SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

CarterCats A disgustingly funny and splendidly done spoof film. I'll be honest, I've seen a quarter of the films they parodied in this film, however you could easily see where other films came into it. From the cringe group song for the prom, the Bring It On aspects, the cliché plot that seems to be in every teen film. The Anthony Michael Dining Hall was a favourite of mine at the John Hughes high school. The characters were brilliantly done, I'm surprised they got through filming so seriously. We've got the jock that falls for the nerd girl who turns out to be a hidden beauty through a mini makeover with a slow, dramatic entrance. We've got the boys in puberty, trying to find a semi-naked girl and then the 'token black guy' who says 'whack' and 'damn'. The unruly car collision towards the end, the hold-your-breath football game with a near-death on the pitch. The poor, nerd girl has a dead mother, as usual. The blonde best friend of the jock bully type. One of my favourite scenes was when Jake sang 'Janey got a gun' in a spoof-scene of '10 things I hate about you'. Then the 'breakfast club' scene as I simply dislike that film, I found it rather funny. I can't put into words how remarkable this film is, it's perfectly cliché and cringe with all the best teen movie bits done incredibly well, it's disgustingly crude and blue with same 90s music in the background. Oh, and the iconic chase to the airport...

John Brooks This film is to its genre and comedy more largely as essential as the films it makes fun of or references throughout its playtime. The jokes are actually funny, the caricatures, the dialog, the concepts...it's just really funny stuff if you know what they're making fun of. The humor isn't over-the-top trying hard to force you to laugh, it's over-the-top in how it makes blatant, unadulterated fun of the movies it spoofs, and it does it really, really well. It also, ironically, serves as a fantastic cinematic catalog or compilation that reminds us of all those teen movies, that late 90's/early new millennium era, cheesy as hell, with all the nu-metal bands and Britney Spears, American Pie, the seminal days of the internet and that teen culture that expressed itself ever so awkwardly and vainly. The cool cliques at school, the nerdy feminist girl, the white guys who think they're black or Asian, the utter idiocy and thickness of the teen movies...it's all there, and in good taste and strong satirical work - and however one may be biased in a generational way, this film for what it is, in its context, is really a gem.

myname203 Very BAD ! From the worst movies I ever saw. Actually I made click to fast forward many times to finish sooner ! Because IMDb demand 10 lines minimum to send this post I made a copy paste ! Very BAD ! From the worst movies I ever saw. Actually I made click to fast forward many times to finish sooner ! Very BAD ! From the worst movies I ever saw. Actually I made click to fast forward many times to finish sooner ! Very BAD ! From the worst movies I ever saw. Actually I made click to fast forward many times to finish sooner ! Very BAD ! From the worst movies I ever saw. Actually I made click to fast forward many times to finish sooner ! Very BAD ! From the worst movies I ever saw. Actually I made click to fast forward many times to finish sooner !

oneguyrambling I never loved spoof movies, and since "Scary Movie" they have only gotten lazier and lazier. Someone needs to tell the writers that cramming in as many pop culture references as possible isn't a joke in itself.It used to be that a spoof movie would take a well known scene and take it in another direction, with ideally humorous results. Now it seems enough that we the audience say "oh they mean Hellboy", or "this is that bit from American Pie". It doesn't have to be funny apparently. Worse still is that we now seem to have such short attention spans that referencing a movie isn't necessary, simply a viral video or recent event.I guarantee that (if it hasn't already happened) the next spoof movie will include:Christian Bale's now infamous rant. - Sarah Palin. - Britney. Duh! (Not Paris, she's too powerful.) - Swine flu, only it has been spread through sex with pigs. - Somehow Barack Obama will appear, and breakdance.. (you know, because he is black.)And so on and so forth, if there is an obvious theme there it should be that EASY TARGETS are the norm (just like Eminem. Oooh he's having a go at Kim Kardashian, that'll cost him!).Anyway, now to review this piece of crap, and when I say piece of crap NATM is actually one of the better spoofs in the last decade, that doesn't stop it from sucking though.Alarm bells ring with Randy Quaid's name coming up in the credits, though as one of the leading ham actors around he is ideally suited to this throwaway genre.Set in a high school, there is no plot to speak of, only the plots of other teen movies of course. Put simply it copies all the movies where the hot guy must take a seemingly unpopular and ugly girl and make her popular and somehow attractive.The chicks are normally Charlise Theron, Jennifer Connelly types - hardly ugly ducklings - at least NATM knows this. But once they make this clear there aren't any more decent jokes to come from the premise.I'll try to list some of the jokes derived from stereotypes: - The undercover adult in school who is clearly 50+. - The American Beauty loner guy. - The young guys who wanna get laid. - The cheerleaders. - The eccentric but hopeless friend of the unpopular girl. - The bonehead but still popular football players. - And their coach who swears and shouts a lot. - The sexy exchange student, (who is nude the entire film).Now the three jokes I liked, and really the only three jokes I liked in the whole film.Rather than white guys pretending they're black, one white student spends the entire film pretending he is an Asian guy. (An amusing concept not used in an amusing way.)Every time something happens, a doofy looking guy tries to start a slow clap, only he never gets the support and embarrassingly must give up. (I hate the slow clap in the movies thing so I laughed, and as this was what the writer's aimed for I must give credit.)Mr T appears as the "wise janitor" with some sage advice and the A-Team music plays, although most people watching the film nowadays might think "Oh the guy from the Snickers' ad!", rather than a pop icon of the 80's.I liked the nude exchange student thing, but it wasn't funny after the initial second. So you might have to guess why I liked it. (Hint – I'm a guy.)What more to say, the female cast is hot-hot-hot, but who cares? Jaime Pressley is the only recognizable cast member who isn't making a "look at me" cameo, and she's hardly a big name aside from My Name is Earl.There are about five so called jokes in the movie that you can't see coming a mile off, and when you don't see the punchline it invariably fails or falls flat. I hate the insinuation that we as movie goers should find any of this funny but even the cookie cutter crap Epic Movie, Date Movie, Disaster Movie bullsh*t still make money for the assembly line hacks that make it and have the audacity to release it each year.The fact is I haven't seen many of the movies referenced in NATM, but it doesn't seem to matter as most of the time I knew what they were talking about and didn't just care.Perhaps if you actually love those movies you might find some joy here, if that is the case, you are a sad strange little man, and you have my pity.Final Rating – 4.5 / 10. Better than many similar films in the genre, but that in itself is the faintest of faint praise. Avoid all of these and tell Hollywood to stop making them.If you liked this (or even if you didn't) try oneguyrambling.com