A vain self absorbed rich high school student (Alex Pettyfer) is turned into an ugly duckling by a teenage witch (played badly by Mary-Kate Olsen.)
A good basic plot, with juvenile writing that tries too hard to be trendy, and a story that moves along far to quickly in an attempt to get the whole thing into 80’some minutes.
Alex Pettyfer’s British accent comes out numerous times in the first part of the movie, which he seems to get a grip on later in production.
The intent of the curse was to make Kyle ugly, yet that isn’t what happened. They obviously thought it would not be appreciated by young people if they actually made him unattractive. So instead he looks like a good looking guy that has intentionally self mutilated himself with odd piercing, custom tattoos, artistic cuts and shaving his head. The only ugly makeup they put on him was a couple of blisters by his nose.
This should have been a far better movie. It comes across as an after-school special with the only interest in conveying a moral learning experience to teens with a short attention span.
6/10
