He's All That

"Adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion", written in 1913, gets its third cinematic version. The first was "My Fair Lady" starring Audrey Hepburn in 1964, then came "She's All That" in 1999 with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. Now Netflix has brought "He's All That", a teen comedy made for the TikTok generation. In the original story, a man transforms a woman into a high society lady, in this retelling we have a role reversal. Digital influencer, in real life and fiction, Addison Rae gives life to a popular girl who has the challenge of transforming a shy boy (Tanner Buchanan) into the king of the school ball. Directed by Mark Waters ("Mean Girls"), the movie is fun, the actors are charismatic and the story, although it is known, is good. Thanks to the director, who is already known in the genre, the narrative, with a more current air, works for both the older and teenage audiences. And it's great to see Rachael Leigh Cook and Matthew Lillard again, who also participated in the 1990s version."