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A bullied teen disguises himself as a girl to escape his bully, but he discovers other upsides to this ruse.A bullied teen disguises himself as a girl to escape his bully, but he discovers other upsides to this ruse.A bullied teen disguises himself as a girl to escape his bully, but he discovers other upsides to this ruse.
Cameron Bancroft
- Kurt Stark
- (as Cam Bancroft)
Kevin McNulty
- Louis Calder
- (as Kevin Mcnulty)
Wendy Van Riesen
- Norma Calder
- (as Wendy Van Riessen)
Matthew Bennett
- Frank
- (as Matt Bennett)
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- TriviaAlanis Morissette's first movie role. Though uncredited, along with no dialogue, she is seen in the middle of the movie, and sings at Chris's competition at the end.
- Quotes
Cop #1: [referring to the long chocolate pastries Chrissy has purchased] Are you sure you can handle both of those?
Chris Calder: I've handled bigger!
- Alternate versionsThe scene in the female shower room was re-shot and edited for television so all the female high school students are wearing towels. In the video version they are completely nude.
- ConnectionsFollows Just One of the Guys (1985)
- SoundtracksFeel Your Love
Performed by Alanis Morissette (as Alanis)
Courtesy of Hot Mustard Records/MCA Music Publishing
Featured review
- Not that that's really saying much, but this movie was actually quite decent. Amazingly watchable, all things considered.
Okay, here's what you get from this movie: A young Corey Haim (of "The Lost Boys"-fame), going undercover as a girl, to avoid getting beaten up by the school bully, Kurt (Cameron Bancroft of TV-fame only).
Originally, his plan is to just disguise as a girl to get past the bullies at the entrance, but once he's inside the school, a bunch of teachers comes over to him and asks him why he's not in class - and since it's his first day at school, he's forced to introduce himself as being a girl - thus ensuring that he's gonna have to wear a dress all year long. But things don't go as smoothly as planned, because suddenly he falls in love with this girl, Marie (played by the gorgeous Nicole Eggert), but he can only become her best friend, since he cannot reveal to her that he's a guy! Furthermore, his parents are unaware of his problems, so he constantly has to hide things from them, so they wont find out about it, which makes for a few funny scenes.
Anyway, apart from a tiny cameo by Alanis Morrissette, there's not much to look for in the supporting cast - unless you're a fan of Lochlyn Munro (from "Scary Movie") perhaps, who plays Marie's annoying ex-boyfriend who wants to push her into having sex with him before she feels ready. The director, Michael Keusch is mostly known for his straight-to-video Steven Seagal actioners (Attack Force, Flight of Fury, Shadowman), and some unknown German stuff, so this movie really stands out on his resumé as being something completely different.
Overall, this movie (called "Just One Of The Girls", rather than that other lame title) had a somewhat clichéd premise, but pulled it off quite nicely with a decent and likable performance by Haim and Eggert, coupled with a hilarious performance by Bancroft, as the love-stricken bad guy, who tries to get in touch with his softer side, in order to impress the woman of his dreams - who coincidentally looks like a guy.
By the way, if you liked this movie, then you're probably gonna love this one, called "Blown Away": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103843/ - starring both Corey Haim, Nicole Eggert, AND Corey Feldman!
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