Hot Chick: Movie Review

Essay by ezqfergCollege, UndergraduateA+, February 2006

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The movie "Hot Chick" is a movie that uses a stereotypical view to tell a story about a cheer leading captain. Therefore it is obviously set in her everyday surroundings. However, the movie starts in a completely different setting. The story begins in what looks like an Egyptian temple. Here the director misleads the audience into believing that the plot might actually be something exciting and adventurous.

Throughout the story line the director is trying to teach the audience two things. The first is to not take anything for granted. For example, the cheerleader (Jessica) feels lucky when she gets her body back after living in a 30 year old man's. The second lesson learned was that everyone can learn to be a better person and lead a more fulfilling life. This is evident in that almost all of the characters at the end of the movie make a change in their life and live happily ever after.

The "Hot Chick" is on the verge of being tragicomedy and a comedy. There is only a little bit of resemblance to a tragicomedy that is that it tries to make you feel exhilarated about something profound truth that the character learns. But what it lacks is the seriousness. This movie is simply just comedic from that stand point. The comedic aspect isn't as sexually based humor wise as other "teen" movies in it's category. Except that plot was still predictable. The guy and girl loose each other however they get it back in the end , but not with out a fight.

Aristotle's six elements were present in the movie even though one would think that the movie didn't require that much thought. The plot was that through a magic set of earrings two opposite people,( a...