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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
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The absolutely horrific generic '90s "dance" music throughout the entire movie notwithstanding, "Just One of the Girls" is a very funny take on gender-switching, kind of an extended end of an era of '80s goofball comedies.
Corey Haim (who is always likable, c'mon admit it) plays Chris who dresses as a girl to avoid the bully at school, and what happens? The bully falls for Chris, Chris falls for the bully's sister, and Chris is forced to keep up the act so he can do his music. How's that for the start of decent hi-jinks?
And that video cover....no joke, absolute perfection. Remember when we can laugh at stuff like this, and this premise was strictly a comedy premise? Now here we are, thirty years later, and if you are against a man dressing as a woman and going into a woman's bathroom or locker room, you'd be called a "transphobe" or something ridiculous by a lot of nutcases.
However, back at a time when people were more rational (and could define what a "man" or a "woman" is without having to be a biologist), we can laugh at the absolute craziness of the comedy that is a boy dressing as a girl and going into the girl's showers to gawk at the nude gals.
Ah yes....when comedy was just comedy, and not the sad reality.
Corey Haim left us way too early, having finally succumbed to his demons. Maybe some (or many) consider his work to be lightweight, but hey, the guy was talented even at a young age, and in his comedies, made us laugh.
Corey Haim (who is always likable, c'mon admit it) plays Chris who dresses as a girl to avoid the bully at school, and what happens? The bully falls for Chris, Chris falls for the bully's sister, and Chris is forced to keep up the act so he can do his music. How's that for the start of decent hi-jinks?
And that video cover....no joke, absolute perfection. Remember when we can laugh at stuff like this, and this premise was strictly a comedy premise? Now here we are, thirty years later, and if you are against a man dressing as a woman and going into a woman's bathroom or locker room, you'd be called a "transphobe" or something ridiculous by a lot of nutcases.
However, back at a time when people were more rational (and could define what a "man" or a "woman" is without having to be a biologist), we can laugh at the absolute craziness of the comedy that is a boy dressing as a girl and going into the girl's showers to gawk at the nude gals.
Ah yes....when comedy was just comedy, and not the sad reality.
Corey Haim left us way too early, having finally succumbed to his demons. Maybe some (or many) consider his work to be lightweight, but hey, the guy was talented even at a young age, and in his comedies, made us laugh.
- stevenfallonnyc77
- Sep 18, 2022
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