nerdomatic10-937-667230 I'm just a tired old man, but I love Tyra Banks, so I watched "Life-Size" a few times when it was in rotation on the Disney Channel back in 2000. It's a very sweet-natured, well-made, deftly-acted fantasy with some startling cast choices. I'm a long-time sap for sentimentality and I loved this flick.The aforementioned Tyra is probably a crazy, conceited, difficult witch in real life, but here she plays an absolutely adorable, appealing, luminous character. Supermodels make a living by already fulfilling that illusion of portraying dolls come to life, so it could very well be that this is not such a terrible stretch for Miss Tyra. It's a nice touch that the Barbie clone "Eve" is played by a black woman, but with no attention called to her race. Tyra just cruises comfortably through her role, and she's funny and touching and sad in all the right places. She's Miss Perfect, with all her many careers and beautiful outfits and makeup. The humor comes in when she discovers that all her make-believe skills are non-existent in reality, but she determinedly soldiers on anyway. "Policewoman Eve" leaps in front of a speeding truck to save a fallen Lindsay Lohan, but it's pure luck that the driver has excellent brakes. "Homemaker Eve" just makes a terrible mess of the kitchen instead of whipping up a delicious meal. "Secretary Eve" looks fantastic in a business suit and a bun, but she can't type or operate office machinery. And so on.The other casting surprise is a very young Lindsay Lohan. She's about 13 or 14 here, and shows no signs of the horrible future that awaits her. She plays her part skillfully, and is impressive as a young girl who's understandably upset by her mother's death and her father's inability to supply the attention she wants and needs. The rest of the cast is likewise superb, and all the acting neatly fits into the light-hearted tone of this flick.Now, to the present. Tyra recently tweeted that a sequel is in the planning stages, and might be made later this year. I hope so, and I will definitely watch it if everything works out. Tyra herself will be right on the money. At 40, she doesn't look all that different from 26 or 27, and will easily make an awesome Eve. The other actors can still fit in just fine if the story includes a passage of time aspect. I highly doubt that Disney will hire Lindsay Lohan this time around. She has become way too unreliable and erratic, and might ruin the whole project. Another mid-20's actress could play Casey quite well without all the off-screen headaches. Anyway, the original "Life-Size" is a fun little movie that Disney has expertly aimed at children, but adults will also find plenty to entertain them if they just relax and let it carry them back to their own childhood for a couple hours.

Cutelizzy Lindsay Lohan was cute as a kid and as a teen, but personally, I didn't think she was that good. As she grew up, I think she became a better actress. Life-Size is probably above average. I used to hate it and think it was really lame, bad plot, blah, blah, blah, but after reading all the comments on the first page, it really got me thinking. The plot IS original yet simple. Tyra Banks DID do a fantastic job as Eve. The movie WAS pretty funny. Now I've realized that the movie was good and the actors all did a good job.

bob the moo Still hurting from her mother's death, Casey Stuart attempts to use a resurrection spell to bring her back to life. But when her Dad's new girlfriend brings a doll for Casey and moves things around in her room it causes the spell to be enacted on the doll instead. When Casey wakes up the next day she finds that Eve has become flesh and is worried that her father will find out and get her into trouble (although one would have thought that she would have been gutted by the fact that the spell worked and would have brought her mother back to life). Can she keep the whole thing a secret long enough to put things right?Aimed at the female pre-teen market, this film will likely miss even them as an audience because it isn't that good. It's not just that the plot is silly, it's more that it is all so basic and lazy. With a very simple plot, its left to Eve's "fish out of water" stuff to carry the majority of the film, sadly she is a terrible character and the laughs never come. Without these she is left standing as a rather unlikable airhead who only wants to party and shop, expects things to come easily to her and looks down on others from a pulpit of catchphrase ethics – in other words, the most annoying middle-class American teenager you could hope to meet. This annoying personae stops anything else moving forward – her relationship with Casey, with Casey's Dad and any interest that might have come from her Buzz Lightyear style revelations.The acting doesn't help. Personally I think Tyra Banks is gorgeous but a bit too perfect to be attractive, but I would have happily pushed her down stairs if I had to watch much more of her heartless delivery of platitudes and slogans. I get it that she is a doll, but she didn't have to play it as stiff and plastic as she did – not having any natural talent for comedy probably doesn't help either. By contrast Lohan is great – she is natural and quite engaging. Of course she is still a typical cute kid and a little bit grating but at least she has energy. Burns just seems bemused by the whole thing and sticks to the edges even when he is in scenes and nobody else in the support cast does anything or note.Overall this is a kids film but it still doesn't excuse how poor the character of Eve is. She loves shopping, dancing, smiling and regurgitating slogans in place of having her own opinion – maybe this does appeal to some sections of the audience but I personally never want to meet the ones that relate to Eve. This drags everything else down and leaves a basic and pointless film that will barely satisfy even the most spot-on target audience.

