The Hot Chick

"Hot Chick" redirects here. For the Uffie song, see Hot Chick (song).
The Hot Chick
A man with his hair wrapped in a white towel, green facial cream covering his face, and holding two cucumber slices in his hands over his nipples.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Brady
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTim Suhrstedt
Edited byPeck Prior
Music byJohn Debney
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • December 13, 2002 (2002-12-13) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$34 million
Box office$54.6 million[1]

The Hot Chick is a 2002 American fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Brady, from a screenplay by Brady and Rob Schneider, and starring Schneider, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, and Rachel McAdams in her film debut. The film follows Jessica Spencer (McAdams), a mean-spirited cheerleader who switches bodies with incompetent criminal Clive Maxtone (Schneider). When Jessica discovers that the switch was caused by a pair of enchanted earrings she had stolen, one of which accidentally ended up in Clive's possession, she enlists the help of her friends to get the earrings back together before the switch becomes permanent.

Adam Sandler served as executive producer and made an uncredited cameo as the Mambuza Bongo Player, a character based on one played by Schneider on Saturday Night Live. Principal photography began in March 2002 in Los Angeles and concluded in May.

The Hot Chick was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2002, and was a moderate box office success, grossing $54.6 million against its $34 million budget.[1] Despite this, the film received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the jokes and Schneider's performance.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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  2. ^ "The Hot Chick". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "The Hot Chick". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "HOT CHICK, THE (2002) B+". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20.
  5. ^ Ebert, Roger (December 13, 2002). "The Hot Chick movie review & film summary (2002)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. ^ Ebert, Roger (August 11, 2005). "Ebert's Most Hated". Chicago Sun Times. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  7. ^ Harvey, Dennis (December 7, 2002). "The Hot Chick". Variety.