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Whatever It Takes
EMAILPRINTSony Pictures Entertainment
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 22 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 22 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by: Mark Schwahn
Directed by: David Raynr
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 24, 2000
DVD: August 1, 2000
Running Time: 94 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual material and language
Starring James Franco, Shane West, Christine Lakin, and Marla Sokoloff
Based upon the classic Cyrano de Bergerac tale. A socially inept boy (West) teams up with an athletic type (Franco) to get their respective dream dates.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
You haven't heard anything until you've heard "Play That Funky Music" on the accordion.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
It's larded with blinding glimpse-of-the-obvious homilies.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego
Whatever It Takes is DOA -- dated on arrival.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Populated by ersatz versions of stars who, in this case, are fairly vanilla to begin with.
Read Full Review >Film.com Robert Horton
It's a notch above average, but Whatever It Takes can't get too far above that notch.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
A teen comedy so stupid that a long nose -- perhaps with a red bulb on it -- actually would have helped.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It involves teenagers who have never existed, doing things no teenager has ever done, for reasons no teenager would understand. Of course, it's aimed at the teenage market.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
If the teen in your life drags you along to this movie, act like you're doing him a favor -- and try not to let on that you sort of liked it.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Marc Caro
So derivative and crass that it's far more entertaining to try to think of the dozens of films it's ripping off than it is to take any of it at face value.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Hewitt
There's a movie opening today that is so indistinctive I can barely remember its name.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
An assembly-line high-school comedy that flunks miserably in all three subjects.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Pretty lame stuff. Already it seems to be passing with the speed of light into the limbo of utterly forgettable "who-will-I-take-to-the-prom?" movies.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Yet another leaden, witless, cliché-drunk, teen romantic comedy starring the preposterously good-looking stars of mediocre TV series.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
Bearable only because, unlike the recent spate of teen films, it's so breezy it barely even registers.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times John Anderson
It's guys like Floyd who make a movie like Whatever It Takes feel like high school. And the rest of the losers make it feel like a movie.
Read Full Review >Variety Robert Koehler
Makes little impression and is sure to leave few memories for a teen.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Phoebe Flowers
If you can summon up the resolve to search, there is not a single honest moment in all of Whatever It Takes.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 22 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Austin B. gave it a9:
good original prom comedy if that's what you're looking for.
Beth B. gave it a10:
I loved It!!! It's great for a girl's sleepover!!!
Ashton H. gave it a 10:
OMG!!! This movie is sooo funny the only thing I dont like about it is that Shane is with a girl that's not ME! Shane West is sooo HOT HOT HOT!
Erica K. gave it a 10:
I LUVED this movie. Shane West has never looked better!
Kelsey S. gave it a 10:
I thought this movie was really good..i love SHANE WEST....he's very SEXY and HOTT!!
Ben gave it a 10:
Heheh...critics are stupid. i loved it, so did everyone else.
Lisa S. gave it a 10:
I loved it and i love shane west.
