Middle School Memories

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2020)

Watching this movie again last week reminded me of my middle school days. The flip phones, the camcorder, the hairstyle, and the skin tight flared jeans screamed early 2000's. This era was Shia's peak in my opinion. Every guy in my grade wanted to be him because of the ladies he was paired with.
I gave this movie a decent 7-stars because the plot kept me hooked yet I wasn't keen on Sarah Roemer's acting. I felt that she was quite bland and boring and could easily have done the story without her. Obviously, in those days, one needed a love storyline to balance out the suspense. Another reason I deducted points was the scene *spoiler* where Kale (LaBeouf) was screaming after finding a shocking discovery on his friend's camcorder. The friend's baffled look on his face made me want to roll my eyes at the idiocy of his reaction.