Rob Schneider is the titular chick, Jessica, a stuck-up high school prom queen who wakes up one morning trapped in the body of an unattractive 30-year-old man. Thanks to a curse attached to some ancient earrings, Jessica has changed bodies and now must convince hot chick pals April (Anna Faris, of the SCARY MOVIE series) and Keecia (Maritza Murphy) of her true identity before their long, giggly, underwear-filled sleepovers can continue. Meanwhile, Clive, the displaced male, wakes up in Jessica's body (Rachel McAdams) and quickly parlays his hot new form into a lucrative career as a prostitute/stripper. Along the same lines as DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO and THE ANIMAL, viewers can expect the usual Schneider shenanigans and gross bodily humor. What might come as a surprise is the film's underlying sweet nature. While working to restore her original svelte form in time for the big cheerleader competition, Jessica helps save her parents' fading marriage and develops a sense of compassion for the social outsiders she'd previously scorned. Schneider fans, of course, will mainly appreciate his near non-stop prancing and mincing. Fellow SNL alum Adam Sandler executive-produced, and has an amusing cameo as a dread-locked bongo player.
Theatrical release: December 13, 2002
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Ending
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary - 1. Tom Brady - Director
Behind The Scenes - THE HOT CHICK Yearbook
Music Video - 1. Zed - "Starlight"
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Distributor Notes: The Hot Chick
The hilarious Rob Schneider has been a gigolo. He's been an animal. And now a curse will make him something he's never been before -- a woman! Jessica Spencer is the hottest, most popular girl in high school. But she gets a big dose of reality when she wakes up in the body of a 30-something-year-old lowlife male (Schneider) and quickly discovers that trading on your looks isn't so easy when you're a girl who constantly needs a shave. How in the world can Jessica convince her friends (Anna Faris, SCARY MOVIE, SCARY MOVIE 2; Matthew Lawrence, MRS. DOUBTFIRE; Eric Christian Olsen, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE) it really is her? And how can she change herself back into a teenage girl? THE HOT CHICK is a wild and wacky gender-bending comedy everyone can enjoy -- no matter what sex you are.
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Stars
Rob Schneider: TV/Film Comedic Actor/Snl
Anna Faris: Comedic actress, THE HOT CHICK, SCARY MOVIE
Rachel McAdams: Actress, THE NOTEBOOK (2004), MEAN GIRLS
Andrew Keegan: Actor/"Camp Nowhere"
Matthew Lawrence: of the Lawrence brothers (Joey et. al.)
John Schneider: American actor, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (1979)
Adam Sandler: Comedian/actor, BILLY MADISON/PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
Director
Tom Brady: Screenwriter, THE ANIMAL (2001)
Producer
Carr D'Angelo: Producer, THE ANIMAL (2001)
Jack Giarraputo:
Screenwriter
Tom Brady: Screenwriter, THE ANIMAL (2001)
Rob Schneider: TV/Film Comedic Actor/Snl
Composer
Michael Andrews: Composer, DONNIE DARKO (2001)
John Debney: Composer/"Hocus Pocus"
Cameo
Adam Sandler: Comedian/actor, BILLY MADISON/PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
Executive Producer
Adam Sandler: Comedian/actor, BILLY MADISON/PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
Director of Photography
Tim Suhrstedt: Director Of Photography
Review 1:
"...The filmmakers have sly fun with all sorts of gender-bending possibilities....[Schneider is] talented and fearless, the driving force of this brash, not-so-predictable comedy..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C16 12/13/2002
Review 2:
"...[A] surprisingly good-natured throwback to the '80s heyday of the body-switching genre..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.48 01/03/2003