Not Another Teen Movie

Plot synopsis:
In the stereotypical high school community of John Hughes High in Southern California, attractive Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), a popular cheerleader, separates from her talented football star but slacker boyfriend, Jake Wyler (Chris Evans). After Jake discovers that Priscilla is now dating timid and weird Les (Riley Smith) just to spite him, one of Jake's friends, Austin (Eric Christian Olsen), suggests seeking retribution by turning Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), a "uniquely rebellious girl", into the prom queen.
Jake attempts to court Janey's love, but faces adversity from his own sister, Catherine (Mia Kirshner), who is sexually attracted to him; Janey's unnoticed admirer and best friend, Ricky Lipman (Eric Jungmann); and memories from his past football career. Catherine eventually assists her brother by slightly altering Janey's appearance (by simply removing her glasses and ponytail), instantly making her drop dead gorgeous.
Meanwhile, Janey's younger brother, Mitch (Cody McMains), and his friends Ox (Sam Huntington) and Bruce (Samm Levine), make a pact to lose their virginity by graduation despite still being in their freshman year. Mitch tries to impress his longtime crush, the beautiful yet perverted Amanda Becker (Lacey Chabert) with a letter professing his love for her. Bruce says that he does not have a chance with her, mockingly stating, "Keep dreaming!"
As the prom draws near, Jake draws infamy among his peers after he fails to lead his football team to victory at the state championship game the year before. The situation is further worsened when Austin tricks Jake into telling Janey about his plan to spite Priscilla by pretending to whisper the secret bet in Janey's ear, causing her to immediately leave Jake in anger. During prom night, Austin and Janey go together; a jealous Jake and Catherine have a dance-off with Austin and Janey, with Catherine dancing in a sexual manner. Janey runs off crying. Meanwhile, Mitch and his friends are having a lousy time at the prom until Amanda arrives and Mitch gives her the letter (to which she responds that she does not have sex with every loser who does such, but will give them handjobs), horny Bruce hooks up with the equally horny international student Areola (unrated version), and Ox later hooks up with Catherine after sharing a romantic and rather odd connection.
Jake is awarded prom king and the principal reads out that the votes for prom queen are tied. Everyone thinks that it is between Janey and Priscilla, but they are shocked to find that Kara (Samaire Armstrong) and Sara Fratelli (Nectar Rose), twins conjoined at the head, win prom queen. During the traditional prom king and queen dance, Janey supposedly left with Austin to go to a hotel.
Jake goes to the hotel room where he finds Austin having wild sex with a girl, but is shocked to find that it is Priscilla and not Janey, while Les videotapes them with his pants down. Austin tells Jake that Janey "ran home to her daddy". Jake coldly punches Austin and Priscilla, knocking them out cold for their part in Janey's humiliation. He then punches Les for "being really weird" (he also punches a plastic bag that happens to be floating next to Les); afterwards he runs to Janey's house only to learn from her father that she is going to Paris for art school.
Jake arrives at the airport and confronts her before she can board the plane, and uses a plethora of clichéd lines from other films (such as She's All That, Cruel Intentions, American Pie, The Breakfast Club, American Beauty, 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, and Pretty in Pink) to convince her to stay home in America. His final (and only original) speech suggests they would be better off separated, but Janey mistakenly believes he is quoting The Karate Kid, and she decides to stay with him.

Tags: romantic, humor, stupid, adult comedy, flashback

Review:
The point of spoofs and satires, to me, are not just to take familiar scenes and do something retarded and gross with them, but instead to actually make fun of all the things in the original movies that, while watching them, we all turned to our friends and said "wait a minute, thats kind of stupid".
It is, unlike many other movies that attempt to be like it, a true satire, taking characters and not just doing stupid things with them, but exaggerating the traits of their serious counterparts and, when it comes down to it, just making fun of them.
Sure it has some stupid jokes, and toilet humor (that I admit I chuckled at in disgust like the diarrhea scene and the lesbian kiss with the old woman), but it also has some very clever jokes, like when is it appropriate to start a slow clap, why do these teen movies seem to only have one black character, and how silly is it that things slow down for emphasis when the beautiful female lead enters the room.
If you've seen the other modern spoofs, I'm confident you will appreciate the noticeable and subtle differences between them and Teen Movie that make the latter much more enjoyable and palatable to watch..
