
At John Hughes High School, the students are the same as just about every other teenager in a teen movie. The popular jock, Jake, takes a bet from Austin, the cocky blonde guy, that he can transform Janey, the pretty ugly girl, into the prom queen before the prom. But two people are trying to stop Jake from succeeding: his evil sister, Catherine, the cruelest girl in school, and Priscilla, the bitchy cheerleader. And all of their friends are the same as any other teen movie: ... (Full plot summary below)
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At John Hughes High School, the students are the same as just about every other teenager in a teen movie. The popular jock, Jake, takes a bet from Austin, the cocky blonde guy, that he can transform Janey, the pretty ugly girl, into the prom queen before the prom. But two people are trying to stop Jake from succeeding: his evil sister, Catherine, the cruelest girl in school, and Priscilla, the bitchy cheerleader. And all of their friends are the same as any other teen movie: Areola, the naked foreign exchange student, Les, the beautiful weirdo, Malik, the token black guy, the desperate virgins, Amanda Becker, the perfect girl, Ricky, Janey's obsessed best friend, and Sadie, the VERY old undercover reporter.
Leave your thoughts about Not Another Teen Movie.
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekGruesomely unfunny, an appalling debacle that's like one long, agonizing groan...an astoundingly awful picture. |
| Talking Pictures (U.S.)Tony ToscanoI admit I laughed once or twice but not enough to recommend anyone plunking down hard cash to see it. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovNothing here breaks new ground, but funny is funny is funny, and Joel Gallen's sly little movie is funny enough. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA big, fat, juicy spitball lobbed, with mostly dead-on aim, at the teen-smarm clichés that have accumulated like so much earwax over the last three years. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceAnother major culprit here is Joel Gallen, a former MTV exec whose idea of 'direction' is to drive a joke into the ground and continue to milk it long after it has become annoying. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthNothing like a vulgar teen comedy to whet a dry holiday whistle, but I'll take mine with splash of humor. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohFor anyone for whom these films are a guilty pleasure, this pretty much delivers in terms of silliness and over-the-top laugh attempts. |
| Boston GlobeJonathan PerryA happy, nasty and frequently hilarious assault on 20 years' worth of youth pictures. |
| Countingdown.comLarry CarrollWill you remember (it) six months after you see it? Probably not. But you will remember that you had a good time watching it. |
| NewsdayJan StuartThis parody of teen comedies is just teen comedy by the numbers, for those who can only count to three. |