Stupider version of Shakespearian play

Rating: 6/10 (15 February 2014)

Based loosely on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night or What You Will", this is teen farce. Viola (Amanda Bynes) is a good soccer player, but her team gets cut. Her brother Sebastian is running away to London with his band for two weeks. So she decides to impersonate him to join the boy's team at Sebastian's new school.
The convoluted Shakespearian love triangle has a bit of fun. Amanda Bynes was still funny back then. She has the mannerisms and comic timing. Amanda definitely needs a shorter haircut to play the boy part. That wig looks really bad. It has Channing Tatum as the hunky soccer player, but he overplays the bumbling part. He looks stupid doing it. It's the lightest of farce. It's all very silly. Reason be damn. It does have a good jokes every once in awhile. This is not going to win any awards, but maybe it'll win a few smiles.