Not Another Teen Movie
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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.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed this teen-movie spoof as a gross-out comedy that mistakes raunch for wit and reference for satire. Most reviewers found only scattered laughs, and several noted an ironic central flaw: a parody that hews so closely to its target — particularly She's All That — that it becomes the very thing it mocks.
“a 90-minute exercise in redefining the word 'gratuitous”
Robin Rauzi·Los Angeles Times
“overall tendency to mistake mere bad taste for outrageousness, and plain referentiality for satire”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Joel GallenDirector
Chyler LeighJaney Briggs
Chris EvansJake Wyler
Jaime PresslyPriscilla
Eric Christian OlsenAustin
Mia KirshnerCatherine Wyler
Deon RichmondMalik
Eric JungmannRicky Lipman
Ron LesterReggie Ray
Cody McMainsMitch Briggs
Sam HuntingtonOx
JoAnna Garcia SwisherSandy Sue
Lacey ChabertAmanda Becker
Theodore ShapiroComposer
Reynaldo VillalobosCinematographyNot Another Teen Movie
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.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed this teen-movie spoof as a gross-out comedy that mistakes raunch for wit and reference for satire. Most reviewers found only scattered laughs, and several noted an ironic central flaw: a parody that hews so closely to its target — particularly She's All That — that it becomes the very thing it mocks.
“a 90-minute exercise in redefining the word 'gratuitous”
Robin Rauzi·Los Angeles Times
“overall tendency to mistake mere bad taste for outrageousness, and plain referentiality for satire”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Joel GallenDirectorChyler LeighJaney BriggsChris EvansJake WylerJaime PresslyPriscillaEric Christian OlsenAustinMia KirshnerCatherine WylerDeon RichmondMalikEric JungmannRicky LipmanRon LesterReggie RayCody McMainsMitch BriggsSam HuntingtonOxJoAnna Garcia SwisherSandy SueLacey ChabertAmanda BeckerTheodore ShapiroComposerReynaldo VillalobosCinematographyRent & Buy