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''Geek Charming'' is a 2011 American teen comedy-drama film released as a
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. It was directed by Jeffrey Hornaday from a screenplay by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy, and based on the novel of the same name by Robin Palmer. The film stars Sarah Hyland and Matt Prokop. It premiered on November 11, 2011, on
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, on January 27, 2012, on Disney Channel (UK & Ireland), and on January 28, 2012, on
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. The premiere was watched by 4.9 million viewers, the fifth largest number for a cable show of that week.


Plot

Set in Washington, Dylan Schoenfield, Woodlands Academy's top girl and her film-geek schoolmate Josh Rosen are two high-school juniors with opposite personalities. Dylan accidentally drops her fashionable and very expensive handbag into the fountain at the mall after school. She is surprised when Josh retrieves it for her. However, in exchange for him rescuing her bag, Dylan has to agree to be the subject of Josh's documentary, which is about high school popularity. Dylan hopes the film will help her campaign to become "Blossom Queen" and claims that winning is her main goal in life. She and Josh subsequently have a fight though over how much of a diva she is, which results in Josh firing Dylan from his movie. He tries to change the subject of his documentary, but discovers it is too late. Wanting to make amends with Josh and get re-hired for the movie, Dylan decides to watch Flight of the Navigator with Josh and his friends Ari, Steven and Caitlin Raven. After the movie, Dylan and Josh make up and he re-hires her for his movie. Dylan invites Josh to her house afterwards, where they make an "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink sundae". While Dylan leaves for a while to go get something, Josh notices a wall of pictures, one of which has Dylan's mom in it, crowned the Blossom Queen. When Dylan comes back he asks her about it, and she says that her mom was Blossom Queen back in 1985. She had died when Dylan was eight. As Dylan and Josh begin to fall for each other, Josh's friends from the film club are angry at him for abandoning them for Dylan, and assume he has a crush, which Josh denies. He promises to attend the Mathlete Scavenger hunt the following Saturday. Josh lands a date with Amy on saturday, forgetting that it is the day of the scavenger hunt. Josh talks to Dylan, not knowing where to take Amy on a date, so Dylan invites him to a party at Asher's house (Dylan's boyfriend). Josh picks up Amy the next day and takes her to the party, even though Amy is uncomfortable with the crowd. He realizes that he and Amy have a lot less in common than he originally thought. Josh talks to Dylan and asks her for advice on how to interact with Amy. Asher and Amy catch them talking and Asher assumes they're secretly dating. Josh asks Amy out to the spring formal. Amy declines, stating that although Josh is not secretly dating Dylan, he wants to. The next day Dylan receives a note, revealing Asher is breaking up with her. He states that he is seeing Dylan change and she is hanging out with "nerds" and starting to look like one, too. At lunch, Dylan and Josh have a falling out. Dylan walks off again silently crying. Josh asks his friends what's wrong with Dylan. Upon hearing that Asher just broke up with her, Josh feels guilty. He also gets the news that he has been replaced by Caitlin as the film club president. To make matters worse for Dylan, her two Best Friends and Lackeys Hannah Mornell and Lola Leighton, also bail on her because they both have dates to the formal and Dylan doesn't. Josh finishes his movie and shows it to the public. Dylan expects the movie to help her win Blossom Queen, but she is totally disgusted with the movie. When the audience laughs at Dylan's shallow behavior, she runs out of the theater crying as Josh runs after her. She accuses Josh of publicly humiliating her and undoing all her efforts to be rid of her old self and walks off after telling him to leave her alone. It is revealed that the movie actually contains a compliment to Dylan at the end that she missed The next morning, Amy shows up to Dylan's house and they reconcile. She tells Dylan how the movie wasn't "terrible" at all and has only increased her popularity, suggesting her to watch it. Later at the Spring Formal, Dylan shows up wearing her mother's dress, where Lola and Hannah ambush her. Dylan wins the title of Blossom Queen like her mother did, much to her amazement. Dylan then proceeds with a tearful impromptu apology for much of what she said in the film, and declares her feelings for Josh and appreciates Amy for being her friend. In the end, Dylan and Josh are shown facing the camera and apologizing for the names they called each other at first. They kiss again with Josh's jacket covering their faces.


Cast

* Sarah Hyland as Dylan Schoenfield, the snobby, wealthy, popular girl at school who is a reformed dork, who aims to win the Blossom Queen status, following in her late mother's footsteps; Josh's love interest. * Matt Prokop as Josh Rosen, the film geek at school who wants to take on a challenge to film a documentary regarding the truth about popularity; Dylan's love interest. *
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as Amy Loubalu, Dylan's estranged friend and Josh's former crush. * Jordan Jedediah Nichols as Asher Dumentz, Dylan's former jock boyfriend. * Vanessa Morgan as Hannah Mornell, Dylan's lackey who can sometimes be sweeter than Lola by nature. Hannah is described as extremely intelligent in the book and wants to get into a decent college, making her a bit of a nerd herself. * Lili Simmons as Lola Leighton, Dylan's lackey. Although extremely loyal to Dylan, she thinks Dylan is just a drama queen who stresses too much. * David Del Rio as Ari, Josh's friend. * Jimmy Bellinger as Steven, Josh's other friend. * Lilli Birdsell as Sandy Rosen, Josh's mother. * Andrew Airlie as Alan Schoenfield, Dylan's father. *
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as Caitlin Raven, Josh's friend who has a crush on him and Steven's love interest. * Andrea Brooks as Nicole Patterson, Dylan's rival/arch enemy for Blossom Queen. The head cheerleader at Woodlands Academy, she lands Asher from Dylan and thinks that Dylan is no match for her popularity.


Songs

*"Hey Princess" by Allstar Weekend *"Words" by Doves *"The William Tell Overture Theme Music" by The Orchestral Academy Band Of Los Angeles California


Production

Robin Palmer, the author of the original novel, was not involved in production and refused to read the script due to her background of adapting novels into films. The movie was shot in Vancouver, Canada and at St. George's School. The final scene was filmed near Broadway Ave.


Reception

It premiered on Friday, November 11, 2011, on Disney Channel and earned 4.910 million viewers.


Accolades


Home media

The film was released on DVD in the USA on February 7, 2012. It features 10 bonus episodes of '' Shake It Up'' and is a 2-disc set. The film was released in the UK on April 23, 2012, alongside '' Frenemies''. There are 5 episodes of ''Shake It Up'' and 5 episodes of ''So Random'', on a 2-disc set. The bonus features are: *Bloopers *Deleted Scenes *Extended Ending *"From Geek to Chic" (
featurette In the American film industry, a featurette is a kind of film that is shorter than a full-length feature, but longer than a short film. The term may refer to either of two types of content: a shorter film or a companion film. Medium-length film ...
) *5 Bonus Episodes of '' So Random!'' (featuring Tony Hawk, Lemonade Mouth, Miss Piggy, Jacob Latimore and Justin Bieber) *5 Bonus Episodes of '' Shake It Up'' ("Shake It Up Up and Away", "Shrink It Up", "Auction It Up", "Camp It Up" and "Jingle It Up")


References


External links

*
Interview with Sarah Hyland
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