Taglines: It’s His Turn for a Makeover.
He’s All That Movie Storyline. Padgett Sawyer (Addison Rae) is an Instagram influencer in her final year of high school who lives with her divorced mother, a local nurse (Rachael Leigh Cook), although she pretends she lives in a wealthy condo in order to hide her actual living conditions from her followers and sponsors.
One day, Padgett discovers that her boyfriend, fellow influencer and aspiring hip hop artist Jordan Van Draanen (Peyton Meyer), is cheating on her with a backup dancer, and finds herself being totally humiliated when a live stream of their breakup results in her loss of followers and sponsorship deals. To redeem herself, she accepts a challenge to turn the school’s least popular boy, Cameron Kweller (Tanner Buchanan), an antisocial photography student, into prom king.
Despite his indifference towards her, Padgett continues with the challenge. She gains information about him from his younger sister Brin, and to become closer, begins taking horse riding lessons with him. Over time, while keeping her word on the challenge, Padgett begins to bond more with Cameron and discovers that he and his younger sister lost their mother years ago and that they live with their grandmother while their father is residing in Sweden. Padgett fixes up Cameron’s appearance and attire, and tries expanding his social interactions at her friend Quinn’s party, where he saves her from suffering humiliation when Jordan appears with his date.
At Padgett’s friend Alden’s (Madison Pettis) Great Gatsby-themed birthday party, Cameron gets into a fight with Jordan when he tries to get sexual with Brin, and his mother’s camera is ruined in the process, causing him to leave the party in a rage despite Padgett’s attempts to console him, causing her to regret following through with the bet, but she does not back down from the challenge.
The next day, Alden turns on Padgett and reveals her plot to become prom queen alongside Jordan, revealing her true colors and that she is responsible for live-streaming Padgett’s breakup. Padgett begins to fall for Cameron but she is afraid to express her feelings after she kisses him. When Brin finds out that Padgett kissed Cameron, she advises him to ask her to prom. In an attempt to ensure Padgett’s loss, Alden exposes the challenge she made with Padgett which makes Cameron angry. On the day of the prom, Padgett’s mother wants her to still go and tells her to be the real her.
He’s All That is a 2021 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters, from a screenplay by R. Lee Fleming Jr. The film is a gender-swapped remake of She’s All That (1999), which was a modern adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion and George Cukor’s 1964 film My Fair Lady. It stars Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, and Peyton Meyer, as well as Rachael Leigh Cook and Matthew Lillard, who starred in She’s All That, appearing in different roles.
Talks for a remake of She’s All That began in September 2020, with Waters to direct, Fleming Jr. set to return as the film’s screenwriter, and Rae to star. Principal photography began in December 2020 in Los Angeles, California. He’s All That had its world premiere at the NeueHouse in Hollywood, California on August 25, 2021, before debuting on Netflix on August 27, 2021.
He’s All That (2021)
Directed by: Mark Waters
Starring: Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, Rachael Leigh Cook, Peyton Meyer, Isabella Crovetti, Myra Molloy, Annie Jacob, Vanessa Dubasso, Kourtney Kardashian, Heather Ann Gottlieb
Screenplay by: R. Lee Fleming Jr.
Production Design by: Maria Caso
Cinematography by: John Guleserian
Film Editing by: Travis Sittard
Costume Design by: Denise Wingate
Set Decoration by: Brent David Mannon
Art Direction by: Jason Garner
Music by: Rolfe Kent
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: August 25, 2021 (Hollywood), August 27, 2021 (United States)
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