An Indie Film with Big Budget Heart

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2014)

This is one of the few indie films that really hits all the right chords and appeals to a wide audience. I really enjoyed this movie when I first saw it in 2007 and besides nitpicky issues with some of the early dialog, I still think it's really great. It's intelligently funny, but has a lot more heart than most straight-out comedies, and paces out a great story. Even though the main characters are a bit outside of the mainstream, I think most people can identify with most of them, and the acting is top-notch. It's real and serious enough to serve as a warning about teenage pregnancy in a middle school sex ed class while still being fun and heartwarming. 8/10