With so many other high school comedies out there, this one definitely
feels like a breath of fresh air, since it's taking a bit of a
different approach, that works out as well.
High school comedies are either extremely goofy, or when they aren't,
they are being complete annoying ones to watch, with its clichéd
characters and standard story lines. This movie however feels like a
different type of comedy. It still has all of the clichés in it and the
movie has some silly comedy as well but it all is much more clever
about with it. It actually has some good writing to it, even though the
movie in essence is still being a formulaic one.
The story is all about the stuff that only was important at high
school; being popular, having the right friends, dress properly,
getting with the right boy/girl, struggling with grades and everything
else in between of that. Normally stuff like his only annoys me in
movies but in this movie it's all good and fun to watch. It's also
because all of the characters are likable ones, so it's not punishment
to follow them around in the story.
It besides has a good and pleasant pace to it, that keeps things going
at all times. There is plenty of variety in the story as well and the
movie doesn't just dwells on one or two story lines or characters.
Looking back at it, it's quite amazing the amount of stuff they managed
to get into this movie, also since it's only an about 90 minutes short
movie.
This however also has as a result that some of the story lines are
skipped over too quickly and end abruptly, while they potentially were
some good and interesting story lines, with some likable characters
involved. Also in essence, it really doesn't have a story that is going
anywhere with anything. I can see how some people would call this an
irrelevant and pointless movie to watch, though fact for me simply
remains that this movie is a good watch and therefore alone is worth
checking out already.
It's also being somewhat a social commentary to the '90's. Even though
the movie itself got made in the mid-'90's, it still has the capability
to look at it from a distance and even make fun of some of its odd
stereotypes, such as its clothing.
It also is a movie with some good acting in it, which normally isn't
really something that film-makers consider to be all that important for
these type of movies. It's about looks only, for most of them but in
this movie they managed to get together a bunch of solid actors as
well. Alicia Silverstone is a great leading lady and it also was fun to
see some now big name actors appear in this movie, in some of their
earliest roles. I'm talking about actors such as Brittany Murphy, Paul
Rudd, Breckin Meyer and Jeremy Sisto. Quite an amazing cast list for an
high school movie, in today's perspective.
An original and enjoyable enough movie within its genre!
7/10
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