In his feature film directorial debut, Joel Gallen spoofs the ever-popular teen genre. The students of John Hughes High School live the plot lines of numerous teen flicks, including SHE'S ALL THAT, AMERICAN PIE, TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, VARSITY BLUES, and SIXTEEN CANDLES, to name just a few. The most popular boy, Jake Wyler .. Read more
| Starring | Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Randy Quaid, Paul Gleason |
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| Director | Joel Gallen |
| Genres | Comedy |
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In his feature film directorial debut, Joel Gallen spoofs the ever-popular teen genre. The students of John Hughes High School live the plot lines of numerous teen flicks, including SHE'S ALL THAT, AMERICAN PIE, TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, VARSITY BLUES, and SIXTEEN CANDLES, to name just a few. The most popular boy, Jake Wyler (Chris Evans) has bet his friends that he can make Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh)--the poor, smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks--prom queen. Meanwhile, her little brother is in pursuit of the most beautiful girl he's ever seen when he's not getting into trouble with his geeky friends. Of course, a teen movie wouldn't be complete without a mean-spirited cheerleading captain, a lovestruck best friend, and a foreign exchange student, all of whom have prominent roles in the film. Throw in a few guest appearances from familiar faces from some of the best-known teen movies of the 1980s, along with remakes of songs from the same films--and even some word-for-word dialogue--and you have an amusing walk down memory lane for anyone who has a soft spot for THE BREAKFAST CLUB, CRUEL INTENTIONS, and PRETTY IN PINK.
| Starring | Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Randy Quaid, Paul Gleason, Chris Evans, Ron Lester, Lacey Chabert, Sam Huntington, Chyler Leigh, Cody McMains |
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| Director | Joel Gallen |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 13 Jan 2003 |
Competing strongly for the title of the year's most puerile and vulgar film, Not Another Teen Movie makes a bottom-of-the-barrel rehash such as Scary Movie 2 look like an Oscar-worthy masterpiece. A lame combination of She's All That and Pretty in Pink, in which a popular teen makes a bet he can get the plainest girl to attend the prom with him, this pathetic excuse for humour reinforces every possible negative social stereotype. However, it's not just the usual tedious targets of overweight kids and bespectacled girls that we're encouraged to mock. Outdoing even the Farrelly brothers' gross-out antics, former MTV producer and first-time director Joel Gallen throws incest, aneurysms and an avalanche of human waste into the tasteless equation. Of course, as the title suggests, this is all supposed to be very clever and ironic. In truth, there's nothing of intelligence here, only a flaccid mess that should never have been made.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Dumb!
Just repeat again:Dumb!
[Highly rated reviewer]
Good, fun spoof film
If you like the Scary Movie series, Airplane, or Hot Shots type films, you'll enjoy this film. Full of humour and taking real life that one step further out... read more »
unsuitable for adults
Teenage daughter liked it. I didn't see it.
Customer Review
There are references to all the great movies in this film. Admittedly the plot is (very) loosely based on Cruel Intentions, butr there are homages to almos ... read more »
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