Just One of the Guys

Joyce Hyser, affecting a lower register, a short haircut, and a subtle swagger, is not totally convincing as a boy because she's too pretty and too chic.

The film is a bit too fashion conscious to make a very strong point about appearances not meaning anything.

This film offers potential to address head-on the considerable differences between transgender identities and Terry’s gender disguise.

A sassy, funny beginning for the summer film season.

...an exceedingly erratic yet mostly agreeable comedy...

Just One of the Guys is a charming and wild 1980s teen comedy anchored by Joyce Hyser's charismatic and unexpectedly committed performance.

Most of the male-female situations Terry finds herself in are played for laughs, and the film eventually sinks into an all too typical conclusion, but the observations regarding the nature of sexuality are interesting and well handled.

Innocuously likable little mini-Tootsie.