Touchstone's "The Hot Chick" stars Rob Schneider as a teenage beauty stuck in the body of a petty criminal. A better date movie than "Gangs of New York," if nothing else, "Chick" has strong appeal for girls and young women despite the potential turnoff of the title. The directorial debut of Tom Brady, who co-wrote with Schneider the equally zany "The Animal," and produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison production company, "Chick" is several degrees shy of the gross-out contests one expects from current teen fare.

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