Others were more critical of the film and its screenplay. Kirk Honeycutt of "The Hollywood Reporter" described the film as "predictable, cutesy and surprisingly short on genuine humor" but "still gets by thanks to the magnetic presence of Witherspoon." Michael O'Sullivan of "The Washington Post" called the movie a ""Clueless" redux but without the edgy, knowing wit." Jessica Winter of "The Village Voice" panned the film as a "junk-food movie striving to be nutritious." "It's one of your racier Be Yourself after-school specials crossed with "Who Moved My Cheese?" for Cosmo girls," Winter asserted.