Boys and Girls (2000)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Jun 16, 2000

Running Time: 94 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Freddie Prinze, Jr, Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Monica Arnold, Heather Donahue, Amanda Detmer, Alyson Hannigan, Lisa Eichhorn, Raquel Beaudene, Brendon Ryan Barrett

director: Robert Iscove

Boys and Girls

Ryan is a Berkeley engineering major and Jennifer is a wild, free spirit who has been his platonic best friend since age twelve. The only thing that can rupture this bond is sex, although neither can admit to feelings for the another.

Teendom's favorite cutie, Freddie Prinze Jr., takes his romantic angst to college.

Story

Ryan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Jennifer (Claire Forlani) first met on a plane when they were 12. He's terrified of planes, she promptly tells him about her first period, so it's granted that they don't exactly click. Fast-forward to high school, where they bump into each other again. Now he's the school mascot, she's the homecoming queen. No sparks. Fast forward to college, where he's the geeky engineering…