Director
Andy Fickman
Leading Actors/Actresses
Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Laura Ramsey, Robert Hoffman
Genre
Romantic Comedy, Teen, Sports
Language
English
Awards
Date of Release
March 2006
Producer
Lauren Shuler Donner, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Setting and Context
Early-2000s American suburbia, private school
Narrator and Point of View
Tone and Mood
Fun, comic, cringe-worthy, complicated
Protagonist and Antagonist
Viola is the protagonist. The antagonists are Justin, Monique, and Malcolm.
Major Conflict
The conflict is that no one thinks Viola can play soccer as well as a boy and she wants to prove them wrong. The secondary conflict, which arises out of this, is that Viola must effectively disguise herself as a boy, her twin brother Sebastian, in order to be able to play soccer at Illyria.
Climax
Viola scores a goal on her ex-boyfriend, winning the soccer game and proving herself just as good as the boys.
Foreshadowing
When Monique mistakes Viola for Sebastian early in the film, this foreshadows the fact that Viola will disguise herself as him later.
Understatement
The shock of Viola's revelation is somewhat understated, and met with more understanding than we might expect.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Allusions
The movie is a reworking of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Paradox
Parallelism
There is a parallel between Olivia's unrequited love for Sebastian and Viola's unrequited love for Duke.
