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Whatever It Takes (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 62

Fresh: 9

Rotten:53

Average Rating: 3.4/10

Consensus: Whatever It Takes is another run-of-the-mill teeny-bopper romance flick. Cliche jokes and a tired plot capture few laughs.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: High School senior Ryan Woodman and every other male student at Gilmore High has a massive crush on the most luscious knockout ever to walk its hallowed halls, Ashley Grant. The only problem? Ryan is persona non grata in the popular set and... High School senior Ryan Woodman and every other male student at Gilmore High has a massive crush on the most luscious knockout ever to walk its hallowed halls, Ashley Grant. The only problem? Ryan is persona non grata in the popular set and hardly worthy of Ashley's attention. Enter Chris, resident babe magnet, who's pining to no avail after Ryan's best friend Maggie, a girl with beauty, brains and a big heart. It's four weeks till graduation, and the clock is ticking for Ryan and Chris to snag their respective dreamgirls.

In the hilarious romantic comedy Whatever It Takes, Chris and Ryan, flanked by bumbling buddies Floyd, Cosmo and Dunleavy, go to outrageous lengths as they hatch a plan which, if successful, will land them both with the right girl-or so they think.

Weaving a web of fake e-mails, plotted phone calls, contrived double dates and mistaken identities, Ryan helps Chris hide his dumb-jock personality under a façade of fake sensitivity, and soon Maggie is smitten. At the same time, Chris convinces Ashley that Ryan is the new cool kid in school and worth a second look. But messing with fate just ends up messing everything up, and in this tale of mismatched love, Ryan discovers that being yourself is always the best scheme, and that sometimes the love of your life is the girl next door-your best friend. [More]

Starring: Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, James Franco

Starring: Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, James Franco, Christine Lakin, Aaron Paul, Colin Hanks

Director: David Raynr

Director: David Raynr
Screenwriter: Mark Schwahn
Producer: Paul Schiff
Composer: Edward Shearmur

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What you're actually hearing is the sound of a really old coot preaching a very practised sermon.

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04/25/03
Rick Groen
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Whatever It Takes is certainly nothing new or ground-breaking, but for what it is, it's entertaining and slightly above-average.

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02/24/03
David Nusair
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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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This is about as lame as teen comedy/romance films come.

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12/08/02
Chris Gore
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
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It never has enough confidence to let itself go and shock or surprise the audience.

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Mike Kerrigan
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Teens have it hard enough ... without dopey movies making them look like morons.

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The script's way of handling its romantic complications is unusually obtuse and insensitive.

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A.O. Scott
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What's that you say? You want what? Originality? Or at least something marginally distinctive? That's not what these movies are about!

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The cliches annoy.

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