A great premise but the writing really disappoints...

Rating: 3/10 (3 May 2011)

Although the film begins with some great opening credits and had a great idea for a plot, the rest of the film really, really disappoints due to bad (VERY bad) writing. So, they took a very good idea and made the least of it.
The idea of a high school girl PRETENDING to be a slut isn't a bad idea. And her then helping a gay kid by pretending to sleep with him to stop the other kids from picking on him was great. But, the characters in this film are at best cartoony--walking stereotypes who lack believability. They don't act or talk like any teenagers--at least not on this planet. Take, for instance, Amanda Bynes. She plays the most one-dimensional religious zealot--and ALL her Christian friends and family are all bigoted hypocritical jerks. Olive Oyl from the Popeye cartoons has more depth than these characters! As far as the rest of the characters go, they all seem to try too hard, speak hipster lingo too often and just seem like bad fan fiction. Todd is JUST a plot device--not a person. And, on top of all that, the main character is too smart and glib to be real--and difficult to like and she often behaves inexplicably.
The bottom line is despite a HUGE ad campaign to sell this film (often a sure sign that a Hollywood films sucks) and a clever idea, they do nothing with the premise and the film is a bore. And, I might add, the film isn't great for teens either as it's rather crude, smarmy and might just make them stupider. Dumb and unbelievable when it COULD have made some sort of positive statement.
Oh, and the "Knock on Wood" number near the end might just be one of the dumbest I've seen in ages.