Mildly offensive teen drama

Rating: 2/10 (8 March 2006)

Let me start out by saying i was very relieved when i logged onto IMDb and saw that this movie got a 6.1 as this is a pretty bad score (and I'm quite sure this will decrease over time).
I know this is a teen movie and i saw it probably a few years too late, but this movie is trash. Bad script, excessive levels of drama (even for a teen flick) and terrible teen stereotyping. What annoys me most about this movie though is the way it trivialises complex issues such as suicide and anorexia/bulimia by presenting them as something you can just simply get over as soon as you accept that you are an incredibly attractive person that perfectly fits the mass media's stereotype of beauty. (which of course most people do not).
This is just another Hollywood insult like Pretty Woman and Driving Miss Daisy. If you watch this movie, then it should be back to back with Welcome to the Dolls House, although I'm sure anyone who rated this 8 or higher has probably never heard of that movie.
I gave it a 2 because Liv Tyler is worth a squirt.