Hayley wakes up in time to wish on a star. Unfortunately, that night, they fall asleep early. The sisters’ plans work, and they both decide to switch back. He tells her he loves her, and Hayley (as Alexia) dismisses him, as she knows she will never be with him. Kyle starts to appreciate Alexia's new approach to life, wearing less makeup and caring less about clothes. Hayley's task (in Alexia's body) is to convince her teachers that Alexia is not an "airhead," and Alexia (in Hayley's body) is to show Hayley how easily she can get a guy. While spending an evening outside searching for a shooting star to make their wish to switch back, they decide to spend one more day as each other. Eventually, as Hayley and Alexia each become accustomed to the other's life, they begin to relate to one another better, and the swap eventually brings them closer as sisters. Alexia (as Hayley) dances on a table in the cafeteria miming explicit rock songs and Hayley (as Alexia) roughly grabs and makes out with Kyle in retaliation. Hayley (in Alexia's body) wears the same outfit that she had worn the day before, and Alexia (in Hayley's body) goes to school dressed up as a dominatrix. They each spend the next day purposely sabotaging each other's lives.
Alexia gets upset when she sees a hickey on her old body. Meanwhile, Hayley (as Alexia) apologizes to Kyle after learning that Alexia had broken up with him the previous night, and they make out.īy the end of their first day, the sisters realize they may be stuck in their altered states. To get out of taking a test, Alexia faints and is taken home from school by their mother. She learns that Alexia has been planning to break up with Kyle due to her friends' self-imposed rules. However, their experience sours: as Alexia, Hayley discovers how poorly Alexia's friends treat the unpopular kids at school, including her best friend Caitlin. Hayley takes responsibility for the swap, mentioning her wish.ĭiscovering they are unable to swap back, Hayley is content to fill her sister's role for the day, as she can now experience the glamour of Alexia's life firsthand. The next morning, the sisters each awaken to find themselves in each other's bodies. When Hayley sees a shooting star, she wishes to become her sister Alexia, then turns to see Alexia also watching the sky. One night, Hayley is seen outside studying the night sky for her science class while Alexia is relaxing in the outdoor hot tub with Kyle. Hayley has a crush on her sister's boyfriend, Kyle, and envies her when she sees them making out. The sisters do not get along Hayley resents her reliance on Alexia, who is frequently late for a ride to school, and Alexia prefers not to be seen with her less-than- cool younger sister.
In contrast, her fifteen-year-old sister Hayley ( Danielle Harris) is socially reserved and admires her older sister's popularity from a distance, while excelling in science and mathematics. Eighteen-year-old Alexia ( Katherine Heigl) is popular, stylish, has a jock boyfriend, Kyle (Don Jeffcoat), and puts no effort into schoolwork.
The main performances aren't bad (though nearly all supporting roles are forgettable), the messages are ultimately positive, but parents may feel a little bit uncomfortable with the frequent literal zoning in on Heigl at the expense of more substance.Alexia and Hayley Wheaton are portrayed as sisters who live in the same house and attend the same high school. Unfortunately, it falls a bit into stereotypes about being smart versus being popular or fashionable, and because the camera spends so much time literally panning Heigl's body in mini-skirts, and because her looks, and the affections of her boyfriend and dressing in a risque way becomes such a routine part of the plot (which involves a lot of kissing, some welcomed catcalls, and a striptease-style dance), it moves the material into a more mature zone. Here, Heigl and Harrison have good chemistry, and having them both long for the same boyfriend and ultimately forced to appreciate each other's strengths and weaknesses makes for some nice insights into sibling rivalry and grass-is-greener thinking about other's lives. What would happen if you could trade places with someone with a better life than you, even for a few days? Movies like Big, 13 Going on 30, and Freaky Friday all trafficked in the same what-if scenario to better results, but Wish Upon a Star is not entirely without its charms. WISH UPON A STAR works an appealing but somewhat overdone premise.
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