I guess you can be pretty disappointed if you see this movie because the DVD cover boasted in big shiny letters that Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brad Renfro and Drew Barrymore star in it. Renfro and Barrymore only appear in a few scenes, making Jennifer Jason Leigh, with a strong presence throughout the movie, the only person to deserve her name in big letters. The film actually focuses on the lives on Lydia (JJL), her son Sam (Bug Hall) and the girl next door (Mischa Barton). Lydia and son move to Wyoming after her rich and powerful father is tired of her rebellious behaviour.
The main story is interesting: Sam and the girl next door wake up in puberty and have no clue what's going on. They start "practising sex" with each other and ask Lydia for some tips. As you can expect or read in the plot summary, it's not surprising teenage pregnancy is next. No prices for guessing how the decent town will react to that.
Less interesting are the other scenes, the scenes with the other boys and girls in the class or the scenes where Sam in voice-over tells us how he wanted to become a successful writer. These scenes make this film at times hard to watch. What could have been good now is just mediocre.
Then again, the movie Tamra Davis directed next was the Britney Spears vehicle "Crossroads", making "Skipped Parts" look like a masterpiece.
The main story is interesting: Sam and the girl next door wake up in puberty and have no clue what's going on. They start "practising sex" with each other and ask Lydia for some tips. As you can expect or read in the plot summary, it's not surprising teenage pregnancy is next. No prices for guessing how the decent town will react to that.
Less interesting are the other scenes, the scenes with the other boys and girls in the class or the scenes where Sam in voice-over tells us how he wanted to become a successful writer. These scenes make this film at times hard to watch. What could have been good now is just mediocre.
Then again, the movie Tamra Davis directed next was the Britney Spears vehicle "Crossroads", making "Skipped Parts" look like a masterpiece.