Sleepover

Plot synopsis:
On the last day of 8th grade before their freshman year in high school, Julie Corky (Alexa Vega) has a slumber party with 3 best friends, Hannah Carlson (Mika Boorem), Farrah James (Scout Taylor-Compton), and Yancy Williams (Kallie Flynn Childress). As a quartet, they end up having the adventure of their lives. A group of popular girls, led by a former friend of Julie's, Staci Blake (Sara Paxton), challenge the girls to a scavenger hunt. The prize will be a coveted lunchtime seat near the fountain in high school. The losers will have to sit at tables near the school's dumpsters.
The list includes things like a picture of the girls with a date inside an exclusive night club, the insignia from a local private security firm, and a pair of boxers from Steve Philips, (Julie's crush), and to dress an Old Navy mannequin with their own clothing. The girls sneak out of Julie's house, and use Yancy's father's Hypermini to travel to various locations and get the required objects. Along the way they dodge a Patroltec security guard (Steve Carell) and try to keep Julie's parents (Jane Lynch and Jeff Garlin) from discovering that they are gone. During their scavenger hunt, Steve Philips sees Julie skateboarding in a dress and is impressed. Later the girls meet up at the school dance, but both have acquired all the items on the list.
Stacie suggests a tie breaker, where the group which is able to get the crown from the homecoming king or queen will win. Staci catches her boyfriend, Todd, dancing with another girl who claims that she has been Todd's girlfriend for six months. After the two break up, Staci shares a dance with a scruffy skater friend of Julie's. Yancy shares a dance with a boy who moved speakers for a summer job and who she met earlier in the night. Steve ends up named homecoming king and picks Julie as his partner for a victory dance, giving her the crown and ensuring victory for her friends.
After the dance, Julie and Steve are about to kiss when they get a call from Julie's brother that their mother is headed home. The girls race home and pretend to be sleeping just as Julie's parents check on them. The next morning at breakfast, Julie's mom confronts her asking "exactly" what they did last night, showing Julie the scarf she had dropped in the Cosmo club. Surprisingly, she is not mad but confesses it is difficult to believe how fast Julie is growing up. Then Julie says goodbye to her friends and finds Steve waiting inside her tree fort, where the two share a kiss. The film ends with a scene of Staci and her friends, now in high school, eating their lunch by the school dumpsters among the trash and the social rejects.

Tags: romantic

Review:
All the actors were very good especially Alexa Vega And Kallie as Yancy the typical loser type girl who managed to find friends at a sleepover.
If you wanted you could fashion a drinking game out of this movie - take a shot for every teen cliché they try to throw in (it comes to about 1 a minute)There were times when i had to literally squeeze my eyes shut to block out the all the stupidness.Julie Corky is a fourteen year old girl who is 'blossoming' who complains about how awful her life and parents are because they wont give her a lock for her door, but they will provide her with a big ass house and trips to Hawaii - they're monsters i know.
She decides to have a sleepover inviting 3 friends over, the redhead, the blonde and the fat chick thrown in to somehow give confidence to all the other fat chicks out there that they can get guys too, albeit chubby ugly guys while the skinny girls get the male models.The next minute the popular girl (who wont hook up with her high school aged boyfriend - i thought the whole point to having a boyfriend was so you could hook up with him but whatever) is organising a scavenger hunt and as you can imagine, hijinks ensue.
Well the acting was completely awful, mika boreem who usually does so well is so completely wooden in this movie, Alexa Vega is only mildly attractive and unbelievable in the role of Julie Corky, the underage girl who manages to get the hottest senior in high school (and maybe the world) to like her after skateboarding past him in an unflattering semi squat position.
