Just One of the Guys

Just One of the Guys

She's about to go where no girl has gone before!

1985100 min6.4 / 10

A lighthearted teen comedy that uses cross-dressing as a vehicle for both romantic entanglement and a sincere critique of gender-based discrimination in high school.

When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as a guy so well that she is soon making friends with the boys at school, including the attractive Rick, who becomes her new best friend. But her gender-swapping makes things difficult when she falls in love with him.

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