It's light-hearted and not afraid to appear ridiculous (infact most of the time it does this deliberately) and it doesn't pretend to be "Just another teen movie", indeed it IS "Not another teen movie", it's a very enjoyable laugh at the expense of those films.Don't expect your life to be changed by this film, but if you want simply a fun film to watch then you won't go far wrong seeing this one..
Basically "Scary Movie" spoofing teen classics instead of horror films.
The school cafeteria is named "The Anthony Michael Dining Hall." The school is "John Hughes High School." There are send-ups of "Risky Business," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Pretty In Pink," "Sixteen Candles," and an absolutely priceless scene that spoofs "The Breakfast Club," along with the original "Breakfast Club" principal, Richard Vernon, spouting almost exactly the same dialogue.
Sure, there are much more recent films that are skewered, such as "Varsity Blues," (which was HORRIBLE) and "She's All That," (Which was EVEN WORSE.) There's an hilarious running gag spoofing "Cruel Intentions," in which the slutty sister will stop at nothing to bed her brother, high school football hero Jake Wyler, who makes a bet with his team members that he can turn plain-jain, boy-hating Janie Griggs into the prom queen.
Jamie Pressly, who you might remember from Jerry Springer's movie "Ringmaster," is a total riot as head cheerleader Priscilla, who schemes to copy cheers from a rival school's all-black cheerleading squad, spoofing "Bring It On." And the siamese twins who win Homecoming Queen(s) is an absolute riot, especially when homecoming king Jake has to share a dance with them and the band sings "Put your heads on my shoulder...." TOO FUNNY!
Making fun of movies like: She's All That, Cruel Intentions, American Pie, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Drive Me Crazy, American Beauty, and Pretty in Pink , Not Another Teen Movie leaves no film left alone to show us the utter cliché that came with every teen movie out of the 90's.Like I said, there are some moments that are a little much, this is a pretty raunchy comedy, but I think it's just making fun of the in your face movies with the sick humor as well.
The cast looked like they had a blast making this movie and I had a lot of fun watching it as well.
I have seen this movie quite a few times, and it was great to watch every time.Surely there are some scenes which can be termed corny, but they are few and invariably counterbalanced by the absolutely great ones, which are the majority.After seeing it so many times, I have come to realize that the script is the product of many years of work, and 'ripe' for making a movie of.
It's pretty much the same like every other teen movie, but then even more stupid, it spoofs many teen movies like American Pie's, 10 Things I Hate About You, Cruel Intentions, Bring It On, and many more.The reason why i personally really like it is because it is unlike any other of those movies, simply because it's pure comedy, it doesn't have those sappy parts about love and friendship.Like others said though, to really enjoy this movie you should of seen quite a few of teen movies, especially the 4 i mentioned, if you haven't seen them then it's still good, but you will not get all the jokes..
Not only makes a funny description of high school life, it also refers to scenes and situations that occurred in other teen movies like American pie, a letter to Amanda and some others.
The film also parodies clichés seen in most teen movies like the stereotypical pointless black guy (who makes it clear he's pointless), the stereotypical slutty European girl and the stereotypical cool guy who learns his the movies lesson and realizes the error of his ways towards the end of the movie after falling in love with an unpopular chick etc.
Rated R for strong crude sexual content and humor, language and some drug content.There are plenty of spoof movies that have been released.The most recent ones are the scary movie series and the date/epic movie series.I would say I enjoy spoof films.I really liked all the scary movies, epic movie sucked and I didn't see Date Movie or Meet The Spartans but I heard they sucked as well.I am a fan of teen films so I decided to check this one out.I must say, it was a fairly funny and good spoof of teen films from the 1980's and 90's.The plot of the film involves a jock trying to make a nerdy, un-popular girl, popular and ends up falling in love with her.The film spoofs scenes from many popular teen films such as Cant Hardly Wait,Pretty In Pink,Sixteen Candles etc.If you like spoof films, don't waste your time with crap like Epic movie, check this one out!.
If you love movies and (like me) have seen far too many of them, Not Another Teen Movie is really very enjoyable and, in a way, quite smart..
Though it had bland, boring moments - overall the film was funny and did a good job poking fun of Teen movies.The musical number was probably one of my favorite parts.
It was good to see her mocking the teen scene which she helped build in the 80's.Poking fun of movies such as Never Been Kissed, She's All That, Varsity Blue, Pretty in Pink, Ten Things I Hate About You and a list of others...NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE was fun, hilarious (sometimes) and overall brain dead fun - sit back and enjoy!.
