I watched He’s All That so you don’t have to.

I was really looking forward to this. Honestly good hope. No, of course it wasn't going to be an Oscar nomination, but I thought it would fall a bit into the category of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before or something; just an entertaining movie. But wow, guys, I watched He’s All That this weekend and I have quite a bit to say about it. I want to warn you a bit not to make the same mistake I did. The best thing would be to just skip this whole movie, but if you dare to continue after this: know what you're getting into.

He’s All That is a remake of the movie She’s All That from 1999, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook. It's super fun that the latter is also in this new version, which stars Addison Rae (yes, that TikToker). She actually plays her mother. I really don’t understand why her character isn’t the same. They could have gotten the same actress and then give her such a small role that has nothing to do with her character Laney Boggs from the original? I don’t get it. Especially since Rachel Leigh Cook is actually the only one in this film who can really act.

Because Addison Rae is fun. And cheerful. Really a beautiful girl with a lot of charisma. But holy shitballs, she cannot act. When she needs to look surprised, be sad, happy, angry: all emotions are exactly the same. And that’s pretty weird, since she’s basically just playing herself: Padgett Sawyer in He’s All That is a social media influencer who makes her money that way. That comes in handy, because her mother is a nurse and her father lives in Florida. Apparently, that’s so scandalous that she’s been pretending for years that she lives in a fancy apartment complex, instead of a ‘normal’ house. When she gets caught, there are actually... No consequences. Very weird.

But anyway, Padgett has a bet with a friend-who-turns-out-to-be-a-witch-which-everyone-sees-coming that she can turn any guy into a hottie, and in this case, that’s Cameron. Here’s the thing: Padgett went live on her Insta to surprise her boyfriend, but found him in bed with another girl and that was very embarrassing for her. For some reason, not for the guy in question. In fact: she lost a ton of followers. What? Yes, because when she had to cry over her cheating boyfriend, snot came out of her nose. Andddd bye followers. Yes, He’s All That is really incredibly realistic.

Well, Cameron becomes the bet and even though everyone sees that he’s wearing an incredibly bad wig, he only becomes a real hottie when he cuts his hair (or rather: takes off the wig) and shaves properly. That’s it. Sorry, everyone could see from miles away that this is just a handsome guy. He naturally finds out about the bet and that leads to one of the few fun moments in the film: ‘Am I a f*cking bet?!’ Laney Boggs screamed in the original and he just copies that line word for word. That’s fun.

Padgett is then afraid that she has lost her love, but since Addison Rae can’t put any emotion into her acting, we don’t really notice that much. Anyway, all of this happens in two weeks, huh. Within that time, she has already forgotten her ex and has also fallen head over heels for someone else. Give me such a heartbreak, please.

Cameron is angry for about five minutes, until Padgett shows her real Insta photos to the whole school, where she is still stunningly beautiful. Cameron realizes that they are really meant to be and comes to pick her up at school. On a horse. Oh yes: Cameron is crazy about horses and brought a horse from the stable, as you do in high school when you want to win back your high school crush.

Final verdict: Nope. Nope, nope, nope. Two attractive people without any chemistry, that’s quite a rarity. And the absolute worst is the bad editing: so often you hear characters talking but don’t see their lips move. Aaargh. And to think that this film is from the makers of Mean Girls. You’d be better off watching that again than wasting your time on this.