Sleepover is a great movie. For anyone under the age of 10 that is.
This movie was so awful that I decided to create an account for the exact purpose to write this review. In this terribly cliché film, our main character, Julie Corky (Vega) has a slumber party on the last day of year 8. She invites popular girl Staci (Paxton) who declines, saying that she is going to the high school dance with a her boyfriend. (Did I mention she was blonde? And what do you know, Staci and Julie used to be best friends back in the day, how very original!) Mainly due to her best friend moving next year, Julie is worried that she will not be popular enough to sit at "the fountain", because in high school being popular is oh so important! Somehow at the sleepover the girls get involved in a scavenger hunt with Staci's friends, the prize being a spot at "the fountain" and the losers having to sit next to a garbage tip (*note that this is completely unrealistic, what school would have lunch tables in such an unsanitary place?)
Okay, here's where it get interesting! These 14 year-olds who are under the driving age somehow obtain a car and manage to drive it, then complete ridiculous tasks such as stealing the popular guy's underwear and getting into a club, while being chased by a policeman who has nothing better to do with his time. The funny thing is, that while at the club, overweight chubby girl, Yancy, wallows to herself about never getting a boyfriend. Then, can you believe it, an overweight guy comes up and starts talking to her, much to her surprised disbelief. Now this would have been okay, if it weren't for the fact that this guy had to be at least 21 to be working in a club, and it sends out a message that if you're fat you can only get a boyfriend whose fat too!
So, any points for guessing how it ends? Somehow Julie manages to get her and her friends into the dance by giving a some-what inspiring speech to the ticket girl who was not popular in high school, by convincing her to "let her have her chance". Things must be looking up for Julie because not only did she score the lunch spot, but she somehow ends up with the popular guy who didn't know she existed until a few hours ago, when he saw her in a totally unflattering crouched position on a skateboard. He gives her his crown and they dance, but in the race to get back home she drops it. Somehow, the next day he appears in her cubby house (which is kinda creepy) with the crown. Now why would a guy, 3 years older than you, waist his time wandering the streets looking for a lost crown? Beats me, I only hope they would stop making these dumb movies.
****AVOID AT ALL COSTS****
This movie was so awful that I decided to create an account for the exact purpose to write this review. In this terribly cliché film, our main character, Julie Corky (Vega) has a slumber party on the last day of year 8. She invites popular girl Staci (Paxton) who declines, saying that she is going to the high school dance with a her boyfriend. (Did I mention she was blonde? And what do you know, Staci and Julie used to be best friends back in the day, how very original!) Mainly due to her best friend moving next year, Julie is worried that she will not be popular enough to sit at "the fountain", because in high school being popular is oh so important! Somehow at the sleepover the girls get involved in a scavenger hunt with Staci's friends, the prize being a spot at "the fountain" and the losers having to sit next to a garbage tip (*note that this is completely unrealistic, what school would have lunch tables in such an unsanitary place?)
Okay, here's where it get interesting! These 14 year-olds who are under the driving age somehow obtain a car and manage to drive it, then complete ridiculous tasks such as stealing the popular guy's underwear and getting into a club, while being chased by a policeman who has nothing better to do with his time. The funny thing is, that while at the club, overweight chubby girl, Yancy, wallows to herself about never getting a boyfriend. Then, can you believe it, an overweight guy comes up and starts talking to her, much to her surprised disbelief. Now this would have been okay, if it weren't for the fact that this guy had to be at least 21 to be working in a club, and it sends out a message that if you're fat you can only get a boyfriend whose fat too!
So, any points for guessing how it ends? Somehow Julie manages to get her and her friends into the dance by giving a some-what inspiring speech to the ticket girl who was not popular in high school, by convincing her to "let her have her chance". Things must be looking up for Julie because not only did she score the lunch spot, but she somehow ends up with the popular guy who didn't know she existed until a few hours ago, when he saw her in a totally unflattering crouched position on a skateboard. He gives her his crown and they dance, but in the race to get back home she drops it. Somehow, the next day he appears in her cubby house (which is kinda creepy) with the crown. Now why would a guy, 3 years older than you, waist his time wandering the streets looking for a lost crown? Beats me, I only hope they would stop making these dumb movies.
****AVOID AT ALL COSTS****