"Psycho Prom Queen" (a.k.a., "Mean Queen") focuses on a narcissistic sociopath named Amy Turner, whose reason for living is to be prom queen at Avondale High School. She will stop at nothing to achieve that end, and the main obstacles in her way are teachers who give her failing grades. In various times in the film, we witnesses Amy rehearsing her acceptance speech on prom night after she has received the acclamation of her fellow students to be Queen. Of course, these scenes are the build-up to the big night.
Julie Taylor is a recovered alcoholic who returns to teaching math when her best friend Joanne Hansen mysteriously disappeared. Unknown to Julie is that fact that Joanne failed Amy in math, which meant that she was ineligible to become prom queen. As a result, Amy kidnapped Joanne and held her hostage in a small shed behind her house.
Julie now becomes the object of Amy's wrath after Amy submits failing course work in Julie's class. Julie's daughter Miya is a new student at Avondale whom Amy dupes into thinking that she is her friend. This leads to tension at home when Miya fails to listen to her mom's admonitions about the dangers of being close to Amy.
The cast was strong with the most shocking character the spineless teacher Mr. Peters, who is caves in to Amy's demands. Mr. Peters assists Amy by stealing the math exam from Julie's file cabinet so that Amy will know the answers in advance and earn a passing grade.
The most pathetic character in the film was Amy's long suffering mother, Elaine, who worked extra shifts as a nurse so that her daughter could go to a good school and have her creature comforts. But Elaine did not instill in her daughter a compensating set of values to give her discipline and teach her about consideration of others.
The stellar relationship is that of Julie and Miya, where the mother-daughter bonding is tested, yet returns to the special connection based on a strong moral compass and the undying love of a mother for her child.
Julie Taylor is a recovered alcoholic who returns to teaching math when her best friend Joanne Hansen mysteriously disappeared. Unknown to Julie is that fact that Joanne failed Amy in math, which meant that she was ineligible to become prom queen. As a result, Amy kidnapped Joanne and held her hostage in a small shed behind her house.
Julie now becomes the object of Amy's wrath after Amy submits failing course work in Julie's class. Julie's daughter Miya is a new student at Avondale whom Amy dupes into thinking that she is her friend. This leads to tension at home when Miya fails to listen to her mom's admonitions about the dangers of being close to Amy.
The cast was strong with the most shocking character the spineless teacher Mr. Peters, who is caves in to Amy's demands. Mr. Peters assists Amy by stealing the math exam from Julie's file cabinet so that Amy will know the answers in advance and earn a passing grade.
The most pathetic character in the film was Amy's long suffering mother, Elaine, who worked extra shifts as a nurse so that her daughter could go to a good school and have her creature comforts. But Elaine did not instill in her daughter a compensating set of values to give her discipline and teach her about consideration of others.
The stellar relationship is that of Julie and Miya, where the mother-daughter bonding is tested, yet returns to the special connection based on a strong moral compass and the undying love of a mother for her child.