Whatever It Takes

Name: Whatever It Takes
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 24, 2000
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 20
Cast: Marla Sokoloff, Shane West

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: March 24, 2000 | PG-13

Starring: Marla Sokoloff, Shane West

Summary: 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.

Director: David Raynr

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 94 min

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Carrie Rickey

You haven't heard anything until you've heard "Play That Funky Music" on the accordion. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

It's larded with blinding glimpse-of-the-obvious homilies. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Populated by ersatz versions of stars who, in this case, are fairly vanilla to begin with. Read full review

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

Chris Hewitt

There's a movie opening today that is so indistinctive I can barely remember its name. 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

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

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Mar 11, 2022

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AustinB.

Jan 16, 2006

good original prom comedy if that's what you're looking for.

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Meth-dude

May 31, 2017

It was actually a fun movie. The acting wasn't bad, there were some genuinely funny moments and the movie was entertaining. Sure, it was predictable and unbelievable, but it was still a fun movie.

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