Slap Her... She's French

Slap Her... She's French
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Melanie Mayron
Produced by
Written by
  • Lamar Damon
  • Robert Lee King
Starring
Music by David Michael Frank
Cinematography Charles Minsky
Edited by Marshall Harvey
Production
companies
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date
  • February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07) (Germany)
  • October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18) (United Kingdom)
  • January 9, 2005 (2005-01-09) (ABC Family)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
Language English
Box office $1.7 million[1]

Slap Her… She's French (shown in the United States as She Gets What She Wants), is a 2002 teen comedy film directed by Melanie Mayron and starring Piper Perabo.[2]

Plot

High school student Starla Grady is the popular head cheerleader and pageant queen of the small town of Splendora, Texas, who aspires to be a news anchorwoman. She hosts a French foreign exchange student, an orphan named Genevieve Le Plouff. After winning the affections of Starla's parents, friends, and boyfriend, Genevieve soon begins to take over Starla's life.

When Starla is forced to quit the cheerleading squad after receiving a failing grade in French, Genevieve moves in to take her place, and then the roles are reversed. Soon, Genevieve is the popular head cheerleader, and Starla is the unpopular student. Genevieve also takes Starla's place in the News Anchor Competition, and, framed by Genevieve, Starla is arrested for possessing a knife and getting high on mushrooms. Starla eventually learns that Genevieve was, in fact, a former elementary school classmate named Clarissa Fogelsey, whom Starla had embarrassed so much that she felt compelled to move to France and has come back in disguise to get revenge on Starla.

With her charade exposed, Genevieve leaves town in disgrace and Starla reclaims her status in school and town. Although Starla never achieved her ambition of becoming a reporter nor getting a college scholarship, she now feels that she is a changed person. Meanwhile, Genevieve, posing as Starla, is welcomed by her new adoptive French family upon her arrival in Paris.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Slap Her... She's French has an approval rating of 36%, based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Slap her... She's French (2002)". boxofficemojo.com.
  2. ↑ Amazon.com. "Slap Her ... She's French (Region 2)". Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  3. ↑ "She Gets What She Wants (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Slap Her... She's French at Metacritic; Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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