Drew plays Josie Geller, an editor for the Chicago Sun-Times, who wants her big break to become a journalist, but her boss played by John C. Reilly really needs her skills as copy editor. When the big boss, played by the wonderful Garry Marshall picks her to do an expose on high school life, she thinks she's got it made.
That is, until she tells her brother, Rob, played by David Arquette, and he reminds her that she hated high school and that her nickname was "Josie Grossie"!
Undaunted, she somehow passes for a high school student and tries to fit in to write her story. She experiences all the humiliation of being a new kid at school, having a crush on the cool guy, trying to fit in with the cool girls, remaining friends with the geeks who took her in when no one else would, go to the prom AND write a story.
To add to it, she falls for one of her teachers played by Michael Vartan (Alias), who, if she wasn't pretending to be a student, would be able to go out with her, but is actually a bit wrong because as far as he is concerned, she is a student and he already has a girlfriend, and yet he is still attracted to her!
I am sure there are many of us who weren't the school jocks or miss popularity winners that could empathise with Josie.
This movie also has Jessica Alba and the film debut of a certain Mr James Franco!
Will she get the guy? Will she get the story? Will she have to wear that horrendous prom gown again?
Drew Barrymore once again shows her incredible talent for comedy and being able to shift between vulnerability to commanding a room with conviction.
I've seen this movie a couple of times now, so it can't be bad. In fact it's pretty damn good! 7/10
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