I went to see the film with an open mind not expecting to be blown away with a fantastic performance from the lead character or be intrigued by its deep and complex story line - its a light hearted no-brainer that does its job.I think the problem most people have with this film is they haven't seen many of the films it spoofs which in turn would make it very unfunny.
Besides from that this new brand of teen movie, provides laughs around every corner, and the more you watch it the more funny it is.This film completely pokes holes in classic teen movies, for example "billy bob with bacon the pig from varsity blues" is "reggie ray and sausage the pig" you get what i mean.very strong acting from Chris evans and Jaime Pressly.the reason why some people are over critical is because that these people would not of got the jokes because the lack of knowledge of teen movies.And like it says in the trailer "if you have seen scary movie, who gives a...." that is exactly right, this movie far outbeats the latest installments of teen movies by far.A definate must see for fans of teen flicks.i will give it a 8.5/10.
Having seen 16 Candles, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Buelers Day off, The Breakfast Club and just about every film John Hughes ever made, I was able to appreciate this movie for all that it really is and make comparisons with the original.
"Not Another Teen Movie" makes fun of popular teen hits such as "American Pie," "The Breakfast Club," "She's All That," "American Beauty," "Varsity Blues," "Clueless," "10 Things I Hate About You," "Pretty In Pink," etc.
However, when Not Another Teen Movie does work its laughs, it is actually funny (the Randy Quaid scenes, Breakfast Club spoof, certain parts of the party sequence are the funniest parts.
This film is about a very popular hunk in high school and a cold rebellious girl in high school."Not Another Teen Movie" is so funny, it is actually much better than my expectation.
As I am pretty much impossible to offend, it was a big plus, and let the movie just go for things that a little kiddie PG-13 film would never have dreamed of touching.No time for being snooty or prissy with this one -- just sit back, leave your pretentiousness at home, and have a good laugh at the mayhem.
Jake has to transform Janey into prom queen material, which he attempts to do with the help of his extremely disturbed sister Catherine (a skilled parody of Sarah Michelle Gellar from Cruel Intentions, handled well by Mia Kirshner) Along the way they encounter every stereotype from every teen film, from the horny younger brother (Bring It On's Cody McMains) to the bitchy pretty girls, to parties, the prom, the big finale, the pining best friend, and so on.
Not Another Teen Film isn't brilliant comedy, and sometimes it tries too hard (or like in the parody of the kissing scene between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair from Cruel Intentions, it goes way too far), but there are some really good laughs sandwiched between the raunch.
Sometimes, they're actually funny, but other times, all they've done is recreate an old movie scene and hope you laugh from the nostalgia.
It falls victim to its own satire - it becomes another teen movie, loaded with sex gags, stupid characters reminiscent of "American Pie" and some lame R-rated crudity that isn't nearly as funny or risqué as it thinks it is.If you're just looking for some skin this has it, and plenty of it, but you can do better by just going and renting any '80s movies - heck, "Sixteen Candles" had nudity and it got away with PG, just imagine how all the R-rated movies were.
This was purposefully made to be over-the-top type humor because it is a parody of that genre.I've seen this movie 3 or 4 times, and I still can't help but laugh when I see the scene when no one wants to go with Janey Briggs because she's too ugly and weird with her "tied up hair and glasses," yet an albino girl with red eyes that plays the guitar wouldn't be such a bad catch.
It probably directly is making fun of movies like "A Walk to Remember." It's a great movie, but people think of it as actually being a "Teen Movie," and that's why they don't like it.
I like mindless jokes that get you plenty of laughs and this movie has some pretty good ones.
I highly recommend this movie, even if it means going back and watching every teen flick from the 80's just to get the jokes, it will be time well spent.
Finally, the thing they managed to do well is actually make this into a teen movie of its own, just with the difference that the plot's very self-conscious: but Chris Evans, the gorgeous Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly, Olsen, the three guys who want to get laid...
this is not a movie that is suitable for everyone.as I said in my summary,it is quite crude and offensive.but it is a real blast to watch.it is very absurd at times,but that make it even more fun to watch.it spoofs mainly eighties and nineties teen comedies.it skewers everybody.no movie is sacred or safe from its onslaught.i thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.it's not a masterpiece,nor does it pretend to be.i laughed hard and frequently and actually hurt myself as a result.if you are someone who gets offended easily,you'll want to sit this one out.otherwise,I would say to turn your brain off for about an hour and a half and enjoy it.for me,Not Another Teen Movie is a 9/10..
