This is a wonderful, very funny movie.
Remember the Horror that was high school. Imagine being asked to go back there. Would you? No way.
This is also the initial reaction of Josie (Drew Barrymore) who plays a reporter assigned to go under cover to high school. Eventually convinced by the argument that this would give her a chance to change history and reinvent herself, Josie takes the job. After a make-over, she is launched on an unsuspecting high school.
The social groups are pretty much as she remembered, and, to get her story, Josie is required to gain egress to the popular crowd, with the main hindrance being that she is a dag. In order to change their perception of her, Josie enlists the help of her brother, the eternally cool David Arquette.
This film surpasses the normal high school drama because of the different levels of perception that the main character brings -- imagine having to talk like Buffy the Vampire Slayer all day so as not to blow your cover. It also includes some great physical comedy (look for Josie's reactions to the hash cookies and the sight or her in some of the High School fashions).

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer, much to the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
This is the movie of the play by Oscar Wilde. I am a big fan of Wilde's work and was a bit wary of this film, as I have seen lesser works destroyed by Hollywood. I was impressed that they were able to produce a very enjoyable film that uses Wilde's wit and humour wonderfully. The theme in this movie is how easily a reputation can be destroyed and how a friend can often help. This is played perfectly, with all of the actors giving great performances and the sets and costumes working like a charm. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and was glad that Wilde's work could be put across well to an audience that may not have had an opportunity to appreciate it otherwise.