Usually I enjoy high school hijinks movies, but this one was vapid. The story revolves around five girls at an all girls prep school, four of which have the IQ's of one of Tiger Woods better rounds of golf. As usual in these movies, we are treated to the escapades and mischief cooked up by bored teens, this time female style. Unfortunately, most of the skits were woefully unfunny and stereotyped.
As the movie progresses, we learn that, out of financial need, the school intends to merge with a local boys' school and go coed. The girls try to sabotage the plan with a plot at the next mixer to make the boys look like drunks and perverts. When that fails, the film starts taking itself very seriously and the girls organize a student strike and lock themselves in the dorm demanding the right to vote against the merger.
The direction of this film by writer/director Sarah Kernochan was uninspiring. Other than some decent sixties props it was pretty insipid. Kernochan made a splash as the co-writer of 9 ½ Weeks' and Sommersby', but as a solo writer/director she just doesn't cut it.
The acting; well, there really wasn't any acting. Other than Lynn Redgrave, who was far too melodramatic for this film, all we had here was a bunch of pubescent teens behaving sillily. The only serious teenage character in the film was Odette (Gaby Hoffman) and she was far too dour and condescending.
This movie is pretty much a disaster. It had a couple of funny moments but they were far too sparse. I gave it a 3/10. I would only recommend it to girls 10 to 18 years old, or to anyone else who needs a 90 minute nap.
As the movie progresses, we learn that, out of financial need, the school intends to merge with a local boys' school and go coed. The girls try to sabotage the plan with a plot at the next mixer to make the boys look like drunks and perverts. When that fails, the film starts taking itself very seriously and the girls organize a student strike and lock themselves in the dorm demanding the right to vote against the merger.
The direction of this film by writer/director Sarah Kernochan was uninspiring. Other than some decent sixties props it was pretty insipid. Kernochan made a splash as the co-writer of 9 ½ Weeks' and Sommersby', but as a solo writer/director she just doesn't cut it.
The acting; well, there really wasn't any acting. Other than Lynn Redgrave, who was far too melodramatic for this film, all we had here was a bunch of pubescent teens behaving sillily. The only serious teenage character in the film was Odette (Gaby Hoffman) and she was far too dour and condescending.
This movie is pretty much a disaster. It had a couple of funny moments but they were far too sparse. I gave it a 3/10. I would only recommend it to girls 10 to 18 years old, or to anyone else who needs a 90 minute nap.