He is All That overview: Addison Rae flick is even worse than anticipated

When Netflix introduced a He’s All That reboot starring TikTok sensation Addison Rae, nobody was anticipating nice issues. However, in some way, it’s nonetheless managed to defy expectations within the worst approach doable.

First, the positives: It was a daring selection for Netflix to remake one of many best-loved rom-coms of all time, which is form of commendable. She’s All That star Rachael Leigh Prepare dinner seems, which is a pleasant nostalgia kick. That’s all I’ve bought.

The gender-swapped rom-com stars Addisonas, get this, social media influencer Padgett Sawyer who suffers public humiliation when she by chance live-streams her boyfriend, Jordan Van Draanen (Peyton Meyer) dishonest on her.

Quickly shedding followers, she makes a wager with a good friend that sees her having to make over the most important loser at school, Cameron Kweller (Tanner Buchanan).

Simply as Padgett begins to fall for her new challenge, issues go begin to go very fallacious in a short time.

The primary drawback with He’s All That’s that it tries to do an excessive amount of. We’ve bought the basic romance story, but it surely additionally tries and fails to touch upon the ‘fakery’ of social media influencers, an try that ends in a painfully lengthy opening scene of Addison’s character answering questions on an Instagram Dwell.

Addison Rae stars as – shocker – a well-known social media influencer (Image: Netflix)

Tanner Buchanan stars as Padgett’s ‘challenge’ Cameron Kweller (Image: Netflix)

It outdoes The Kissing Sales space on the cringe dialogue, the comedy is sort of non-existent, and Addison’s appearing leaves lots to be desired.

The primary correct assembly between Padgett and Cameron is weird – she falls in some horse poo, he’s not impressed along with her taking images on the horse, there’s some majorly compelled laughter.

The cringe doesn’t cease there both.

It’s a cringe-fest (Image: Netflix)

Kourtney Kardashian can be there (Image: Netflix)

At two separate factors within the film, we’re compelled to endure musical moments that rival the painful ‘Wow! She’s actually good!’ scene from Camp Rock – first when Padgett does some karaoke for no specific cause, after which when there’s a bizarre faculty dance-off for no specific cause.

At varied factors, Kourtney Kardashian additionally pops up – you guessed it, for no specific cause.

There’s some coronary heart to the movie within the relationship between Padgett and her mum (Rachel) however the candy moments are few and much between.

As a substitute, Netflix has given us a forgettable flick, destined for the grave of failed reboots and sequels, alongside the likes of Imply Ladies 2.

Even the lovers of a very good trashy rom-com, myself included, are more likely to be let down by absolutely the nothing-ness of He’s All That.

The electro-pop remix of Kiss Me is form of a bop although.

He’s All That’s obtainable to stream on Netflix now.