Whatever It Takes (2000)

	Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
	Robert Horton - Film.com
	Deborah Miller - @N-Zone
	Mike Clark - USA Today
	Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
	John Hartl - Seattle Times
	Steven Rosen - Denver Post
	Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
	Kendall Morgan - Dallas Morning News
	Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
	Lou Lumenick - NY Post
	John Anderson - Newsday
	Jay Carr - Boston Globe
	Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
	Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal

“What keeps the film perky is the charm of its young performers”

- Stephen Hunter

“Whatever it takes to make a good – or even watchable – movie, Whatever It Takes doesn't have it. Not a hint”

- Mark Burger

Whatever It Takes

A modern update of “Cyrano de Bergerac” in which two high school students (Shane West, James Franco) help each other land the girls of their dreams (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Marla Sokoloff). Christine Lakin, Aaron Paul, Colin Hanks, Vanessa Lee Evigan, Manu Intiraymi, Rachel Kaber, Shyla Marlin, Julia Sweeney. Director: David Raynr (2000, PG-13)

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