Sydney White

I don’t mind going to movies by myself. I don’t even mind going to a movie where the theater is full of pre-pubescent girls and their mothers, which is what happened when I went to see “Sydney White.” In this retelling of the Snow White tale, there’s seven geeks instead of seven dwarfs, an online popularity poll instead of a magic looking glass, a witchy sorority president instead of the evil queen and a handsome young man by the name of Tyler Prince. Amanda Bynes (most recently a co-star in “Hairspray”) plays Sydney White with sincerity and on-spot comedic timing. If you like happily ever after fairy tales, with no pretensions of being realistic, then you’ll enjoy “Sydney White.” But you might want to take a 10-year old with you. (9/21/07)