Sydney White
| Sydney White | |
|---|---|
| File:Sydney white poster.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Joe Nussbaum |
| Written by | Chad Creasey |
| Produced by | James G. Robinson David C. Robinson Clifford Werber |
| Starring | Amanda Bynes Sara Paxton Matt Long John Schneider Crystal Hunt |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Danny Saphire |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Morgan Creek |
Release dates | September 21, 2007 |
Running time | 90 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
Sydney White, also known as Sydney White and the Seven Dorks (working title), is a film starring Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, and Matt Long.
After the success of Warner Brothers' 2004 hit A Cinderella Story, Universal Studios picked up this project. The film was shot on location in and around Orlando from February 14, 2007 to April 4, 2007. Filming locations included Rollins College, University High School (Orlando), and the University of Central Florida.
Bynes is excited about the project, proclaiming, "We're having the best time, hoping for the best. I think people will connect with the Snow White story, the college setting, the witch, the dorks, all of it. I like the idea that my character is condemned by the Kappas, which is something a lot of girls go through. Evil witches always hate 'the fairest of them all.' So she befriends these dorks, [it's] a good movie for kids".[1]
Plot
College freshman Sydney White (Amanda Bynes) has come to Southern Atlantic University to pledge her late mom's once-dignified sorority. But, while surviving the pledging process wrought by evil campus witch mean-spirited student council president Rachel Witchburn (Sara Paxton), Sydney finds out this version of sisterhood isn't remotely what it's cracked up to be.
Banished to the Vortex, a demolished house on Greek Row, Sydney finds her rightful place with a band of seven very socially challenged guys. With the help of one lovestruck frat boy named Tyler Prince (Matt Long), she and the dorks campaign to take over student government. Fighting for the rights of misfits big and small, Sydney organizes her gang to revolutionize the system, once and for all.
Cast
- Amanda Bynes as Sydney White (Snow White)
- Matt Long as Tyler Prince (Prince Charming)
- Sara Paxton as Rachel Witchburn (Evil Queen)
- John Schneider as Paul White
- Jack Carpenter as Lenny
- Crystal Hunt as Dinky Hodgekiss
- Jeremy Howard as Terrance
- Arnie Pantoja as George
- Samm Levine as Spanky
- Danny Strong as Gurkin
- Adam Hendershott as Jeremy
- David Skyler as Hacker
- Donté Bonner as Embele
Critical reception
As of September 21, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 37% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 51 reviews.[2] On Rotten Tomatoes, film critic Laura Kern of the New York Times said: "Ms. Bynes, with her cherubic face, expressive eyes and comic timing, helps create a positive, pleasing diversion that caters to the geek in all of us."[3] On the other side of the Rotten Tomatoes fence, film critic Adam Fendelman of HollywoodChicago.com said: "The unconquerable cake for must-miss movie of the year goes to Sydney White."[4]
On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 44 out of 100, based on 19 reviews.[5]
Rating
The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some language, sexual humor, and partying.
References
- ^ "Orlando Sentinel". Amanda Bynes on Location in Orlando.
- ^ "Sydney White - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
- ^ "Sydney White movie review". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Tan-Skinned Sydney White Tragically Lacks Charisma of Fair-Skinned Snow White". HollywoodChicago.com. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ "Sydney White (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
External links
- Sydney White at IMDb
- Sydney White at Rotten Tomatoes
- Sydney White at Metacritic
- Sydney White at Box Office Mojo
- Sydney White at AllMovie
- Official MySpace
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