
Danny Stein is a high-school senior and class vice president; he's in charge of the prom, along with Camille, his best friend for years. Everyone including Camille and her parents assumes that Danny will ask her to the prom, but he wants something less platonic and more romantic - more memorable. His choices include the sophomore cheerleader he drives to school, a friend of a friend, and a quiet Chinese girl in his classes. With his parents' help (they're going through a divo... (Full plot summary below)
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Danny Stein is a high-school senior and class vice president; he's in charge of the prom, along with Camille, his best friend for years. Everyone including Camille and her parents assumes that Danny will ask her to the prom, but he wants something less platonic and more romantic - more memorable. His choices include the sophomore cheerleader he drives to school, a friend of a friend, and a quiet Chinese girl in his classes. With his parents' help (they're going through a divorce), he gets the tickets, rents a tux, reserves a limo, and, over his mother's objections, gets a room at the prom-site hotel. This, everyone believes, is the way to establish memories. Will anything work out?
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| NewsBlazePrairie MillerA more sentimental but no less geeky Superbad style crude-lite slice of burb teen life, with refreshing hormones-in-crisis humor. Not from the usual yearning for high school popularity 'it'hood, but the terror down below of bottom feeder teen exile. |
| New York PostLou LumenickThe sight of William H. Macy sporting a Jew-fro as a divorced dad trying to help his nerdy son score with a prom date is among the myriad delights in the gut-bustingly funny Bart Got a Room. |
| Vancouver SunKatherine MonkHecker's film finds a charm that eludes most movies dependent on misplaced prostitutes, bedroom sex noises and male insecurities. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisBig laughs, big heart, big teenage moments. Really understands high school and being young. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelPhoebe Flowers...A movie that has consistently entertained audiences on the festival circuit since its premiere at Tribeca in April. |
| Village VoiceAaron HillisWith 19 producers, one wonders how many rich Floridians invested in what might be the year's most unambitious comedy. |
| I.E. WeeklyAmy NicholsonHecker's got a knack for teen misery, but he's aiming higher than beers-and-boobs moronity. What follows is excruciating excavated high school trauma |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekWhen we get to the prom, the music sounds like nothing you'd ever hear at one. In fact, I'd be surprised if any actual teenagers in the year 2009 found any reference points in Bart Got a Room relevant to their own existence. |
| Apollo GuideDan JardineThe film is at its best when it is in observational mode |
| Film Journal InternationalSarah SluisSweetly neurotic countdown-to-the-prom captures teen life in South Florida. |