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There are a lot of clichés in this film, but some of the bits in it are funny and sometimes downright interesting (while others really horrible). It is also nice to see the girls who would later become Hollywood's sweethearts, like Jaime Pressly, Katherine Heigl, Emmanuelle Chriqui or Larisa Oleynik.

The story is that of a guy who meets - and loses his virginity to - a girl in an elevator, in complete darkness. He wakes up in the morning to find the girl gone and himself at a loss about her identity. Surely enough, he embarks on a journey to discover who she is from a girl dormitory of 100 suspects.

The good part was the idea that each girl was different, as indeed was every male character in the film. The bad part is the condescending perspective on boy/girl relationships and the "problems" in them. Also it was fantastically insulting to see a film pretending to be sensitive to girl needs, then present Marissa Ribisi as the ugliest possible girl. I bet there was a spike in suicides in America after this film was released.

Anyway, the film is light, the mystery obvious and possibly the only thing making it watchable (aside from the youthful shapes of lovely girls) was the lead, Johnathan Tucker, whose goofiness was perfect for the role. Some introspective insights into the nature of intimacy were the strengths of the film, while the character of Crick and every story arch related to him were absolutely horrid.

Bottom line: a watchable romantic movie, too simplistic and formulaic to appeal to any adult, but probably offering a few lessons for very young viewers. I don't recommend it, but I didn't hate it either.

This movie has its obvious drawbacks. For instance, pretty much all the women/girls in the movie are very attractive. Even the ugly girls aren't really that ugly. Then we have the quasi/anti-feminism message, which will probably annoy people. And there are lots of stereotypes and clichés throughout the movie. In fact, the movie is actually _based_ on stereotypes, mainly those concerning the roles and rules of gender and courtship.

But all that is sorta the point! (Except the "all girls are pretty"-bit, which annoys me.) So, if you're not too hung up on the flaws, "100 Girls" is actually rather funny! Laughing out loud isn't hard at all. The main character, Matthew, is sorta cute, in a completely undate-able sorta way. (Nice guys do finish last. Sorry!) The girls are neurotic and predictable. But the story isn't _too_ predictable either. (After all, _you_ try making an original High School movie! Iz not that easy I tell you.)

But this banality is probably the point of the movie, and it works as a whole. Even if you don't really care whether Matthew ever finds his lost mystery-love or not, it's still entertaining to watch his quest for love, and to hear the sometimes utterly blunt facts of life and genderhood that are spelled along the way. (Yes, most young men do find it stressful to hit on girls. Really? And yes, men and women may have some difficulties communicating with each other, because they have different experiences and different goals.)

So, in summary: A round of applause for banality and simple stories, as long as they're delivered with warm humor and jokes about the human anatomy!

7/10

"100 Girls" is a slightly naive comedy romp about a college freshman who has sex with an unknown coed on an elevator during a blackout and then spends the entire run time searching the girls' dorm for his "Cinderella". Tucker is at the center of this fun little romp which is chock full of babes but has little nudity, no raunch, and some heart. Unsophisticated but fun, creative though cliche, "100 Girls" aptly dignifies women without deifying them during the self-narrated dissertation on the difference between the sexes. Most likely to be enjoyed by college age men and older guys, like me, who remember their college years with nostalgia.

I actually like 100 girls, it tried to show you the inner mind of how a guy thinks and probably not all guys think like that but i think a few deep down. Its pretty much all about a guy who met a girl in the elevator and fell in love but unfortunately never saw her face. It seems a little unlikely but who knows it could happen. I give the movie a 8/10 it had some good humor and laughs and it did keep my interest up the WHOLE movie. Also it just seemed like a good time, I would recommend this to anyone!

OK, there are some problems in this movie.

• NO, all girls in U.S. colleges do NOT look like models and actresses (everyone in the U.S. already knows this, of course).

• The whole "cause a problem covertly and then offer to solve it" routine is cute once, but carrying it on for a whole year without anyone catching on? I don't think so, Tim.

