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* Constantin Film (Germany)

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| gross = $1.7 million<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.boxofficemojo.com/moviestitle/intltt0187512/?page=&country=BG&id=_fSLAPHER...SHESFR01 |title=SlapShe her...Gets What She's FrenchWants (2002) |workwebsite= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>

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'''''Slap Her... She's French''''' is a 2002 [[Teen film|teen]] [[comedyblack filmcomedy]] film directed by [[Melanie Mayron]] and starring [[Piper Perabo]] and [[Jane McGregor]].<ref>{{cite web |date=3 September 2002 |last1=Cohen |first1=Rebecca |title='French' kiss for Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/vpage/french-kiss-for-premiere-1117872210/ |website=Variety }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Slap-Her-Shes-French-Region/dp/B00009P9M0|title=Slap Her ... She's French (Region 2)|website=Amazon|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref> In the United States, the film premiered on [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] on January 9, 2005, under the title '''''She Gets What She Wants'''''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beierle |first=Aaron |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/15146/she-gets-what-she-wants/ |title=She Gets What She Wants |website=[[DVD Talk]] |date=April 4, 2005 |access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/12/10/development-update-december-9-10-17413/6785/ |title=Development Update: December 9–10 |website=[[The Futon Critic]] |date=December 10, 2004 |access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==

High school student Starla Grady is the popular head cheerleader and [[Beauty contest|pageant queen]] of the small town of [[Splendora, Texas]], who aspires to be a news anchorwoman. She hosts a French exchange student, an orphan named Genevieve Le Plouff. AfterThe seemingly shy and harmless Genevieve is immediately in awe of Starla's beauty and popularity. However, after winning the affections of Starla's parents, friends, and boyfriend Kyle, Genevieve soon begins to take over Starla's life.

When Starla is forced to quit the cheerleading squad after receiving a failing grade in French, Genevieve moves in to take her place, and then the roles are reversed. Soon, Genevieve is the popular head cheerleader, and Starla is the unpopular student. Genevieve also replaces Starla in the Junior News Anchor Competition, and, framed by Genevieve, Starla is arrested for possessing a knife and getting high on mushrooms. She is then bailed out of jail by her younger brother Randolph and her classmate Ed Mitchell. Starla eventually learns that Genevieve was, in fact, a former [[elementary school]] classmate named Clarissa Fogelsey, whom Starla had embarrassed so badly that she felt compelled to move to France and has returned in disguise to exact revenge on Starla.

With her charade exposed, Genevieve leaves town in disgrace, and Starla reclaims her status in school and town. Although Starla never achieved her goals of becomingwinning a reporter or obtaining athe college scholarship, she now feels that she is a changed person. She also begins a relationship with Ed after breaking up with Kyle. Meanwhile, Genevieve, posing as Starla, is welcomed by her new adoptive French family upon her arrival in Paris.

==Cast==

* [[Jane McGregor]] as Starla Grady

* [[Piper Perabo]] as Genevieve LePlouff/Clarissa Fogelsey

* [[Trent Ford]] as Ed Mitchell

* Alexandra Adi as Ashley Lopez

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* [[Jesse James (actor)|Jesse James]] as Randolph Grady

* [[Julie White]] as Bootsie Grady

* [[Brandon Mychal Smith]] as Arnie Grady

* [[Matt Czuchry]] as Kyle Fuller

* Christen Coppen as Doreen Gilmore

* [[Michael McKean]] as Monsieur Duke

* [[Haley Ramm]] as young Starla Grady (uncredited)

* Amy Bradford as French airplane passenger (uncredited)

* Ashley Blake as Megan

* Laura Halvorson as Beef Band fiddle player

* John Dones as Iced out audience member

* Ryan Faries as Iced out audience member

==Production==

The film was written by Lamar Damon and Robert Lee King, with a rewrite by [[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]].<ref>{{cite web |date= 18 October 2000 |last=Harris |first=Dana |title= Constantin, Intermedia pact for pix |url= https://variety.com/2000/film/news/constantin-intermedia-pact-for-pix-1117787900/ |website= Variety }}</ref>

Melanie Mayron replaced director Evan Dunsky 10ten days into shooting.<ref>{{Cite web |author= Amy Longsdorf |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2002-08-29-3418269-story.html |title= Robin Williams tries to blend into "Photo' background |date=August 29, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905011135/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-2002-08-29-3418269-story.html |archive-date=2019-09-05 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> It was filmed in [[Dallas]] and [[Fort Worth, Texas]], inon 1 November 2000 to 15 December 20012000.

==Reception==

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Slap Her... She's French'' has an approval rating of 3638%, based on 2524 reviews, with an average rating of 4.87/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/she_gets_what_she_wants |title=''SheSlap Gets WhatHer... She Wants''s (2005)French |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=MayJan 8, 20182022 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{metacriticMetacritic film|id=slap-her-shes-french|title=Slap Her... She's French}}; {{Retrieved| accessdateaccess-date = May 8, 2018}}</ref>

Derek Elley of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Scripters Robert Lee King and Lamar Damon leave no [[Stereotypes of French people|national cliché]] or double entendre unturned in this good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing which plays like 'Clueless Does South Fork' with a side order of garlic."<ref>{{cite web |date= July 28, 2002 |last= Elley |first= Derek |title= Slap Her, She's French! |url= https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/slap-her-she-s-french-1200547130/ |website= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>

==References==

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* {{Rotten Tomatoes|id=slap_her_shes_french|title=Slap Her… She's French}}

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