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All I Wanna Do

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"Strike!" [All I wanna do](1998) has had a hard life, but is a good teen comedy about a girl's school from the perspective of fairly sophisticated girls and deserves a larger audience. The original title for this film was "The Hairy Bird." Miramax purchased distribution rights, changed the name to "Strike!," failed to advertise it, and then gave it a very short run in a limited U.S. release before moving on to other countries. The movie, under the new but equally unhelpful title "All I wanna do," was rereleased this year in New York and went on sale last week as a new DVD.

The story follows students combating a threatened merger with a boy's school. What makes it worthwhile is the principal cast (Lyn Redgrave, Kirsten Dunst, Rachel Leigh Cook, Gaby Hoffman), some of the dialogue, and the point of view. Sarah Kernochan received full support from her team of actresses for a warm heartfelt comedy about smart independent women keeping control over their own lives. Insofar as she kept to the conversations between the girls and the headmistress, it all rang true. The portrayal of teenage male townies in the film, however, is excruciatingly bad, and Kernochan made Redgrave's headmistress too ineffectual for my taste. Excepting these two elements, it all worked well. "All I wanna do" offers a unique comic take on women who make their own way in the world and don't take compromise for granted.

It appears a re-branding of the movie has taken out a select few scenes from the original, overall still a great classic and makes me think I shouldn't've been watching this movie at age 9.

This movie was absolutley hilarious! It's about a girl named Oddie, who decides to loose her virginity with her boyfriend Dennis. Her parents find out and send her to Mrs. Goddards girl school. At first, Oddie would rather be anywhere than where she is but then she starts to realize that her new friends Tweety, Verena, and a few others, are more like her than she thought. She joins the Daughters of the American Ravioli club. As for Rachael Leigh Cook, she plays a very shall we say tattle-tale girl named Abby.Then, Abby's mother announes that the school is thinking about going coed with a boy school. They're throwing a party with the boys school, and if everything goes right the schools will go coed. So, the club gets together and plans a way to make everything go wrong. Verena is supposed to get paired up with a guy named Frost, untill Abby changes the list that is. Poor Abby has a terrible night, what with Verena picking on her, but oh well, we know she'll be just fine. Verena lures Mr. Frost into Abby's room and drugs him to make it look like Abby was sleeping with him. But instead, Verena starts making out with him and gets caught by Abby. After that disaster the board is still voting coed. But Oddie gets all of the girls to lock themselves in the school until the board decides to change their mind. In the end Abby Displays an enourmous amount of courage and stands up against her mom, who is on the board. Good Shoe.

This is one of the best "chick flicks" of all time! It's about woman power and a great flick for any teen 16+. "Up your ziggy with a wawa brush!"

As already noted, I was shocked by how quickly the DVD arrived in the mail (2-3 days), especially considering that the post office was on strike at the time. It arrived just as advertised, brand new, and played with no problems. Thank you again, Amazon marketplace!

i first saw this movie when i was in grade seven, i'm now 22 and still LOVE this movie. it is witty and shows that girls can be cute and have brains too! my little sister just turned 15 and i have gotten her hooked on it now as well. i wish i could find the version that i used to own on VHS though, it was by the title "Strike" and it had parts in it that this American version is missing. buy it, you wont be disappointed!

Strike! has to be one of my all time favorite movies! It has everything! It's just an all around great movie! You won't regret seeing or buying this wonderful movie!

This movie ROX!!! I'm only 13 and when I watched this movie I fell in love with the cast. And the story line, as well. "All I Wanna Do" is a movie that mothers will love almost as much as their teen-age daughters will!!!!!! A MILLION STARS!!!!!!!

This movie had alot of test names before choosing all i wanna do it was the hairy bird and strike. but they finally got it with all i wanna do.
I love this movie I rented it and it is a great film. I just recently brought it, it's a steal for under ten bucks. But it's worth it . The movie is about a new student who is sent to a all girls boarding school. she then makes buds with the outsiders of the school. There lives are wonderful till they overhear that the neighboring boys school might merge with there school. against it they fight for there school to stay the same. This movie has an array of now popular or aclaimed actresses and actors. Krsiten Dunst(bring it on, spider man) Monica Keena(crime+punishment in suburia, ripe)Heather Matarazzo (the princess diaries,the women)rachael leigh cook(she's all that) Vincent Kartheiser( another day in paradise,crime+punishment in suburia),lynn redgrave.
this is a superb movie. I advise anyone who just love a good movie to get this one i give it *****5 stars and two thumbs up!

All I wanna Do is my all time favorite movie. This movie stands up for girls and mixes it with a little humor. I can't see why anyone wouldn't like it. Even parents because it teaches you some real good values. Hope you enjoy this as much as i have.