Whatever It Takes (2000)

Directed by

David Raynr

Genre

romantic comedy, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 303 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school guy tries to get the popular girl to like him by using a nerdy friend to write his love notes. The plan backfires when the friend falls for the girl instead.

lightheartedromanticcomedicteenageawkwardpop-corndatedcheerful

What happens

Whatever It Takes is a 2000 American teen comedy film directed by David Raynr and starring Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and James Franco, this is also the film debut of Aaron Paul. It was released in the United States on March 24, 2000 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film's story is a modern update of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Whatever It Takes received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $9 million against a $15 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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