Predictable film about some loser kids deep desire to lose his virginity. Fun moments such as the giant donut with a gun, the Amish community and Seth Green. The rest has pretty much been seen hundreds of times in various teen films.
The moral of this film is either “a doormat is bound to eventually explode” or “true love is out there”. I guess it depends on how you look at the film. The nicest thing about it was that no one was murdered or died. First film of the weekend that didn’t happen and one of the main reasons it was chosen to end the weekend.
Jane is one of those “have to take care of everyone” people. I had a friend like this and it made it impossible to go to her vacation house. It wasn’t a vacation for her because she was continually making sure everyone had anything they might need and it was no vacation for me because I was continually being fussed over. Now some people enjoy that and take advantage of people that can’t say no. This poor girl appeared to have participated in 27 wedding that she pretty much planned. By all accounts, she would have been a millionaire if she had a wedding planning business in NYC.
After multiple people tell her she can’t say no, her sister finally pushes her too far and she sabotages the wedding. A wedding that shouldn’t have happened anyway, but still a low move. But I sort of respected her for it.
Of course there is a happy ending. After all, it was a big chick flick Hollywood film.
My favorite scene was the montage of all of the hideous bridesmaid dresses Jane had saved. It is amazing how bad so many bridesmaid dresses are. I have only stood up in one wedding and the dress was bad. An emerald green princess-ey number with butt bows and giant sleeves. But of course, the bride said, “and it is probably something you could wear again”. One friend did…as a halloween costume.
After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister’s side as her sibling marries the man she’s secretly in love with.
The fairy tale in the real world could have been taken to even further heights, but this was generally a fun film. I see why the little girls love it.
A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Seems like I have seen this film before. Formulaic. Set up for sequel.
The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town’s method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.
As a big fan of John Waters and not a big fan of the movie turned into Broadway musical turned into a movie I approached this film hesitantly. I was surprised. The music was fun, the acting was good, the story translated well (though it left out the beatniks from the first film which were a fave) and John Travolta didn’t even bother me in the role of Mom.
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.