The three skater dudes who so obviously have no idea what acting is, every time they are on screen you experience physical pain at having to watch them try to be funny.After the scavenger hunt they all end up at the high school dance where Julie tries to inspire the girl taking the tickets to let her in by utterly insulting her - let me paraphrase "I know you, you're the loser who has to sit at the dumpster and no one talks to you cos you're so plain and you're the ticket taker at the dance because no one in their right mind would ever consider being with you.
you"However this film had only one true intentionally funny part, when the jerk-for-even-thinking-of-kissing-his-girlfriend high school boyfriend and his new girlfriend are trying to win the dance contest, their slow jerky dance movements were the only bright spot in an otherwise idiotic film.So potential viewers, stay away for the love of god stay away..
And kids enjoy them too.Sleepover begins with Julie (Alexa Vega) inviting three friends for a slumber party to celebrate graduating from Junior High (Year 8).
For example, 14-year old Staci has to fend off sexual advances from her high school beau  a rarity for girls that age in Hollywood films, although possibly not in real life.
I hardly know where to start.Sleepover is a typical tween movie: girls go for sleepover, mean girls propose scavenger hunt, hijincks ensue, obligatory make-out scene, etc.I am close to the 8-to-13-year-old age demographic to which this movie aspires, and even I find it boring and a waste of time.
god damned, pull yourself together!) Later on the two of them kisses, which is just as predictable as anything else that happens in the movie (and grouse).If a 13 or 14-year-old girl can get anything out of this film, I'm happy for her.
It was really fun watching Alexa Vega on screen as a girly girl - she's quite pretty.
I wasn't expecting much from "sleepover", other than Alexa Vega, so good in the "Spy Kids" movies for Robert Rodriguez, I didn't know anyone in the cast.
Her friends are a bit generic and the girl playing Yancy, the chubby one, could use some acting lessons, but thats OK.Of note besides Vega is Sam Huntington, who does a really nice job as Julie's older Bro. He brings some very witty observations to the film.
This movie feeds them the same social stereotypes that they will no doubt feel the need to live up to, like the terrible rich blonde girl and the fat girl with the heart of gold.
This story starts out with Julie(Alexa Vega) and her friends, have a sleepover in a celebration of there last day Junior High.
They all getting a sudden visit by the school mean girl named Staci(Sara Paxton) who presents them with a little scavenger hunt.
this movie is really good.the movie is fun to watch for the whole family.kids and adults alike would love the movie.but especially the teens can relate their lives to this movie.the cast was excellent showing real life portrayals where in an ordinary girl starts high school and how she manages to be the princess of her night with her crush.overall i really enjoyed seeing the movie and would like to see the sequels of this movie in the future.the movie shows the basic ethics of friendship where the leading actor misses her friend because she wont be studying high school with her anymore and it also shows how kind hearted and generous the character portrays.the other gang of girls who are snobbish learn their lesson when they realize they have only geeks as their partners for the night.but the escape is truly amazing.how they escape is great fun to watch.and the best part if the movie is the climax where the hero takes the crown and waits for his girl and one more good part of the movie is the scavenger hunt which is very different from the other movies and the comedy part is they have to include Steve;s accessories.it was fun to see them playing with the mannequins in the shop with the cop not noticing what these girls are up to.again i say its a good movie.
Then it would probably be a fun film for you, making you think that someday that super cute guy will see you and like you for some reason or that some nearly popular girls will invite you to their sleepover even though you are the chubby outcast..
Even though I didn't really like the film, it was worth the watch, I thought it was a good idea for the "tweens" as most people are calling this genre.
I mean it had everything, the girls had a date with their teacher(sounds sick, I know), messed with authority and got away with it, and got the guys.Julie Corky is throwing a big sleepover for her friends, it's the summer before they enter high school, so they are trying to make a new name for themselves as the click crowd.
After a bad night, the click leader, Staci wants to have fun and challenges Julie and her friends to a scavenger hunt where they have to do certain things throughout the night and then whoever wins will get the hot spot in high school and have lunch next to the fountain.
The girls are in for one wild night and end up with the greater reward: friendships that will last a lifetime.I have to admit that Sleepover has a few cute laughs, I wouldn't deny that some moments are funny.
