my take on this film

Rating: Null/10 (24 March 2004)

I kind of liked this movie when I saw it at a sneak preview but read some of the comments about it and honestly have to agree. Especially about the part where the man said that playing Baba O'Reilley doesn't make this a teen coming of age movie.
I thought the movie had a lot of similarities to Risky Business and actually tried to modernize it. In fact, there were a few scenes where I heard music similar to Tangerine Dream's "Love on a Train" song. Eerie.

I can't saw the movie was completely good, but it was entertaining. I thought that some of the content honestly was offensive. The movie is supposed to be about high school students and one director visits a school and attempts to recruit actresses...how realistic (and cool???) is that really? Kinda sick.
Also some of the characters were charicatures...like the moviemaker or the insecure bespectacled social misfit type. And going to Vegas? Hmmm. Kind of jumped around a bit.
It did try and have a message...which I thought way too many teen movies have all asserted numerous times before.
I grew up in the 80's when the teen movie genre was at its apex (or so it seemed) and I look back at many of those films and wonder how even a young adult could attempt to find some depth in any of those films. Or consolation.
About this movie compared to Risky Business...at least Risky Business to me at the time...seemed to have some maturity about it. The kids had a certain wisdom and the movie had a certain method to it...one which seems lost in many of today's films (which are churned out in the 1000's every year).
Also, the movie had a predictability to it.
Overall though...it's kind of a cute film...I didn't get bored...although I wonder about the intended audience.