Anna Faris gives a kooky, effervescent performance in this
depressingly conventional post-feminist farce about what happens when a
pampered, sheltered beauty queen gets kicked out of her
home at the ripe age of 27. The hapless, homeless, half-naked sexpot wanders
onto the front lawn of the least popular local sorority and sets about teaching
the frumpy women of Zeta house how to dress like Pussycat Dolls in order to
attract the new pledges they desperately need — and the boys who will give
their lives meaning. If you think of this Adam Sandler co-production as a cross
between Legally Blonde and a gender-swapped Revenge of the Nerds, you won’t
be too far off the mark. There is something compelling about the idea of a dumb
comedy starring funny women for a change — and Faris is really funny. But the
script isn’t exactly full of surprises, and just about every major scene (the
awkward date, the makeover, the sexy car wash) is a too-familiar cliché in a
film that contradicts itself, insisting that men want women who are beautiful
on the inside — only after asserting that you need to wear big hair, push-up
bras and shorty-shorts to get their attention. C+