Burke (Ben Foster) is dumped by Allison (Melissa Sagemiller). She then starts dating obnoxious English boy Striker (Shane West). Burke tries out for a school play--a rock version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"--just to be near Allison. He's totally unaware that his best friend's little sister (Kirsten Dunst) is attracted to him. Guess how it turns out?
Aside from two flashes of nudity and an astounding amount of swearing for a PG-13 movie, this is a cute and harmless teen movie. It's definetely better than writer/director Tommy O'Haver's last film ("Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss").
I'll list the bad and good things about this movie: The bad: Foster is way too nerdy to be likable; West's imitation of an English accent is hysterically bad; Martin Short is really REALLY irritating as the school drama coach and some jokes are real groaners.
The good: Dunst is very good and stops the show when she sings "Dream of Me"; the songs and dances aren't half bad and full of color and energy; Sagemiller is beautiful and very appealing; West (accent aside) is really handsome and hunky and dir. O'Haver has a real flair for directing dance & music numbers--he should really do a musical next.
So--an OK teen film.
Aside from two flashes of nudity and an astounding amount of swearing for a PG-13 movie, this is a cute and harmless teen movie. It's definetely better than writer/director Tommy O'Haver's last film ("Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss").
I'll list the bad and good things about this movie: The bad: Foster is way too nerdy to be likable; West's imitation of an English accent is hysterically bad; Martin Short is really REALLY irritating as the school drama coach and some jokes are real groaners.
The good: Dunst is very good and stops the show when she sings "Dream of Me"; the songs and dances aren't half bad and full of color and energy; Sagemiller is beautiful and very appealing; West (accent aside) is really handsome and hunky and dir. O'Haver has a real flair for directing dance & music numbers--he should really do a musical next.
So--an OK teen film.