The movie's the thing wherein I'll catch the interest of the kids.

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2006)

One of the joys of having young daughters is that on occasion they force you to watch super fun movies you'd otherwise never watch. Movies that make arguments in ways concerned parents never can. "She's the Man" is one such flick. A great advertisement for the greatest writer in the English language. Yup, it's based on Twelfth Night. Now, they don't have to listen to me drone on about the joys of Shakespeare, they can see for themselves, and say "I'm so there it's Insane". The fact that it pumps real 'football' (not NFL) with some great on-the-field action shots (wonder how much FIFA ponied up) is an added bonusI didn't even mind the I-can-do-anything-you-can-do gender equality angle, or the happy American ending.
Next stop: Ethan Hawke's Hamlet. Then, ever so gently, the texts themselves.