Sydney White

2007
PG-13
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

52K

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Amanda Bynes, Adam Hendershott, Sara Paxton, and Matt Long in Sydney White (2007)

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Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romance

After being banished from the most popular sorority on campus, Sydney White teams up with a group of socially awkward outcasts to outdo the queen at her own game.After being banished from the most popular sorority on campus, Sydney White teams up with a group of socially awkward outcasts to outdo the queen at her own game.After being banished from the most popular sorority on campus, Sydney White teams up with a group of socially awkward outcasts to outdo the queen at her own game.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

52K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Sydney's Kappa sister Dinky's full name is Demetria Rosemead, a play on the character of Rose Red from the fairy tale "Snow-White and Rose-Red" - which is actually a different, unrelated story, although also collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Goofs
During the "Date Dash," the pledges are told they have to grab a date, with no change in clothing, no hair fixing, and no makeup. Yet, in the restaurant, Sydney is clearly wearing white eyeliner/shadow and lipstick.

Quotes
Tyler: Who are you, Sydney White? You throw a football like Matt Leinart, fearlessly conquer fraternity bathrooms, and clean up nice to boot.
Sydney White: Well, I'm more of a Peyton Manning. Leinart's a lefty.
Tyler: Marry me.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford/King of California/Good Luck Chuck/Into the Wild/Sydney White (2007)

Soundtracks
New Day's Dawning
Written by Jett Royal
Performed by Saturn Missiles
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

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Featured review

9/10

A genuinely good movie

In our day and age, it's very difficult to find a truly funny film that is also fairly sweet and innocent. Having grown up as a fairy tale princess wannabe, I've seen my share of fairy tale spin-offs, and this has by far been the best one. I was almost afraid to watch this movie, seeing as it was PG-13 and that doesn't really mean anything anymore (could be clean, like Sydney White, could be completely raunchy). However, I was pleasantly surprised by its clever writing. Some may complain that it is too stereotypical with the cliques, but I would point out that the gorgeous Prince Charming is also a genuinely decent guy, not just Mr. Popularity as in most films. I mean, let's face it: fairy tales were pretty stereotypical to begin with. Evil queens, handsome princes, princesses in danger or in hiding, or regular girls becoming princesses. But that doesn't make it any less of a good story. Overall, I found it highly entertaining and terrifically charming. Truly heartwarming to a fairy tale fan like myself, and even to my dad, who decided to accompany me to the movie because he had nothing better to do--and believe me, it's not easy to entertain my dad with 'chick flicks'.

Predictable, maybe. But who really wants to see the evil witch win in the end?