CassieNewton
I love how many actors I like where in this movie, so I just had to watch it through the end. I really like Mika Boorem >best actress out of the girls< (Dawson's Creek/Blue Crush/Carolina/The Patriot), Sam Huntington(Being Human), Sara Paxton (Summerland/The Beautiful Life/Aquamarine/Last House on the Left), Brie Larson (United States of Tara)and of course Summer Glau (Firefly/Angel/The Sarah Connor Chronicles/Dollhouse), who made a small cameo as ticket girl.The movie itself wasn't that impressive. I saw it on TV and recognized Sam Huntington, so I decided to give it a shot despite the bad rating, cuz it was fun to see Sam in his early twenties. There were a few scenes I enjoyed like the Spice Girls dance by the boys, scenes with Sam *obviously*, the mean girls eating near the garbage can, all the scenes with Julie's Dad, the crazy guy showing Sara Paxton's character his coma picture..that's about it. I agree with most reviewers that the movie was full of clichés like the dumb small-town cop, skinny mean blonde foes, etc.This Movie was supposed to be a romantic teen comedy for girls but surprisingly, all the humor in this movie comes from the guys: Sam Huntington (id I mention him before?^^), Julie's Dad, the 3 crazy boys and Steve Carrell as Officer Sherman.So if you like any of these actors, you might wanna check it out, but don't watch it looking for great entertainment..it's not.
fallgeek
This movie is downright terrible. Usually I like cheesy movies because they are so stupid and pointless that you can laugh at them, but this movie is just all-around awful. There are many reasons that this movie is bad, so I'll list them here: 1. The acting is very questionable; it's supposed to feature a good, talented cast, but the actors may as well be robots, as they're not putting any expression into their lines whatsoever. 2. All of the jokes that are supposed to be funny are just stupid. 3. The main character, Julie, is a complete selfish, self-centered snob- she complains to her parents about not getting a lock on her bedroom door, and that her mom treats her like a baby, and that her crush doesn't even know she exists-it makes you want to slap her across the face. 4. The film basically encourages bad behavior, what with the scavenger hunt and all, and the parents' reaction to Julie's sneaking out of the house is far too lenient-they don't punish her, but instead reward her with a lock for her bedroom door-if I did that, I'd be grounded for life!5. The fake emotion in this movie is overwhelming-the writers tried to throw in some emotional scenes that didn't fit to the script or the theme of the movie in the first place, and all of the actors failed to deliver them.6. The ending is so predictable it's ridiculous-my five-year-old sister could see it coming! Julie ends up with the guy of her dreams and her and her friends win the scavenger hunt and are skyrocketed into popularity-news flash: life isn't perfect!7. The movie is really shallow and pretty much implies that being popular and wearing designer clothes and dating the cutest boy in school are the most important things in life-it sends a bad message to young viewers.8. Lastly, the guy that the chubby character (Yancy) winds up with at the end of the film says that he has a one-night gig working at the bar/club the girls sneak into-for this to be true, he'd have to be at least 21 years of age. Which means that a 21-year-old man has fallen in love with a 14-year-old girl. Isn't there something wrong with that picture?This movie is awful for all of the reasons mentioned above, and is totally not worth the hour and half of your time that it takes up-take my advice: don't watch it.
emz_672
This was a really good film. It's basically about a group of friends on an all night scavenger hunt against their popular rivals. I know that some people think this is badly made with a rubbish cast, but I thought it was funny, girlie and perfect for a sleepover. If you haven't seen it i'd suggest it for anyone aged 11-15, mainly girls. Alexa Vega stars as Julie, and I think she does a great job. The parents are really cringey in this movie, too, they were hilarious! I gave this 9/10- the point was only lost because it does have a bit of that American cuteness in it, but the rest was great. You can relate to the characters sometimes, and it's funny, sweet and really good!
stonecoldsteele
Okay, here we go. Vega's character is crushing on a guy whose apparently only attributes is being cute and riding a skateboard. Wow! Amazing! How shallow! The fat girl's only chance at a relationship comes from the chubby sound guy not the male model wannabe. So are you trying to say that it is okay for the fat, unpopular people just need to hang with each other while the cute skinny people need to be with each other? Just once I would like to see the fat, ugly unpopular kid get the supermodel girl or guy. But this is the lie that Hollywood wishes to put out there. If you don't look like you should be on the cover of a magazine then you are useless to the world. It is an okay movie if there is nothing else on or if you don't have paint drying. Watch it on cable but please don't waste money renting it.