My perception of "The Hot Chick" was quite similar to my perception of Schneider's earlier film, "Deuce Bigalow: Male Giggalo." It's a comedy that's not the greatest, with some good and funny moments in a sea of overdone, lowest-common-denominator humor. The movie did a good job satirizing the trappings and formalities of high school and the behaviors of teenaged girls and guys. As other reviewers pointed out, it was somewhat disappointing that there wasn't more shown of Rachael McAdams as she attempted to play a male character. It would have added a little more balance to the plot. At many moments, I felt like the movie could have had potential to do better, but decided to take the low road or carry a gag too far. For instance, the scene where she's listening to her dad talk about his marriage would have been good if they hadn't started going into too many details. . .the restroom scene was a little too much. . . and in general, they could have had Jessica starting to respect people outside her own race and class a little more. Anna Faris also puts in a good turn as Jessica's best friend, and the quasi-lesbian romance is rather interesting. Still, I got the suspicious feeling that the movie was a vehicle for Rob Schneider to have pillow fights with relatively young actresses, and I recommend that you do something else, like ironing, while watching it.
Review of The Hot Chick
