Chewing The Scenery

Rating: 2/10 (31 July 2008)

I always check IMDb for movie ratings before I see them. I usually rent, but a friend asked me to go with her to see this movie. I have never disliked a movie with an IMDb rating of 7.0 so much. The 'hated it' reviewers were spot on, in my opinion. Although Amanda Seyfried was 20 during the filming, she looks like she is 14, and that was a bit creepy for a woman about to get married. I understand overacting to give it more of a Broadway feel, but the result was very awkward. Oh, I laughed during the movie, not at the humor but rather out of embarrassment for the actors. In order to make it through the movie (in which a couple of people walked out)I closed my eyes and remembered the ABBA tunes that I loved so much as a child.
A couple, who had gone to see the movie twice, recommend it. I am going to ask them if they have seen High School Musical and liked it too.