She Gets What She Wants
2002 · Movie · PG-13 · 89 min · ★ 4.7 · 40% critics
At a Texas high school where popularity and pageants run the show, a top student expects life to stay perfectly under control. When a French exchange student arrives, the social order gets shaken up fast, sparking rivalry, pranks, and escalating chaos as everyone fights to stay on top.
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Details
- Original title
- Slap Her... She's French
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-02-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 4.7/10 (90 votes)
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a loud, satirical teen farce that pokes fun at high-school status games and stereotypes, with a Clueless-style vibe; Not for you if you want subtle humor or grounded characters.
Pros: broad teen-comedy energy; sharp Texas/French satire; a few big laughs | Cons: clichéd and predictable; mean-spirited characters; humor often falls flat
Themes
- high school
- texas
- cheerleader
- exchange student
- woman director
Cast & crew
Piper Perabo
as Genevieve Le Plouff
Jane McGregor
as Starla Grady
Trent Ford
as Ed Mitchell
Julie White
as Bootsie Grady
Brandon Smith
as Arnie Grady
Jesse James
as Randolph Grady
Nicki Aycox
as Tanner Jennings
Alexandra Adi
as Ashley Lopez
Matt Czuchry
as Kyle Fuller
Cristen Coppen
as Doreen Gilmore
Directed by Melanie Mayron