lisamarita I screened this movie first to make sure there wouldn't be any nasty surprises when I watch it with my girls (11 and 13). Usually when I do this I speed through -- this one I actually watched, and laughed. Which is what compelled me to write a review.For parents looking for a fun family film with a nice message that's still relevant and interesting for teens, this is it. It's amusing to find the Snow White elements sprinkled throughout, too.Suspend your disbelief and just enjoy it together. Anyone struggling with middle-school cliques and kids struggling to "Fit In" can take heart from this one.

Jacin Harter Cco This one's the nail in the glass coffin for my Snow White series; and like college, it seems so much better when it's over.One thing I've learned in this short series is that the villain is so often more interesting than the hero. The hero's good motivations are assumed, but the villains must be intriguing and explored. That's why we loved Heath Ledger's Joker.In "Sydney White", neither the hero, Amanda Bynes, nor the villain, Sara Paxton are interesting at all. Paxton fulfills (quite perfectly, actually) every high school/college bitch stereotype. Bynes bounces about like a Pollyanna chipmunk with more fake-tan than "Jersey Shore". She was much better as Cindy Lou Who in "Hairspray".This movie has a strange comedy pace. Over-all its a regurgitated college story, but then like every 5 min there'll be something adorably goofy that makes you keep watching.Look out for: a super shitty soundtrack poisoned apple computer lame first kiss two well placed hi hosThe working title, "Sydney White and the Seven Dorks" should have stayed.I recommend just making out through this one.

copperncherrio Not the most logical of movies, but in this one I didn't hate Amanda Byne's character. Is it perhaps, she's not annoying and manipulative or bloaty faced, whinny personality. Here, she's actually a less direct character, and quite likable. I'm not sure how I feel about her being a brunette, but good news it isn't bad. Sydney White is a modern play on Snow White, except instead of an evil step mother, Sydney deals with an evil sorority head, who gets mad at Sydney for slowly rising on Myspace's Hot or Not page as well as catching the attention of her ex- boyfriend.It's pretty much the same plot as Accepted and The House Bunny, except there are seven "dwarves," or fairy tale overlaps. It's Revenge of the Nerds all over again, where nerds/dorks/geeks take over the campus from the frat and sororities, blah, blah, blah the little people.It's a good time killer and something to watch but not have to fully pay attention to while doing some crafts.Some parts I was like, really? really? Kissing her while she's asleep at the library so she doesn't miss her big moment? Getting a virus on her Mac and therefore calling it a poison apple. It's a bit much. You don't need Snow White as your main premise… but I guess if the name of you film is Sydney White, there are some obligations.

jotix100 Sydney White, a girl from a working class family, goes to the same college where her late mother graduated, something that makes her a legacy candidate for the Kappa sorority. Little does Sydney realize what awaits her when she makes an enemy of the powerful president of the student body, and the Kappas, Rachel Witchburn. It becomes apparently that the mean spirited Rachel does not like competition and she will make anything in her power to make life impossible for Sydney.As Sydney is rejected from joining the Kappas, she finds refuge at the Vortex, the dilapidated fraternity house that seven young geek types call home. Sydney is a good influence for the guys because she transforms their outlook, as well as give them the necessary tools to overcome their natural shyness and lack of social graces."Sydney White" is a composite of a film in which elements from other movies on the subject has been explored. Joe Nussbaum's direction of the screenplay by Chad Gomez Creasey does not bring anything new one has not already seen. The idea of going to college to learn seems secondary to most students according to Hollywood. The idea that the dork types are losers, while the failing students are cool, perpetuates a myth that is just not so. In the end, the geeks will be employing most of the cool guys who never learned anything in college at minimum wages.The peppy Amanda Bynes is seen in the title role of Sydney. Sarah Paxton, is Rachel Witchburn in all her blondness. Matt Long plays Tyler.