Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- breezy
- warm
- lazy sunday
- teen movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film a moderately entertaining but familiar teen body-swap romantic comedy with an appealing central premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nell and Woody exchange souls after arguing before an Aztec god statue, driving the film's comic identity reversal.
The exchange makes the polite academic and the rude athlete experience each other's pressures, reputations, and expectations.
Nell and Woody begin as next-door neighbors who hate each other before developing respect and romantic feeling.
Nell's Yale ambitions and Woody's hopes for university football are threatened by their inability to manage each other's lives.
Films like It's a Boy Girl Thing, and why
The Hot Chick
shares the body-swap premise, high-school setting, fish-out-of-water comedy, and romantic antagonism
Freaky Friday
shares teen romance, supernatural transformation, identity confusion, and accessible comedic tone
The DUFF
shares a high-school romantic comedy structure built around mutual understanding between contrasting personalities
Just Like Heaven
shares a fantasy-inflected romantic comedy premise in which emotional connection grows from an initially hostile relationship
Movie Details
- Director
- Nick Hurran
- Release Date
- 2006-07-15
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (1136)
Cast
- Kevin Zegers
- Samaire Armstrong
- Sherry Miller
- Robert Joy
- Sharon Osbourne
- Maury Chaykin
- Mpho Koaho
- Emily Hampshire
- Brooke D'Orsay
- Genelle Williams
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is It's a Boy Girl Thing about?
- A high-school academic and football hopeful trapped in each other's bodies must trade hostility for empathy before their college dreams collapse.
- What is It's a Boy Girl Thing like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of It's a Boy Girl Thing as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is It's a Boy Girl Thing violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in It's a Boy Girl Thing.
- What did critics think of It's a Boy Girl Thing?
- Critics generally found the film a moderately entertaining but familiar teen body-swap romantic comedy with an appealing central premise.
- Which films are like It's a Boy Girl Thing?
- Films with a similar feel include The Hot Chick, Freaky Friday, The DUFF, and Just Like Heaven.
- How long is It's a Boy Girl Thing?
- It's a Boy Girl Thing runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch It's a Boy Girl Thing?
- In United States, It's a Boy Girl Thing streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
