Model Behavior is a 2000 television movie that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. The film starred Maggie Lawson and was directed by Mark Rosman. The film also stars Justin Timberlake and co-stars Kathie Lee Gifford. It is based on the book by Michael Levin Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine.

Summary[link]

Alex Burroughs is a shy, insecure girl who, while helping her father with his catering business at a party, meets Janine Adams, the teen model of the time.

Meanwhile, Janine is fed up with her mother Deirdre not being home when she has her first book signing, because her little brother Max is going on a publicity tour. Through a strange coincidence the two girls realize they look so much alike that they decide to swap places for a while. Alex gets to date Jason Sharp (Justin Timberlake), a young and gorgeous, but also sweet, model. However, she has to deal with Janine's domineering mother, Deirdre (Kathie Lee Gifford).

When they start their new life, they both end up with dates for Saturday. Even though they were supposed to change back Friday, they call each other up and extend the date. Janine warns Alex to stay away from Jason because she believes that he is using her for the attention. Meanwhile, Alex warns Janine to stay away from Eric Singer. Alex's little brother Josh tries to reveal her "Janine" secret. Towards the end when Alex wants to tell Jason that she is not Janine, but she is seen by Eric and he thinks she's cheating on him. Jason walks off on her as well. So Janine and Alex swap back the next morning. Alex is grounded but she goes to the ball and so does Janine, disguising herself as Alex. After both families show up, everyone finds out their secret. The two are able to convince their families to not be so hard on them and Eric leaves the most popular girl in school, Mindy to be with Janine. Jason shows up having seen Josh's tape which Alex sent to him to show him the truth and dances with her after the revelation making her popular.

Cast[link]

• Maggie Lawson .... Alex Burroughs & Janine Adams
• Justin Timberlake .... Jason Sharpe
• Daniel Clark .... Josh Burroughs
• Jim Abele .... Ted Burroughs
• Karen Hines .... Monique
• Jesse Nilsson .... Eric Singer
• Cody Gifford .... Max Adams
• Kathie Lee Gifford .... Deirdre Adams
• Vendela Kirsebom .... Herself
• Jake Steinfeld .... Himself
• Lisa Ng ...Sharon
• Ramona Pringle .... Mindy Kaylis
• Ann Turnbull .... Mrs. Burrough

Crew[link]

• Directed by Mark Rosman
• Writing credits
  • Michael Levin - Janine & Alex, Alex & Janine book
  • Matt Roshkow - teleplay
• Produced by
  • Jack Brodsky - co-producer
  • Mike Carz - executive producer

Soundtrack[link]

• "Here We Go" sung by *NSYNC (JC Chasez And Justin Timberlake)
• "Hello World" Performed by Belle Perez
• "Walking on Sunshine" Performed by Katrina & the Waves
• "Power to the Meek" Performed by Eurythmics
• "Let That Be Enough" Performed by Switchfoot
• "If You Wanna Dance" Performed by Nobody's Angel
• "Ooh La La La" Performed by Nobody's Angel
• "Wishing On You" Performed by Nobody's Angel
• "I Can't Help Myself" Performed by Nobody's Angel

Notes[link]

• From 2007 to the beginning of 2009, whenever the movie aired on the Disney Channel, commercials for it always mentioned Timberlake as "'N Sync's Justin Timberlake" despite the fact that the band broke up in 2002.

External links[link]

• Model Behavior at the Internet Movie Database