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Director: Joe Nussbaum
Starring: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long, Jack Carpenter, Jeremy Howard, Crystal Hunt, Adam Hendershott, Danny Strong, John Schneider
Take a slightly interesting story idea, apply a hastily written, and uneven screenplay, mix in film school quality direction and finish off with inconsistent acting from the lead, and you’ll have some idea of what to expect from this re-working of the Snow White story. The movie starts out terribly, but does pick up, and provide a few laughs for those who persevere, but, really, why bother? The dialog is often bad and this is the worse performance I’ve seen from child star, Amanda Bynes. The story is nonsensical, even for a comedy, and any enjoyment to be derived, will require that you do no thinking, whatsoever. It’s easiest if you’re asleep.
Amanda Bynes is title character, Sydney White, who lost her mother and was raised by her plumber Dad, played by John Schneider, before heading off to college to pledge for the same sorority as her mother. Unfortunately for Sydney, she finds herself on the wrong side of the stereotypical evil sorority leader, Rachel Witchburn (Sara Paxton). Poor Sydney finds herself cast out and soon is adopted by a group of geeks, and finds herself pitted against the evil fashion mannequin.
Sydney White starts out awful and does improve to become a re-telling of the Snow White fairy tale, complete with plenty of amusing, if far-fetched analogies. The end result is Snow White, crossed with Mean Girls and Revenge of the Nerds (more of the latter). There are a few decent jokes, but more better movie choices. Unless you are under 14, chronologically or emotionally, then i wouldn’t bother.
