Model Behavior (2000)

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Absolutely the worst movie.

A Masterpiece!

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Model Behavior is the story of Alex Burroughs (Maggie Lawson), a hardworking, kind, creative, and unique high-school student who cleans up great. Alex is under appreciated. She dreams of being a fashion designer but spends all of her time being a good student and helping her father with his catering business. Luckily Alex happens to look enough like hardworking but spoiled supermodel, Janine Adams (also, Maggie Lawson) to spontaneously switch places with her when they run into each other in the bathroom at Janine's book signing event that Alex's father happens to be catering. They set some ground rules, including when they will switch back, but neither can resist the freedoms that each other's lives seem to offer. Interesting first acting effort from boyband superstar Justin Timberlake as Alex's love interest, supermodel Jason Sharpe.I thought it was fun, a fantasy for every teen girl with a good message and some positive growth in the end.

As I settled on the sofa to watch this film, I had no idea what to expect. I turned off the lights and the credits began to roll. Man, was I in for a shock. This movie was DYNAMIC. Not only was the plot solid, but the characters were deep and enthralling. This film captivated me both mentally and physically. Man, it was good. I have been a Kathie lee Gifford fan since I was in diapers, and she has never ceased to amaze me. Her performance in Model Behavior surpassed her small, yet vital, role in Dudley Doright, ten fold. Kathie Lee outshone the other performers in this film like the sun outshines the moon. And since the moon doesn't shine naturally, there is just no comparison. This film exemplifies Kathie Lee Gifford's talent as an actress of the highest caliber. She is a star among stars.

A blonde girl who is supposed to be nerdy and average (but she's still such a gorgeous babe-o-rama as are any old teen featured on the Zoog Disney channel) changes places with a blonde superstar who lives a fabulous rich-girl life and get into all sorts of scrapes like asking for a wrong dish of breakfast, having to model half-naked for the camera, and running into boyfriend woes. And both girls seem to lead such rich, fulfilling lives full of trendy clothes, handsome boys, bratty little brothers, catty rivals, and flashy dates. How Disney. And how Barbie, too.

I liked this movie. It's not great film, but it's a nice feel-good movie. I was far more interested in Alex than I was in Janine.I guess I identify more with the unpopular girl than the supermodel. I'd look for fanfiction about this movie, except that i know it won't exist. It just seemed to me that Janine's relationship with her guy was not as deep. I mean the first words out of his mouth once he found out were "I went out with Janine Adams!" I'm not saying they didn't care about each other or anything. The two of them were just a little more surface stuff. But there's nothing wrong with that.I'm trying to find out the name of the song playing just after they've switched back. When Janine is looking at the pictures taken in the photo booth, etc. Since they only played the intro, I never found out what the title of the song was.If anyone knows, let me know.