frostedpinkcupcake I would first like to start off my review for Life-Size by saying I love Lindsay Lohan. I know she has not done much in the light but this is her 2th movie role and I think she will soon become a great well known actress. I was impatiently awaiting for Life-Size to come out on video. I had seen the full trailer on this DVD I have many times as well as several TV spots. The movie to me looked like it was going to be great but with trailers lately you never really know what to think. So on Saturday evening it aired on TV.The film stars Lindsay Lohan as Casey, a girl unwittingly giving new meaning to the phrase "living doll" in this comic fantasy. After the death of her mother, 14-year-old Casey (Lindsay Lohan) is despondent. As she and her father Ben (Jere Burns) begin to drift apart, Casey finds a book of magic spells and tries to use one to bring her mother back to life. But the plan backfires, and instead she finds that she's animated Eve (Tyra Banks), a fashion-plate dress-up doll. Eve is excited to be both alive and nearly six feet tall, but she has a lot to learn about living in the real world -- and Casey isn't so sure she has the desire or the patience to teach her.Life-Size is a magical movie that all girls love!Starring the beautiful model Tyra Banks and Parent Trap's Lindsay Lohan. It is about a 14 year old girl Casey (Lohan)who is sad and lonely after the death of her mom at this point Casey would do anything to spend time with her mom and decides to steal a Spell Book in hopes it will bring her mother back instead it brings her Eve (Banks)Barbie doll to life! This happy accident changes Casey's life upside down.This is where the film really starts to get fun and Life-Size ensues… The acting in this film is very good. Lindsay Lohan played Casey perfectly. She nails the role on the head. Like I mentioned earlier I love Lindsay Lohan. She is a terrific singer and she can act. She is literally perfect in every role she has done so far. Even in her last film Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen which was one of my biggest disappointments of 2004. Her character Lola in that film was the only good thing about the film. The rest of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen was horrible, it had a rotten script, stupid jokes and an extreme lack of character development. That's why it was nice to see Lindsay Lohan in action in this good movie. As for her co-star Jere Burns who played Ben in the film was great. I liked his whole nice guy personality. I think we will be seeing him in a few more movies down the line. The supporting cast of Tyra Banks as the bimbo doll come to life in the film was also quite amusing and good in the film. The film's director Life-Size did a great job on this film. This was his kid's film but he has been a director of many TV shows and horror/thriller movies both of past and present. He did a great job with many of the different camera angles and chasing sequences. I feel the director really caught the emotion of all the characters in the film and you really cared about the characters especially Casey and Ben.The script as well is a pleasant. This film is a bit predictable but then again only 3 to 7 made-for-TV movies a year are original so you can't hate the film for that. Life-Size is a kid's romantic comedy, what do people want from it? There are only so many ideas you can use with a kid's romantic comedy. I personally think the movie is unique in several levels though. I have never seen a kid's romantic comedy about a girl who takes a steals a book, without a mother and plans to revive her and ends up turning the doll she got from an employee at her dad's office for a birthday present. That is quite original. I also thought there were several other scenes in the film which were unique to only this film. I also thought the dialog in the film was great and the ending was good without getting to sappy. The script overall was very good just like everything else about the film.So in conclusion, I loved Life-Size. Sure it is not one of the critically acclaimed year's best made-for-TV films but it's a fun and enjoyable film which I could probably watch over and over again several times. It was a pleasure to watch the film for its 2 hour running time. The film like I said above is a bit predictable but so what when you have some originality, strong performances, and a beautiful and talented leading lady like Lindsay Lohan it's very hard to go wrong. This movie is my third favorite Lindsay Lohan film; The Parent Trap is still my favorite because I really feel for the characters and I can at times I can really relate to the film. And Freaky Friday was a fun and hilarious remake of a beloved classic. But Life-Size comes in right behind it in 3nd place. I want to rate this movie an 7/10 because it was very likable, had good performances, and was an all in all feel good film. See it if you like romantic comedies or well made made-for-TV teen/kid flicks. I know I will be seeing it again and possibly purchasing it. Too bad Mark Rosman's talents will be wasted directing the (probably) horrible films, A Cinderella Story and The Perfect Man, both starring the horrid actress Hilary Duff.