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# She's All That (1999)
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- Published: 2026-08-22T11:08:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-22T11:08:53.000Z
- Author: David Weathersby

1999 was a big year for the evolution of the teen comedy. You had 10 Things I Hate About You tricking young people into watching a Shakespeare adaptation, and Never Been Kissed having a student-teacher romance without all the baggage of how wrong that would be considered a couple of years later, and American Pie for making you question eating apple pies for the rest of your life. Falling right into the middle is She’s All That. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook lead an adaptation of Pygmalion set in high school. It was a nice-sized hit at the time. So much so, it became part of the basis of Not Another Teen Movie. It does run into the problem of saying a girl isn’t attractive because she wears glasses because once Laney’s glasses come off, she’s considered beautiful. Just like The Sixth Sense, this movie also has a secret. M. Night Shyamalan did a script polish on it. That tidbit would become a major subplot just a few months later when The Sixth Sense would come out of nowhere to be a major hit. She’s All That rides that line between the 90s and early 21st Century teen movies, holding on to some old tropes while trying to be different from their 80s parents. It’s a movie that succeeds and fails at the same time. 2026 would definitely have a hard time with some of the ways Laney is portrayed and treated here. But Ms. Cook and Mr. Prinze are well cast and help draw you into the story. It’s also one of the last movies to generate a big musical hit with Kiss Me from Sixpence None the Richer. One of the things lost in modern teen movies are the songs that become synonymous with the movie. Teen movies have always been interesting. Studio executives who hadn’t seen their teen years in decades always think they know what the kids want, usually based on their own experiences which don’t translate to a new generation. But teens who grow up with the movies of their generation never lose the love for them. She’s All That is always going to resonate with people who were teens in 1999\. If you’re hoping to feel that nostalgia once again, it’s certainly worth a rewatch even if you realize high school wasn’t like that for you.