A Pleasant Surprise

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2006)

I really expected this to be awful, clichéd and embarrassing....BUT, this turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
Whilst strictly a teen-movie(in premise at least) there is a fair amount of nudity and swearing to lift this out of the cheese-factor. Emil Hirsch is an amiable male lead, while Elisha Cuthbert looks far more beautiful here than she ever did in '24', although it's interesting that she looks better when appearing natural, than when dolled up as a porn-starlet. Timothy Olyphant adds a certain menacing charm to proceedings by apparently playing a watered-down version of the character he plays in 'Go'.
All in all a pretty good little movie that deserves better than the lukewarm reviews it got upon it's release. Better suited for older teens though.