Film

It's a Boy Girl Thing

Name: It's a Boy Girl Thing
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 2006
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Samaire Armstrong, Sherry Miller, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne

Comedy
Fantasy
Light-hearted

A 2006 body-swap comedy where a studious girl and a athletic boy exchange bodies after an Aztec curse, forced to navigate each other's social worlds. It's lightweight, silly, and earnestly committed to the premise—the kind of film that understands teenage social hierarchies are genuinely felt, even if the solution is absurd. Exactly what it promises, nothing more.

TMDb rating

3.3

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