It was just so cute how Julie found her "true love" in the movie, lol, I'm sure most teens find their true loves like that in real life.
So other than that unrealistic situation, this was just like a J-14 magazine, I feel so preppy and bubbly, I have to watch a serious movie now I think.
For the teens, this is the perfect movie for them, for adults, well, begin to feel old, because if this is the way kids act now a days, then I'm glad I'm done with them.5/10.
Brie Larson and Sara Paxton portray Liz and Stacie, the populars girls that Julie, Farrah, Yancy, and Hannah are against.
Spongebob dropped the list at a high school dance (the task to getting the king or queen's was the only way to win)which was picked up by the guy that later kissed Julie.
second realisticaly that guy only wants her to get LAID ITS ALL FANTASY PEOPLE i want my 2 hours back so i can go watch AN ACTUAL good teenn movie like mean girls.its a dismal film that preteens would like.
its about 4 friends being in a scavenger hunt for this most sacred of all places in their high school called the lunch spot or also known as the fountain against the so called "populars".
All that crazy stuff the girls did.....don't do it because in the real world, you can get in serious trouble!One last thing, DO NOT try to sneak out of the house.....it might be fun, but we all know you will get caught whether its before or after u do it!Alexa Vega was great for the part of Julie.From earlier experience with spy kids, she was ready for all the stunts she had to do(yes she did do her own stunts).Overall, her acting was fantastic!She was pretty, funny, energetic, and athletic.What more can you ask for in a young actress?Sara Paxton was another really good actress.She is great at playing both sweet and bratty.She is another pretty girl.As for the rest of the popular girls, I actually think that Julie, Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy are prettier than them!Usually the popular girls are the prettier ones.I cant say a lot about the girls except for Alexa and sara because i'm not familiar with their acting that much!.
Popular girl and former best friend Staci Blake (Sara Paxton) declines and is going to a high school dance instead.
And bear in mind that this is a girl's movie.The story is about Julie having a sleepover with her friends Hannah, Yancy, and Farrah, where they have to go on a scavenge hunt against the popular girls in school to compete for the rights of eating at the fountain, while the losers will have to eat near the dumpster.The story is nicely paced for this particular type of movie, and it is entertaining enough for a single viewing.The acting in the movie was alright, but again, take into consideration just what kind of movie this is..
Stacie is so sure they will win they take the hunt a little more like the slow and confidant while Julie and team approach it dead serious.One event important that neither team realizes is that Steve and a friend see a girl in a red dress on a skate board comes rolling right in front of them while they are in his jeep at a stop sign.
This film will definitely keep you entertained and laughing, Steve is definitely my favourite character and i'm sure a lot of other girls are going to agree with me, he definitely kept me wanting to see more.
Other 'teen' movies may be better, but one could do much worse if one is looking for a well-made film in this genre; Alexa Vega and Mika Boorem make for a very likable pair of best friends, Sam Huntington plays his pathetic brother character with just the right comic touch, and Sara Paxton has just the right amount of venom as the loathsome popular-girl antagonist.
Its a great comedy; a one night bliss of breaking all the rules (with your best buds of course) to win the scavenger hunt and put the popular girls in their place!
I thought Sleepover was pretty good for what it is, a teen movie.
Basically, the main character Julie (Alexa Vega) is not the most popular girl at school.
The popular girl Liz (Brie Larson) is also having a sleepover and to make things fun her and her friends come up with the idea of having a scavenger hunt (which isn't exactly typical) to find out which of the two groups gets the fountain lunch spot at High School next year (aka the popular lunch table as opposed to next to the dumpsters, where the unpopular people eat).
This is especially important to Julie because her crush Steve (Sean Faris) sits at the fountain spot.It's a fairly original plot, but it does have the clichéd unpopular girl trying to fit in and get her dream guy and some other overused situations.
