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Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls

Warning: Sex Changes Everything

20005.91h 34m

Overview

Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they meet in college, the uptight Ryan and the free-spirited Jennifer find that their differences bind them together and a rare friendship develops.

Directed by Robert Iscove
Written by Andrew Miller, Andrew Lowery
Produced by Lee Gottsegen, Jay Cohen, Murray Schisgal
Box OfficeBudget: $16.0MRevenue: $20.6M

Top Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Ryan Walker

Claire Forlani

Claire Forlani

Jennifer Burrows

Jason Biggs

Jason Biggs

Hunter / Steve

Amanda Detmer

Amanda Detmer

Amy

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan

Betty

Brendon Ryan Barrett

Brendon Ryan Barrett

Young Ryan Walker

Gay Thomas Wilson

Gay Thomas Wilson

N.Y. Flight Attendant

Raquel Beaudene

Raquel Beaudene

Young Jennifer Burrows

D

David Smigelski

Homecoming King

Blake Shields

Blake Shields

Homecoming Knight

Themes & Keywords

friendshipnew lovesoulmatescollegeplatonic lovegirlfriendloversmodel studentmotherly loveuniversityrelationship

About Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2000 exploring themes of friendship, new love, soulmates, college, platonic love, girlfriend. Directed by Robert Iscove, it stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs. Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they meet in college, the uptight Ryan and the free-spirited Jennifer find that their differences bind them together and a rare friendship develops.

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