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{{Infobox film

| name = Slap Her... She's French

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* [[Jane McGregor]]

* [[Trent Ford]]

* [[Julie White]]

* Brandon Smith

* [[Michael McKean]]

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| music = [[David Michael Frank]]

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* Bandeira Entertainment

* Key Entertainment

* [[Intermedia (company)|IMF Internationale Medien & Film 2]]

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| distributor = {{Plainlist|

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* [[ABC Family]] (United States)

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| released = {{Film date|2002|2|7|Germany|2002|10|18|United Kingdom|2005|1|9|ABCUnited FamilyStates}}

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

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'''''Slap Her... She's French''''' (shown in the United States as '''''She Gets What She Wants''''') is a 2002 [[Teen film|teen]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Melanie Mayron]] and starring [[Piper Perabo]] and [[Jane McGregor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Slap-Her-Shes-French-Region/dp/B00009P9M0|title=Slap Her ... She's French (Region 2)|authorwebsite=Amazon.com|access-date=2009-01-05}}</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 [[Student exchange program|foreign exchange student]], an orphan named Genevieve Le Plouff. 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 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 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 becoming a reporter or obtaining a college scholarship, she now feels that she is a changed person,. sheShe evenalso startsbegins 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==

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* [[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)

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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 10 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 |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]], in 2001.

==Reception==

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Slap Her... She's French'' has an approval rating of 36%, based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/she_gets_what_she_wants|title=''She Gets What She Wants'' (2005) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{metacritic film|id=slap-her-shes-french|title=Slap Her... She's French}}; {{Retrieved| accessdate = 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= 28 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 }}</ref>

== References ==

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==External links==

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* {{metacriticMetacritic film|id=slaphershesfrench|title=Slap Her… She's French}}

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{{Melanie Mayron}}

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