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He's All That 2021 - Padgett and Cameron "Why are you keeping this curiosity door locked?"

He's All That is an American rom-com remake film directed by Mark Waters and written by R. Lee Fleming Jr.. The film reimagine the original plot of the 1999 teen classic She's All That. The contemporary story follows an influencer who accepts a challenge to turn the school’s biggest loser into prom king. Netflix will release the film globally later this year.

On March 17, 2021, Netflix announced that they acquired the worldwide rights to rom-com remake He’s All That from Miramax. The original She’s All That producers Jennifer Gigbot and Andrew Panay produced the latest version with Bill Block for Miramax.

Summary He's All That:
"He's All That reimagines the original plot of the 1999 teen classic She’s All That. The contemporary story follows an influencer (Addison Rae) who accepts a challenge to turn the school’s biggest loser (Tanner Buchanan) into prom king."
—Official Netflix synopsis

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Cast and Characters
* Addison Rae as Padgett Sawyer
* Tanner Buchanan as Cameron Kweller
* Madison Pettis as Alden
* Peyton Meyer as Jordan Van Draanen
* Isabella Crovetti as Brin Kweller
* Annie Jacob as Nisha
* Myra Molloy as Quinn
* Rachael Leigh Cook as Mrs. Sawyer
* Matthew Lillard

He’s All That : A gender-swapped remake of She’s All That casts TikTok star Addison Rae as the lead in bland nostalgia bait that appeals to no one

For the majority of people too young to remember the premiere of She’s All That in 1999, the main draw of He’s All That, Netflix’s gender-swapped remake of the teen classic, is its casting of the TikTok star Addison Rae. In July 2019, an 18-year-old Rae, given name Addison Rae Easterling, went from freshman at Louisiana State University to one of the most recognizable faces of Gen Z basically overnight, when she started posting short dance clips to TikTok.

The beats of the 90-minute film mirror the original: within minutes, Padgett has discovered her boyfriend, a wannabe viral music star with bleached hair named Jordan Van Draanen (Peyton Meyer), cheating, had her livestreamed humiliation go viral for a particularly unflattering shot of a tearful snot bubble, lost her sponsorships, and bet her social rehabilitation on the makeover of a dud guy of her frenemy Alden’s (Madison Pettis) choosing. The terms: turn Cameron Kweller (Tanner Buchanan), a cynical outcast with a shaggy haircut, beanie and a passion for photography and horses, into prom king in six weeks or be branded a loser, or something.

He’s All That does get points for not being too faithful – the update thankfully eschews some of the original’s most glaring flaws, namely: the objectification of women, fatphobia and, most egregiously, the playing of scumbag Dean’s (Paul Walker) sexual harassment of Laney for laughs.

But the censorship carries too far; whereas the original’s teens smoked, drank, vomited, made out and lay in bed together, He’s All That presents a high school in which students drink fancy mocktails, barely kiss and avoid swearing. It’s maybe for the best that there’s no pube pizza here, but the obvious avoidance of anything remotely racy lends the movie a sterile, uncanny feel.