The humor was better served 5 years ago

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2011)

If I was the same 9-11 year old that I was when I first watched this movie, I would have given this film an easy 10, no doubt about that!
I remember when I first saw the DVD cover and its confusing (but inviting!) subheadings: Everybody has a secret... Duke wants Olivia who likes Sebastian who is really Viola whose brother is dating Monique so she hates Olivia who's with Duke to make Sebastian jealous who is really Viola who's crushing on Duke who thinks she's a guy... Even now, I'm going, "SAY WUUUT?" What more for the past me?
It was a funny movie, no doubt about that. I watched this movie with my maids. I actually thought about downloading it (not because If felt like I wanted to watch it, but..) because Gigi said that she wanted to watch this movie again after many years. I just decided be a friendly hostess by surprising her with this movie. :D I can say that all 3 of our helpers enjoyed it. Maybe they enjoyed it more than me, but that's okay. :)
Even if my initial thoughts while the movie was starting was that I had matured a lot and am too "mature" for the jokes that this movie has, I admit that I had more laughs than I thought I would have. The part where Viola's hot girl friends came and helped her trick "Sebastian"'s friends were hot and sexy. There were lots more other good and funny scenes, like that final soccer game where Sebastian and Viola showed their "assets" to prove their true gender. I bet I laughed way harder back then. Hahaha!
I think that the ending was very unrealistic, though. I can't believe that I only realized that now. Though, I have a vague feeling that my younger self kind of questioned this. Why would Olivia go so easily with the real Sebastian? Shouldn't she have been hesitant or something? And how did Duke suddenly fall in 'like' with Viola after only meeting her once? Unrealistic. Aside from those, the whole movie was in fact, unrealistic! But then again, if it wasn't made that way, we wouldn't have had a movie now, would we?
I think the main thing that I just want to emphasize about this movie was that the younger you are, the funnier you'll find it. Or if you watch it with a child or someone who has a child-like sense of humor.. Yeah. You can count on having a good time. But either way, you're bound to have a few good laughs here and there. :D