In a high school in Los Angeles , Renee Boggs ( Rachael Leigh Cook ) is definitely not a popular model. Renee lost her mother when she was young, and was dependent on her father ( Kevin ) and her young brother ( Kieran Culkin ) , who was a mechanic, and her childhood life that was supposed to be happy and carefree was replaced by housework and part-time work, making her an idler. Mo Jin, maverick style. She is a talented girl with a lot of artistic talent, but she is a freak who prefers alternative themes, and she often participates in niche performance art troupes. And her non-mainstream dress is like someone from another world, and she will never attract the attention of others. Destined to be a lonely person in the eyes of her classmates, her destiny changed because of an event before graduation.
Born into a family home, the fourth group of the year honors achievement, school football team captain and star of the President of the student union of Zach Siler ( small Freddie Prinze Jr. ornaments) is the idol of all the students, but for all Girl's dream girl. But his sexy girlfriend-arrogant and superficialTyler ( Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ), after returning from a trip to Florida, the State of the USA Spring holidays , throws him away and throws him into the arms of an outdated reality show ruffian actor (played by Matthew Lillard ). After the incident spread, in order to save his reputation as a prince on campus, Zac pretended not to care about the breakup, claiming that Taylor had borrowed his popularity to become the most popular girl, and he and hisDean ( played by Paul Walker ) bet; wager : He can make any girl randomly selected by the school into a recognized school flower within six weeks, and let her win the title of Queen Prom . Dean, who intended to make Zach a fool, immediately chose the weird and earthy Renee, who was known as "frightening and inaccessible", and Zach had to bite the bullet and accept this somewhat tricky "task."
Consider themselves passionate fire of Zach thought by virtue of their charm any girl can easily taking a dip, but he greatly underestimated Renee, come eat a cold shoulder. When she was unable to do anything, Renee's only best friend ( Elden Ryan Ratliff ) reached out to help, allowing Zac to take advantage of Renee's opportunity to perform in the troupe and show her potential and "interest" in performance art. In the theater, Renee, who has no affection for Zach, deliberately made him embarrassed and deliberately arranged for the troupe to call him on stage. The unsuspecting Zac reacted accordingly and performed a set of "punch bag kicking " performances that won everyone's praise. At the same time, Renee was admired by him, and the two began to interact. As she learned more about Renee, Zach gradually discovered that what she was hiding under the appearance of The Ugly Duckling was actually her beauty and unconventional character. The interaction with Zac also made Renee gradually open her heart to others.
In order not to let Renee use the excuse of "housework" to refuse to attend a friend's home party, Zach used his authority to drive the school football team's substitute to help her clean the room, and encouraged his sister ( Anna Helene Paquin ) to come forward and improve her. shape. With the help of Zac’s sister, Renee changed her makeup into La Belle , who surprised the audience , but it attracted Taylor’s jealousy and hostility. At the same time, Renee's popularity in the school has also increased day by day, and she was nominated as a dark horse candidate for Queen Prom. Unknowingly, Zach gradually moved and truly fell in love with the girl, but the previous bet made him feel ashamed in front of Renee, and he did not dare to take a step in the thunder pool.
However, Dean, who was privately jealous of Zac, would not sit back and watch. He deliberately revealed the details of the bet in front of Renee. Renee, who felt the betrayal and deceit, left in anger. Zac had a hard time arguing, so he had to let his sister go to the dinner party as a partner on the night of the prom. Taylor, who had just been dumped by the ruffian, also took the opportunity to show that she and Zach had recovered so as to draw more votes. The unruly Dean pretended to be a good person and invited Renee to be his prom partner. Renee, who was already discouraged, reluctantly agreed to go with her father's persuasion. In the election of Queen Prom, Renee lost to Tyler by a narrow margin. Dean took the opportunity to take her away with the intention of tricking her into the hotel to open a room. But Renee, who had always been very vigilant, quickly noticed and got away, ran home and ran into Zach who was chasing him out, and after he confessed and confessed his sincerity, the two of them reconciled.
Although Zach lost the bet, he got true love. but, He must run naked at the graduation ceremony.
