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The Hot Chick

The hottest chick in town just switched bodies with the luckiest loser in the world.

2002 · 1h 44m · PG-13 Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by Tom Brady

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Overview

Not only is Jessica Spencer the most popular girl in school -- she is also the meanest. But things change for the attractive teen when a freak accident involving a cursed pair of earrings and a chance encounter at a gas station causes her to switch bodies with Clive, a sleazy crook. Jessica, in the form of the repulsive Clive, struggles to adjust to this radical alteration and sets out to get her own body back before the upcoming prom.

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22%
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Rotten

The movie's devices are so feeble, I think it was written on a napkin in a Denny's the day before principal photography began.

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten

Enough to make any woman or gay man wish they could beam themselves to planet Zoltron.

Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Fresh

A surprisingly good-natured throwback to the '80s heyday of the body-switching genre.

Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten

I will say this for the film -- it's in color. And, it was mostly in focus. And I really can't say anymore for it beyond that.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh

By the standards of knucklehead swill, The Hot Chick is pretty damned funny.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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