clearly see nothing in his hands.

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Quotes

Jessica Spencer: You're the only boy who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time.

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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 Cidade Baixa (2005)

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Soundtracks

Si Si
Written by Issa Bagayogo, Moussa Kone and Yves Wernert
Performed by Issa Bagayogo
Courtesy of Six Degrees Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

Could have been stupid, but was actually very funny

Yet another variation on the "switching bodies" theme (Freaky Friday, Like Father Like Son, etc). This one was different, though, in that it involved a transgender switch and that, along with convincing acting by Rob Schneider, made it work. A little slow to start, but once it got going, I found myself laughing repeatedly throughout. A comedy well worth watching for lots of laughs.