CLOWNFISH

Finished this script by Matthew Robinson.

A government experiment is accidentally unleashed and a vaporish substance turns women into men and men into women.  Our lead is turned into a woman and must figure out what's going on before he is captured by the government and made to disappear.

Here's the rule of thumb:  If your pitch isn't catchy, chances are your story isn't either.  Robinson proves this with CLOWNFISH.  What's the point of his script?  At least in TOOTSIE, the lead learned how to be a better man when he was forced to act like a woman.  That story had substance.  CLOWNFISH doesn't have anything.

We get Jess, a senator's daughter, who's transformed into a guy.  Turns out, she likes her newfound strength and she likes eating junk food.  So what?  This is what she learns by being a guy?  Every point Robinson makes is superficial. 

The only scene that comes close to meaning anything is when Jess (now a guy) acts as Jake's wingman and shows him what girls want to hear.  In this scene, the characters gain an understanding of the opposite sex.  The script is in dire need of more material like that.

A big pass on the writer as well as the script.