Not Approved
Whatever It Takes
High school senior Ryan Woodman (Shane West) has a massive crush on Ashley Grant (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe), the most bodacious girl on campus. Ryan, however, is persona non grata among the popular set and hardly worthy of Ashley’s attention. Enter Chris (James Franco) resident babe magnet, who’s pining to no avail after Ryan’s best friend Maggie (Marla Sokoloff), a girl with beauty, brains and a big heart.
Chris and Ryan go to outrageous lengths as they hatch a plan, which, if successful, will land them both with the right girl – or so they think.
Weaving a web of fake e-mails, plotted phone calls, contrived double dates and mistaken identities, Ryan helps Chris hide his dumb-jock personality under a façade of fake sensitivity, and soon Maggie is smitten. At the same time, Chris convinces Ashley that Ryan is the new cool kid in school and worth a second look. But messing with fate just ends up messing everything up, and in this tale of mismatched love, Ryan discovers that being yourself is always the best scheme, and that sometimes the love of your life is the girl next door – your best friend.