All Screwed Up

I JUST KISSED MYSELF
This is another trading places movie. One of the victims is the unlikeable Teenisha (Chyna Layne). She is a bit spastic and the product of her own doing, being disagreeable because she can be, engaging in half-truths and playing the victim. Pete (Jake Waldman) is the other lost soul. He is the center of the basketball team and is the closet thing Teenisha has to a friend. Pete gets ridiculed for his friendship with Teenish, the worse coming from his girlfriend Hillary (Allison Carter Thomas) a cheerleader who is also the leader of the "mean girls."

Teenisha acquires a rare CG elephant beetle from Africa, one that can survive in a sealed plastic container. Through various circumstances they trade places with the formulaic results.

This movie has big pluses and big minuses. The acting of Allison Carter Thomas was completely overdone and approaches camp as she is the stereotypical mean girl without chance for redemption. Once the characters were switched, the actors...

Not just for teens
I loved this movie I rented it on instant video and have watched it twice already I wanted to watch it before i bought it for my niece and i am happy to say i really enjoyed it. It made me laugh and everything that you want to do during a movie. i will definitely be buying this for my niece along with a copy to put in my collection.

Cute Film
All Screwed Up is a film about a nerdy teenage girl named Teenisha and a popular teenage boy named Pete who switch bodies when an African Beetle bites Pete. You might think the old switching body routine has been played out, and normally I would agree, but this movie managed to pull off a unique version of it. I've seen people switch with their parents, switch with their siblings, their friends, and even their pets, but this was the first time I saw a boy and girl with a potential for romance change places. It leads to a lot of crazy antics when Teenisha tries to take over on the basketball team and Pete has to figure out how to act like a lady. Throw in a nasty stereotypical mean girl, you have the makings of a teenage classic.

I really enjoyed this film. I thought the cast did a great job and there were some laugh out loud moments. Yes, there are a few incongruities, like the beetle staying alive in container with no air holes. But since its a magic beetle, I didn't...

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