Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Sleepover (Movie 2001)
The trailer was actually better than the movie -- it captured the funnest parts, but the movie itself wasn't too bad. It was a nice B-grade preteen chick flick.
Premise: Julie invites 3 other girls over to her house for a sleepover after their junior high graduation: her best friend Hannah, who's moving away, and 2 other girls. Stacie, an ex-friend (from elementary school), who is in the popular crowd, challenges Julie and her friends to a scavenger hunt -- including, among various things, a guy's underwear (who Julie has a crush on). The winners get to eat their high school lunches by a coveted fountain. The losers have to eat by the dumpsters. Complicating matters is that Julie's parents have said they can't go out, so Julie enlists her brother to cover for them while they go on the hunt. The movie ends with a typical happy ending -- they win the scavenger hunt and 2 of the girls (Julie and another girl, who's shy and overweight) get their guy.
It's not very realistic in that you can't really expect the popular girls to keep their word. The dumpster spot is a VERY nasty place (smelly, gummy, etc). And there are no witnesses.
But I still thought it was okay; Probably the best line in the movie is Hannah telling Julie: "We're not talking about a lunch spot, we're talking about who you're gonna be." And Julie's crush was not a bad looking guy.
Recommended Yes
