She's All That

High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the trust of nerdy outcast Laney Boggs -- and help her to become the school's next prom queen.

A mixed-to-middling teen comedy that critics found charming in its leads but thin in its script — the Pygmalion premise runs out of steam halfway through, and several reviewers were actively bothered by the film's underlying message that a girl must conform to be desirable. Rachael Leigh Cook drew the most consistent praise, while the debate around the film's gender politics gave it a sharper edge than most dismissals of the genre.