• Matthew's "solution" to the problem of Crick (the last time they were alone together; I won't spoil it by being more specific) was VERY drastic, and I thought inappropriate. It seemed plot-driven: they needed it to happen in order to set up the final resolution of the Crick storyline. A more ethical solution, IMO, would have been to simply reveal the deception which was taking place at that time (again, I won't spoil it). While that would obviously have had repercussions, I was never comfortable with the deception in the first place.

• What 100 girls? Seemed more like about 10 or 15 to me -- though, if you only get to watch 10 or 15 girls, you could do a lot worse than these....

There are other problems. However, among the problems, I found a movie that I wound up liking fairly well; at least, it exceeded my (admittedly low) expectations. Not exactly a gem, but enjoyable. 7/10 for me.

I liked the movies. Every girl showned in there isn't perfect. They all have a little something (they look special (hair by exemple), they cheat on exams, only want to use guys, having bad habits, etc). The main caracther, Jonathan Tucker, got also stereotypes. I think by showing everything isn't perfect made the movie very good !

A horrible follow-up to the horrible Eight Days a Week. Both films share the same basic idea: Gorgeous women will swoon for a boring, 98-pound weakling. The beautiful women will go out with this geek because he treats them with a modicum of common courtesy, unlike the muscular Neanderthals they had been dating before. Although said geek pretends to care about the women, he only appreciates them for their bodies. Yet because the geek is portrayed as "sensitive" every woman in the area falls for this fool (as if guys who think this way aren't a dime a dozen in real life). It's the usual double-standard: guy falls girl because she's beautiful, girl falls for unattractive guy because he's the least rude male. The film pretends to be sympathetic towards women but ends up being utterly condescending. After seeing two of this writer-director's witless films that have gone straight to cable, I am wondering how on earth he gets them greenlit.

Though I don't usually go for romantic comedies, "100 Girls" is a standby favorite of mine. When Matt is trapped in an elevator during a power outage with a girl whose face he didn't see (obscured by a large load of laundry she was taking to the dorm laundry room), he finds that the anonymity of darkness allows him to overcome his shyness and actually talk to the other girl, rather than his usual response of being stunned into tongue-tied silence. Several meaningful conversations later, they share an incredible sexual interlude in the dark elevator, and Matt wakes the next morning hopelessly in love...and no idea as to the identify of his 'mystery girl'.

This film is hilarious and awesome. There aren't many well-known actors in it, but that's okay. It still illustrates many poignant points about sex and the differences between men and women. I think that anyone who sees this film will end up laughing as well as nodding their head in silent agreement of the ideas and arguments put forth. You don't have to agree with everything, just sit back and enjoy the battle of the sexes! The humor is very good. Everything from a competitive battle of table hockey with the one girl involving a game of the loser stripping nude, to the young man finding himself in a troubling situation with the obnoxious and phony boyfriend of another girl, the laughs and the surprises never stop. All in all, this is a great movie that I highly recommend. However, it only works as a great film if you understand what to take seriously and what to laugh at.

Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

100 girls is about pretty much every man's dream: a mysterious one-night stand with a gorgeous girl. The problem is, Matthew (Jonathan Tucker) has no clue who the girl is and absolutely needs to find out.

I agree with many other reviewer that this reminds one of "American Pie" but this movie reaches a much more profound intellectual girls, reaching its high points during the foosball matches between Matthew and Arlene (Katherine Heigl). I could not help but laugh at James DeBello's character Rod and the movie was all-around great. Definitely a 9 out of 10!

This movie is good in the sense that it displays both males and

females perspectives on certain aspects of life. This along with the

cast of beautiful women and dialogue that in many cases..."seems

so true" results in a very enjoyable and insightful view on the

thinking's of the opposite sex.

I saw this film for the third time last night. The first time I saw it was years ago before I even knew how to recognize decent film-making. The second time, a few years later, was with my roommate. We both had the giggles and weren't really paying attention.

Last night I finally watched it with a knowledge of film and concentration. The results were disappointing to say the least.

This film is a teen movie taken up a notch. Imagine "Ten Things I Hate About You" rated R and you have this movie. What the movie tries to accomplish in maturity with regard to subject matter, it loses in the maturity with regard to the construction of the film itself. The actors are for the most part sub par, the script is obviously an underdeveloped first or second draft and possibly most annoyingly: the film seeks to uplift itself as an intelligent and profound way of looking at men and women. Instead of doing so, it embarrasses itself by establishing and embracing far more stereotypes than it discusses breaking down, assumes every young member of society is completely devoid of the ability to be thoughtful and respectful to the opposite sex and basically urinates on the genre of the teen movie all the while trying to lift it up to somewhere else.

