What was the point of this film? I was genuinely excited for this film just because I rewatched the series with my sister earlier in the summertime. (It was one of our favorite nickelodeon shows) And when we finally sat down to watch this movie we both felt disappointed and drained of all excitement and awe.
The acting in the film is serviceable at best. You can tell none of the main cast has truly acted in a long time. Zoey is slightly better than she was in the original series (less eye-rolling) but her chemistry with everyone else, or lack thereof, really hinders the movie. Especially her chemistry with Sean Flynn/Chase. Everytime they shared the screen together it felt very awkward and forced. Even their eventual kiss felt awkward and as though both actors didn't want to film the scene.
The jokes are very hit or miss. Most of them feeling like leftover punchlines from the original series, which could be a plus or negative depending on how low brow your sense of humor is. Funnily enough, my favorite character in this film wasn't even a part of the original cast. Todd/Zoey's fake BF was by far the funniest and most entertaining character in the movie. The side plot with Zoey's job felt unrelated and shoehorned in to add more running time to the movie. It was just unnecessary.
The movie also retcons a lot of the original series and passes them off as jokes. The main retcon being that PCA was a scam, money laundering operation led by Dean Rivers that caused the entire school to shut down after Zoey's class graduated. But this raises a lot of questions that im sure the writers didn't think the viewer would ask, such as how did they get into college without a high school diploma and how did no parent or BoE member realize this was a scam?
All in all, this was a slightly below average film created to cash in on millions of young adults nostalgia for their favorite childhood tv show. I would mention the other cast members who don't show up, like Lola, Nicole and Dustin, but honestly i think they dodged a bullet by not being in this film. If you want to watch the PCA crew as you knew and loved them, then just watch the first 3 seasons of the original series. (s4 sucked)
The acting in the film is serviceable at best. You can tell none of the main cast has truly acted in a long time. Zoey is slightly better than she was in the original series (less eye-rolling) but her chemistry with everyone else, or lack thereof, really hinders the movie. Especially her chemistry with Sean Flynn/Chase. Everytime they shared the screen together it felt very awkward and forced. Even their eventual kiss felt awkward and as though both actors didn't want to film the scene.
The jokes are very hit or miss. Most of them feeling like leftover punchlines from the original series, which could be a plus or negative depending on how low brow your sense of humor is. Funnily enough, my favorite character in this film wasn't even a part of the original cast. Todd/Zoey's fake BF was by far the funniest and most entertaining character in the movie. The side plot with Zoey's job felt unrelated and shoehorned in to add more running time to the movie. It was just unnecessary.
The movie also retcons a lot of the original series and passes them off as jokes. The main retcon being that PCA was a scam, money laundering operation led by Dean Rivers that caused the entire school to shut down after Zoey's class graduated. But this raises a lot of questions that im sure the writers didn't think the viewer would ask, such as how did they get into college without a high school diploma and how did no parent or BoE member realize this was a scam?
All in all, this was a slightly below average film created to cash in on millions of young adults nostalgia for their favorite childhood tv show. I would mention the other cast members who don't show up, like Lola, Nicole and Dustin, but honestly i think they dodged a bullet by not being in this film. If you want to watch the PCA crew as you knew and loved them, then just watch the first 3 seasons of the original series. (s4 sucked)