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No one asked for a remake of She’s All That, but Netflix gave us one anyway with TikTok star Addison Rae in the lead, a plot that barely holds, and dialogue that feels AI-generated. The result? A total disaster. And somehow, we watched it from start to finish.

He’s All That is Netflix’s idea of updating a 1990s teen classic for a Gen Z audience. Instead of a nerdy girl getting a glow-up, this time the influencer tries to turn a moody, antisocial guy into prom king. That’s it. That’s the movie. It is packed with ring lights, live-streamed breakdowns, and some of the most awkward attempts at teen slang ever put to writing.

From the opening scene, it is clear this movie is not trying to be good. It is trying to be viral. Every moment feels like it was designed for clips, not character development or the plot. Addison Rae plays Padgett, a social media star whose life unravels after a very public breakup. She takes on a bet to fix up Cameron, played by Tanner Buchanan, the school’s token grungy outsider. What follows is a mess of fake deep conversations, forced romance, and product placement so obvious it might as well flash onscreen like a pop-up ad.

The dialogue is painful, the pacing is weird, and the emotional beats land with the grace of a botched TikTok dance. At one point, Padgett quotes Confucius in a prom dress. At another, they have a karaoke dance battle on a rooftop. It is all deeply cringe, and yet, weirdly entertaining.

Addison Rae’s acting was roasted online, and honestly, fair enough. Her expressions rarely go beyond a confused pout or an influencer smile. But then, she was cast for her following, not her emotional range. Netflix was banking on clicks, not aiming for the Oscars.

And the makeover scene? Cameron starts off as a quiet, artsy guy with long-ish hair and a flannel fetish. Then they cut his hair, throw a jacket on him, and suddenly he is the most eligible guy at school. It is laughable and not in an intentional way.

Even the romantic chemistry feels off. There is no slow burn, no tension, no real spark. They just decide they like each other, and that is that. It is like the script skipped all the in-between and jumped straight to the kiss.

But despite all of this, or maybe in spite of it all, He’s All That is hard to look away from. It is like watching someone try to ice-skate uphill. It is chaotic, confusing, and oddly captivating. You keep thinking it will get better, and it doesn’t, but you still stick around for the disaster to fully unfold.

The truth is, He’s All That never aimed to be a great rom-com. It wanted to trend and banked on the nostalgia of the original. It wanted people to post reaction videos and say, “What did I just watch?” And in that sense, it succeeded. It is not good, but it is oddly memorable. In a sea of polished, forgettable Netflix rom-coms, at least this one gave us something to talk about, or rather rant.

So yes, it is a disaster. But it is also a reminder that sometimes the messiest movies are the most fun to hate-watch. And Netflix knows exactly what it is doing.