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Sydney White

2007 · 108 min

A breezy, feel-good underdog comedy with a sweet fairy-tale twist, easy to watch and cheer along with.

Directed by
Joe Nussbaum
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Freshman year is no fairytale
Overview
College freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late mother's sorority. Unfortunately, she finds that the sisterhood has changed since her parent's day. Banished to a condemned house, Sydney joins forces with seven outcasts to take over the student government and win equal rights for nerd and noted alike.

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Directed by
Joe Nussbaum
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • family
Places
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Chad Gomez Creasey
Starring
Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long, Jeremy Howard, Danny Strong, Jack Carpenter, John Schneider, Samm Levine
Music
Deborah Lurie
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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