Not Another Teen Movie
Not Another Teen Movie
R | 07 December 2001 (USA)
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On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.

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disdressed12

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.

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Fluke_Skywalker

Contemporary movie parodies are, at best, a mixed bag. In most cases they're slapdash affairs hurried out to ride the coattails of a particular film or fad. If you've had the misfortune of watching any of the films by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer ('Epic Movie', 'Meet the Spartans', 'Date Movie' etc.) then you know what I mean. Thankfully, 'Not Another Teen Movie' transcends the genre.Filled with clever gags and character archetypes that gently prod the teen movie genre of the 80s-90s, 'NATM' is a funny, sometimes hilarious send-up. The cast is absolutely wonderful, fearlessly going for every laugh with gusto.If you like the teen movie genre, make a date with 'Not Another Teen Movie'. I promise it won't stand you up.

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oneguyrambling

I never loved spoof movies, and since "Scary Movie" they have only gotten lazier and lazier. Someone needs to tell the writers that cramming in as many pop culture references as possible isn't a joke in itself.It used to be that a spoof movie would take a well known scene and take it in another direction, with ideally humorous results. Now it seems enough that we the audience say "oh they mean Hellboy", or "this is that bit from American Pie". It doesn't have to be funny apparently. Worse still is that we now seem to have such short attention spans that referencing a movie isn't necessary, simply a viral video or recent event.I guarantee that (if it hasn't already happened) the next spoof movie will include:Christian Bale's now infamous rant. - Sarah Palin. - Britney. Duh! (Not Paris, she's too powerful.) - Swine flu, only it has been spread through sex with pigs. - Somehow Barack Obama will appear, and breakdance.. (you know, because he is black.)And so on and so forth, if there is an obvious theme there it should be that EASY TARGETS are the norm (just like Eminem. Oooh he's having a go at Kim Kardashian, that'll cost him!).Anyway, now to review this piece of crap, and when I say piece of crap NATM is actually one of the better spoofs in the last decade, that doesn't stop it from sucking though.Alarm bells ring with Randy Quaid's name coming up in the credits, though as one of the leading ham actors around he is ideally suited to this throwaway genre.Set in a high school, there is no plot to speak of, only the plots of other teen movies of course. Put simply it copies all the movies where the hot guy must take a seemingly unpopular and ugly girl and make her popular and somehow attractive.The chicks are normally Charlise Theron, Jennifer Connelly types - hardly ugly ducklings - at least NATM knows this. But once they make this clear there aren't any more decent jokes to come from the premise.I'll try to list some of the jokes derived from stereotypes: - The undercover adult in school who is clearly 50+. - The American Beauty loner guy. - The young guys who wanna get laid. - The cheerleaders. - The eccentric but hopeless friend of the unpopular girl. - The bonehead but still popular football players. - And their coach who swears and shouts a lot. - The sexy exchange student, (who is nude the entire film).Now the three jokes I liked, and really the only three jokes I liked in the whole film.Rather than white guys pretending they're black, one white student spends the entire film pretending he is an Asian guy. (An amusing concept not used in an amusing way.)Every time something happens, a doofy looking guy tries to start a slow clap, only he never gets the support and embarrassingly must give up. (I hate the slow clap in the movies thing so I laughed, and as this was what the writer's aimed for I must give credit.)Mr T appears as the "wise janitor" with some sage advice and the A-Team music plays, although most people watching the film nowadays might think "Oh the guy from the Snickers' ad!", rather than a pop icon of the 80's.I liked the nude exchange student thing, but it wasn't funny after the initial second. So you might have to guess why I liked it. (Hint – I'm a guy.)What more to say, the female cast is hot-hot-hot, but who cares? Jaime Pressley is the only recognizable cast member who isn't making a "look at me" cameo, and she's hardly a big name aside from My Name is Earl.There are about five so called jokes in the movie that you can't see coming a mile off, and when you don't see the punchline it invariably fails or falls flat. I hate the insinuation that we as movie goers should find any of this funny but even the cookie cutter crap Epic Movie, Date Movie, Disaster Movie bullsh*t still make money for the assembly line hacks that make it and have the audacity to release it each year.The fact is I haven't seen many of the movies referenced in NATM, but it doesn't seem to matter as most of the time I knew what they were talking about and didn't just care.Perhaps if you actually love those movies you might find some joy here, if that is the case, you are a sad strange little man, and you have my pity.Final Rating – 4.5 / 10. Better than many similar films in the genre, but that in itself is the faintest of faint praise. Avoid all of these and tell Hollywood to stop making them.If you liked this (or even if you didn't) try oneguyrambling.com

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Dazz Camponi

The most popular boy, Jake Wyler has bet his friends that he can make Janey Briggs–the poor, smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks–prom queen. Meanwhile, her little brother is in pursuit of the most beautiful girl he's ever seen when he's not getting into trouble with his geeky friends. Of course, a teen movie wouldn't be complete without a mean-spirited cheerleading captain, a love struck best friend, and a foreign exchange student, all of whom have prominent roles in the film. Throw in a few guest appearances from familiar faces from some of the best-known teen movies of the 1980s, along with remakes of songs from the same films–and even some word-for-word dialogue–and you have an amusing walk down memory lane for anyone who has a soft spot for THE BREAKFAST CLUB, CRUEL INTENTIONS, and PRETTY IN PINK.From the age of parodies, Not Another Teen Movie was released when spoof movies were actually funny and this is one funny parody movie. The movie basically makes fun of teen movies including the story. 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. The laughs were definitely there but not in every scene. As you guessed, there would be some toilet humour but Not Another Teen Movie does a good job in handling it well. Overall, it doesn't belong in the pits of Hell with the Seltzer and Friedburg abominations.I personally like this movie. It has some very funny, laugh-out-loud scenes which people could recognise from their favourite teen movie, however there were a couple of scenes that weren't funny but you forget about that. I just watched it for what it was: A funny, silly comedy that shouldn't be taken seriously. You know by looking at the trailer it's not going to win any awards for anything and you know it's not going to get many positive reviews but from me, it does. This is for anyone who wants to put their brain aside and just relax for an hour and a half.Read more reviews at: www.dudedazzmoviereviews.wordpress.com

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