If you're a teen movie enthusiast who happens to be above the age of thirteen or fourteen (if such a thing exists), this movie is watchable. It has all the staples: pop punk music, sweeping generalizations about college America (because in real colleges, girls walk around in their bras all the time) and an as a whole totally waste of film.

This film is as disposable its performances, script and direction. The few penis jokes worth laughing at are not worth sitting through the rest of it. Pitiful.

When this movie first appeared i wanted to watch it with my friends, laugh a lot, maybe make out with my girlfriend, i don't know. Still i never got the chance to do this, so i saw it just now alone in my dorm room. I must say that it was pretty much different from what i expected. I thought it would be something like "American Pie", or "Van Wilder", but it turned out to be more than just that. This movie really made me think about certain aspects regarding men and women, and i found out that much of the stuff mentioned is true and very well sustained by arguments. Overall it is a movie that gives a young person much to think about.

Not a terribly great movie, but I'd honestly recommend it. Not because the story was great, it isn't. Not because the acting was fabulous. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't stellar.

What the movie did have going for it was honesty and reality. I can clarify too much without giving the ending(s) away, but situations would come up and for a few minutes, it would progress just like any other movie, then they would backtrack, pointing out that life doesn't happen that way, then show it the way it really happens. There is dialog concerning real-life problems that movies generally don't acknowledge. It is billed as a comedy, and it was funny, but I enjoyed it for the subject matter. We'll all being talking about men vs. women till the end of time, most of us will never make it to a point of real understanding, but I appreciate when somebody (in this case the writer/director) gives it an honest attempt.

If you are stuck without something to watch, consider this one.

I caught this movie on late-night cable last night,(No it's not one of "those" movies) I missed the very beginning but it was pretty easy to understand the plot. I enjoyed the movie enough to not roll over and fall asleep like I usually do.

This was a pretty funny movie though, The writer/director, Micheal Davis, played a lot with stereotypes in it, because every character is pretty much labled as a certain type of person, like the Girl Next Door, or the Promiscuous Artsy Chick, or the Misguided Misogynst, but then it also shows how people don't fit into those roles perfectly.

I mean, it's not like some deep layer of subtext, the movie kind of beats you over the head with it, but its still a good message.

This isn't a movie I wish I'd seen in theatres, but it isn't one where I felt I'd wasted my time (which could have been spent sleeping) by watching it. It's worth renting, or watching on cable. I liked it better than the filmakers other movie I saw on another late night, which was Eight Days A Week.

The acting and writing in this disaster are horrible. The gratuitous nudity is there only for immature morons to keep them watching. This was one bad movie. It's so bad that I kept watching until the end just to see how ridiculously it would end up.

Really although no classic, I was interested in the whole time. The lead Johnathan Tucker, was really convincing and had the innocence and the sincerity to make me believe. I really enjoyed the whole corny plot through the entire film. I would say that most people would enjoy this film. Hell there are a lot worst that get released to theatres everyday!

Why is it sorority houses in movies rarely have ugly women in residence? In this film they were all, I mean ALL, babes. A funny picture in spots, but completely stupid beyond belief. The sex jokes were so overblown, they were more aggravating than amusing. And Rod. I'd like to cut his wang off, stretch it out a foot or two, and force his to stare at it for eternity. What a flake. This is a perfect show for a dorm full of unthinking, sex starved frat boys.

`100 Girls' is a little strange teenage movie. It only involve about one boy who lost his virginity in the elevator one night when there is a load shedding, and he doesn't know who that girl was for it was dark. Now he has to look out for her in the girl's dorm, where there is over `100 girls'. All he has is her underwear to as the look out as clues. And he started to roam around each girl room to find that mysterious girl. Sound good?. Why not watch the movie for yourself. One good thing about this movie is the Voice-over. They really gave out good impression on it. After all it is one feel good movie where that mysterious girl you will get the clue at the middle of the movie.