Something that I don't like about this movie is that Yancy ends up "dating" a fat guy, is not that I have something against fat guys, but maybe people get a wrong message like: fat girls can't date guys that are not fat and handsome or that fat guys can't date girls that are not fat or something like that, but I think It also have a good message because it shows that the feelings and the kind of person you are is more important than how you look in the outside..
Julie (Alexa Vega) is looking to have a bleak first year of High School.
There's wigs, makeup, spice-girls music and fake-tan to make for an awesome time; but Julie's former best-friend and current miss popularity, Stacie (Sara Paxton) has a better idea.
the film begins as Julie (Vega) is ending middle school and fretting her transition to high school we all did, especially as her best friend Hannah (Boorem) is moving away.
Julie throws a sleepover party for Hannah and two other friends which turns competitive when the "popular" girls' also throw a sleepover party, and challenge our less socially-equipped heroines to a scavenger hunt.
I was surprised to hear spice playing at the sleepover.It's nice to see that they are still remembered.I have to say that the movie was predictable and it was obvious that julies gang is going to win.
"Sleepover" is like a film we have seen many times before, and also like a film that we will probably see many more times.Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) plays Julie, an unpopular girl who has a crush on the skater boy, who happens to be one of the most popular guys in school.
Julie ends up with the guy of her dreams and her and her friends win the scavenger hunt and are skyrocketed into popularity-news flash: life isn't perfect!7.
The movie is really shallow and pretty much implies that being popular and wearing designer clothes and dating the cutest boy in school are the most important things in life-it sends a bad message to young viewers.8.
Lastly, the guy that the chubby character (Yancy) winds up with at the end of the film says that he has a one-night gig working at the bar/club the girls sneak into-for this to be true, he'd have to be at least 21 years of age.
She invites popular girl Staci (Paxton) who declines, saying that she is going to the high school dance with a her boyfriend.
Somehow at the sleepover the girls get involved in a scavenger hunt with Staci's friends, the prize being a spot at "the fountain" and the losers having to sit next to a garbage tip (*note that this is completely unrealistic, what school would have lunch tables in such an unsanitary place?)Okay, here's where it get interesting!
Somehow Julie manages to get her and her friends into the dance by giving a some-what inspiring speech to the ticket girl who was not popular in high school, by convincing her to "let her have her chance".
Things must be looking up for Julie because not only did she score the lunch spot, but she somehow ends up with the popular guy who didn't know she existed until a few hours ago, when he saw her in a totally unflattering crouched position on a skateboard.
And yes, you guessed it, the ending is that Julie gets the guy and wins a spot at the popular people's fountain.
The first movie we watched was Mean Girls and I'm like, this is great.
I actually liked it a little just because it was fun, in a sense, but it doesn't have the makings of a great movie by any means.
On the night of the last day of school she has a sleepover at her house with her best friend in the whole world Hannah who is moving away during the summer.
I would love to see a follow up to this film in their later years but I don't think everyone feels the same about the movie as I did.
I love how many actors I like where in this movie, so I just had to watch it through the end.
I agree with most reviewers that the movie was full of clichés like the dumb small-town cop, skinny mean blonde foes, etc.This Movie was supposed to be a romantic teen comedy for girls but surprisingly, all the humor in this movie comes from the guys: Sam Huntington (id I mention him before?^^), Julie's Dad, the 3 crazy boys and Steve Carrell as Officer Sherman.So if you like any of these actors, you might wanna check it out, but don't watch it looking for great entertainment..it's not..
Friends Julie, Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy are having a sleepover when Stacie, an extremely popular girl, comes over and gives the rules and objectives for an all-night scavenger hunt/quest.
Stacie, her best friend Liz, and some other snobs are going up against the four protagonists for a very special outdoor lunchtime spot at the town's high school, which is where all of the girls, with the exception of Hannah, are about to start attending.
I give it a seven because two actresses I like are in this movie: Alexa Vega and Sara Paxton.
The scavenger hunt and the whole thing with the boy was pretty far-fetched at times but I don't think that messed up the movie for me.