This film is a great lampoon of teen movies from the last twenty years: The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Cruel Intentions, She's All That, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie...
The writers manage to weave the film parodies into a "standard" teen movie storyline that delivers serious laughs.
Heck, there's even a fabulous musical number.The cast does a fantastic job of adapting to the previous actors' portrayals of the characters they're spoofing (the best of them all being Mia Kirshner as The Cruelest Girl).There are a few moments where the gross out humor goes a bit far, but the moments pass by quickly, so if can bear it for a moment, you'll be pulled right back into the general comedy in no time.If you like parody and teen movies, check it out.7/10.
If you don't think it's funny, you haven't seen enough of the movies it parodies.
This won't become one of the great comedy classics, but it's the best parody of teen movies I've seen so far.
Rob Lester does the unspeakable, makes fun of his Varsity Blues charactor, but does a great job!Overall I think this movie was a good laugh!
Jabs are taken at everything...the cheerleaders of Bring It On, the kids of She's All That, the pyscho coach from Varsity Blues, Ducky from Pretty in Pink, Can't Hardly Wait, Risky Business, 10 Things I Hate About You, Grease, The Breakfast Club, Cruel Intentions, Can't Buy Me Love, American Beauty, Almost Famous, and there are small in joke references to Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as well, along with an homage to Porky's...Overall, not a bad film though some of the jokes go beyond vulgar..
Also I heard about the gratuitous amount of nudity in the film, and that clinched it (I'm sounding more and more like a cliche'd teen movie fan by the minute).Anyway, it was a very funny movie throughout (I coulda gone without the toilet scene, but other than that) and really seemed to be made by people who were actually fans of the genre as weird as that sounds.
There was a scary level of attention to detail with little things like the names of buildings (the students go to John Hughes High and eat in the Anthony Michael Dinining Hall) to the constant use of music from the movies (off the top of my head, I'm thinking about the frequent use of Don't You (Forget About Me) from the Breakfast Club and the cover of Somebody's Baby from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (I started laughing my ass off as soon as I heard that one coming on)).
There was also quite a few people from those teen movies on hand, whether in obscure roles (Ferris Bueller's dad shows up briefly as a dad and the teacher who ran the detention (and lead villain) in the Breakfast Club reprised his role for that scene, "Bogey Lowenstein" from 10 Things I hate about You played the "Slow Clap" guy) to more important roles like "Billy Bob" from Varsity Blues playing the same character only stupider as "Reggie Ray" or Molly Ringwald (teen queen of each and every John Huges film from Sixteen Candles to Breakfast Club to Pretty in Pink) showing up in a pivotal role at the end of the movie.
So teenagers, I'm sure you will love this when you see it, and adults, free your mind, think back to when you were a pubescent teenager, and just sit back an enjoy a collage of both good and bad movies put together into one ball of scenes.It's not quite Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (another 80s reference), but it is better than Scary Movie.
The only ever good spoof film (with Scary Movie).
However, nowadays people may have forgotten that 'Not Another Teen Movie' was one of those rarities which actually worked.If you grew up in the nineties (like me), or just generally watch a lot of teenage 'rom-coms' then you'll probably be able to tell which films 'Not Another Teen Movie' is poking fun at.
It's a parody of all the teen movies with some great insightful jokes.
The story was okay and it made you laugh and the characters were done very well to depict all the stereotypical characters you see in teen movies such as Cruel Intentions, Bring It On, The Breakfast Club and American Pie. The acting was great and the actors and actresses made the characters that little bit more funny.
After spending more and more time with Janey, Jake really starts to think whether he wants to keep the bet on or not.Out of all of todays modern spoofs, 'Not Another Teen Movie' is probably one of the best out at the moment.
a real and funny parodie of all the American teen movies!!.
it is a funny movie, it will make you laugh a lot, just make sure you've seen all the movies that are in so you can enjoy more this film.
I remember when John Hughes released some of his most memorable movies, and I really enjoyed how this film poked fun at movies like "The Breakfast Club," "Sixteen Candles," and "Pretty in Pink." Even "Risky Business" is spoofed.
It makes sure to spoof every teen movie it can think of.