Standard, but innocent

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2002)

Surely this film has the best of intentions -- the Drab Girl proves to be wonderful, the Bad Boy with the heart of gold reforms, the Cool Kids regret their cruelty when they begin to reform, faithfulness is promoted as a virtue (how common is that these days?), and astronomy is billed as a great way to pick up girls! There is some objectionable dialogue (family-oriented readers be fore-warned!), but only one overly coarse scene. The reasons I didn't particularly enjoy this movie were simply the amazing triteness of the plot, the low-caliber acting skills of the main cast, and the ineffective dialogue. I'm glad that it is so popular -- there are many, much more harmful films out there -- but I can't help wishing it were generally of better quality. A sweet, simple story -- but it rivals most high-school productions for mediocrity.