Max 5.5/10

Recommendation: Borrow it from your friend.

There are so many things I hate about this movie. First and foremost, the main character. I hated him. He was so damn annoying, I wanted to beat the hell out of him before the movie was over. Second, was the unrealism. Why would a speech about not "full on kissing your clitoris" get 100 sorority girls to go crazy over you? Lastly, the total lack of humor. I didn't laugh once during this entire movie. The only thing I liked about this movie were the hot chicks. 0/10

This is a pretty cute coming-of-age flick which has been languishing in distributor purgatory for more than a year. An indy filmed in late 1999, it was hoped to be a summer youth comedy, ala American Pie, but it never managed to work out a US distribution deal, and it may still not have one. They are now talking on the official web site about releasing it in the summer of 2001 in the USA, even though it has already been playing for some months across the world.

They have some hot young names in the cast: Jaime Pressly (the major babe of "Poison Ivy 3"), Marissa Ribisi ("Grown Ups"; she's Giovanni's twin sister), Katherine Heigl ("Roswell")

And I like the concept. Matt is a college freshman, a virgin, a bright and sensitive kid but basically a dweeb. Early in the year he is trapped in an elevator with a girl during a blackout, they have a tremendous heartfelt discussion, they make love, but he never sees her face. When he wakes up, she's gone without a trace. Ignoring the fact that she would have left a note if she wanted to see him again, Matt knows that he's found his true love, and will have to find her. All he knows is that she resides in a certain dorm with 100 residents, so he has to concoct a series of ploys in order to gain admittance to the building and the trust of the girls. One of the girls becomes his accomplice, and between them they come up with two different plans. Sometimes Matt is the uniformed maintenance man who will take care of the girls dorm. Sometimes he's in drag as a woman.

In the course of the semester, he really learns a lot about women while searching for his honey. He learns so much that after his speech to 100 open windows, begging his secret lover to reveal her identity, she does not, but all the other hetero girls claim they were the one! He can basically have any of them, and he's come to like many of them during the year, but he's a romantic and an honorable man, so he continues his search for his true love.

Other salient points:

There isn't much flesh, but there is plenty of really dirty talk. Dora, the intellectual girl, likes to read Henry Miller and D.H, Lawrence out loud, for example, and the taboo "c" word appears in the reading, along with some very lustful situations! When the girls are completely at ease, when they are drunk and Matt is in drag, they tell some hilarious stories to each other. One night each of them shares her funniest stories about oral sex. I suppose there is a real risk of NC-17 in the USA, for the language, and for the fact that one of the girls is openly promiscuous, seduces Matt, and obviously is really into it, both with her speech and her hips. It was some darned good lovin', not movie sex at all, but real people getting used to each other and having problems, then working it out.

Matt's own roommate is a doofy misogynist who is into "penis power", a system in which he gradually ties larger and larger weights to his penis, to lengthen and strengthen it. And of course, there is the requisite evil dude who exploits women.

Believe it or not, it is an intelligent movie. Possibly too intelligent for this genre. In fact, the dialogue is probably too intelligent for this or any other genre. The characters actually talk in written English rather than spoken English, the kind of poetic rhapsodies that nobody is capable of in real life, not JFK or Churchill or anybody else. Matt's speech to the 100 open windows is the spiritual descendant of Kevin Costner's famous speech in Bull Durham, too articulate to really be off the cuff, and it has the same impact on all 100 girls that Costner's words had on Sarandon.

But I don't think we need to consider that a weakness. Let's just say that the movie walks a fine line between literate and literary, and sometimes it may cross over the line a bit too far, but you'll allow it because it isn't boring and it produces the desired effect. Hope they get a US distributor, and I hope they can get an r-rating, because I think a lot of young people will like this funny and sincere film.

I won't tell you it's a great work of genius, and I won't say it's a sure hit, but I think it deserves a chance to let the popular jury make that call. It has a strong pro-female stance in that it portrays women as the only real grown-ups in the world, and Matt's experience in drag really sensitizes him to how much abuse women have to tolerate, so it could reach out to a female audience, assuming the rough talk is OK with them.

