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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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Slap-Her-Shes-French-Region/dp/B00009P9M0|title=Slap Her ... She's French (Region 2)|author=Amazon.com|accessdateaccess-date=2009-01-05}}</ref>

==Plot==

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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 |date= |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]] |accessdateaccess-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 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>