Young guys should like it, and learn from it. Some of them will buy a ticket just to see Katherine Heigl playing enthusiastic foosball in her bra. And I predict they won't demand a refund.

The first time i saw this film, it was 4 in the morning. I had no idea what it was about but i didnt care. I sat there and watched it. I swear to god i couldnt have been more surprised if i would have found 12 bodies in john wayne gassys basement. Th main character thinks just the way that i do, which i am sorry to say is in a pathetic, movieland kind of way. I swear that you dont have to be an immature teen to enjoy this movie. The best comedy i have ever...of all time.

As I flip through the many movie channels that digital cable offers I sometimes come across a flick I've never heard of that turns out to be pretty decent. 100 GIRLS at first didn't seem too promising: HBO2, 1:15 a.m., another direct-to-video teen sex comedy starring B-actors I vaguely remember from other forgettable movies. But, although 100 GIRLS doesn't approach greatness, it doesn't try to, and that's what makes this movie such a pleasantly innocuous comedy.

The plot of 100 GIRLS is negligible, and not worth repeating. The lack of a compelling storyline allows some pretty astute observations about the eternal battle of the sexes, using a sometimes annoying voice-over narration, several flashbacks and other cinematic devices to endear the viewer to Matt, our hero. And since I didn't have to think about the plot, I was free to beat myself up trying to remember where I've seen these actors before. Thanks to IMDb, I can sleep easy tonight: Of course! THE VIRGIN SUICIDES! DETROIT ROCK CITY! (See what I mean about "other forgettable movies"?) And the "ugly" (???) chick is Marissa Ribisi, the red-head in DAZED AND CONFUSED that Matthew McConaughey puts the moves on! I'm always pleased to see less famous alumnae of Richard Linklater's '93 stoner classic pop up in random movies (where have you gone, Sasha Jenson?).

[And while I'm completely off-topic, let me take this time to reflect on Katherine Heigl's stunning beauty and voluptuous figure. When she wrestled Matt to the floor while almost popping out of her red bra, I had a moment of heterosexual lust I haven't felt in ages. If "conversion therapy" is indeed possible, please tell Ms. Heigl that she jumpstarted my journey back into the arms of Christianity. Who knew the brat from MY FATHER, THE HERO would make it big (so to speak)?]

And sex leads me back to 100 GIRLS. You know, for an allegedly hetero movie, there's quite a bit of a queer presence felt throughout it. Drag, male-on-male tittie twisting, and lipstick lesbianism are sprinkled here and there, and the cad ex-boyfriend is frequently shirtless before and up to the scene when he's "forced" to strip to his skivvies during strip foosball with another beefed-up jock type. What's going on here? I'm certainly not complaining, but to say these instances stretch believability is to put it mildly.

Which bring me to my bitch session: Numerous details in 100 GIRLS don't seem plausible. Isn't there a more productive, realistic way for Matt to find his dream girl that to infest the girl's dorm with vermin to be able to pose as an exterminator in order to find a bra that matches the panties she left behind? Do female coeds walk around in various stages of undress at any time of the day? Are they all paying their way through college by modeling the latest from Victoria's Secret? How did they all get their own dorms (which seem larger than my whole apartment)? Would a man who had his tongue bitten off (in a jarring, unnecessarily bloody scene) not report it to the police, go to the hospital, or even try to retain his lost body part? Why does nobody (not even his roommate) recognize Matt in a wig and a skirt? Do straight guys continue to masturbate when their roommate walks in? Do these students go to any class besides the one for women's studies (which directly relates to the plot)? Why does Matt pine for the hot blonde with whom he has had no meaningful communication? Are these the only two dorms on campus? And on what planet is the lovely Marissa Ribisi deemed "the ugly chick"?

And Matt's final monologue is well delivered and rather sweet, but sounds more like a written speech than a spontaneous declaration. But such inconsistencies don't really distract the viewer from enjoying what is, essentially, an innocent romp with flashes of intelligence (and kink; are college students familiar with ben wa balls and penile enlargers?). It's disappointing to realize that tasteless dreck like SORORITY BOYS and SLACKERS got big theatrical pushes but a generally sweet comedy like 100 GIRLS was banished to the shelves of Blockbuster.

5/10