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Oh My God..., 26 avril 2006

Auteur : I_can_get_you_a_toe de Earth

I was recently sick with the flu and unable to move from the bed and because the movie channel repeats movies a certain amount of times in a twenty four hour period I ended up watching this movie 3 times.

It was the worst day of my entire life. If you wanted you could fashion a drinking game out of this movie - take a shot for every teen cliché they try to throw in (it comes to about 1 a minute)There were times when i had to literally squeeze my eyes shut to block out the all the stupidness.

Julie Corky is a fourteen year old girl who is 'blossoming' who complains about how awful her life and parents are because they wont give her a lock for her door, but they will provide her with a big ass house and trips to Hawaii - they're monsters i know. She decides to have a sleepover inviting 3 friends over, the redhead, the blonde and the fat chick thrown in to somehow give confidence to all the other fat chicks out there that they can get guys too, albeit chubby ugly guys while the skinny girls get the male models.

The next minute the popular girl (who wont hook up with her high school aged boyfriend - i thought the whole point to having a boyfriend was so you could hook up with him but whatever) is organising a scavenger hunt and as you can imagine, hijinks ensue.

Well the acting was completely awful, mika boreem who usually does so well is so completely wooden in this movie, Alexa Vega is only mildly attractive and unbelievable in the role of Julie Corky, the underage girl who manages to get the hottest senior in high school (and maybe the world) to like her after skateboarding past him in an unflattering semi squat position. The three skater dudes who so obviously have no idea what acting is, every time they are on screen you experience physical pain at having to watch them try to be funny.

After the scavenger hunt they all end up at the high school dance where Julie tries to inspire the girl taking the tickets to let her in by utterly insulting her - let me paraphrase "I know you, you're the loser who has to sit at the dumpster and no one talks to you cos you're so plain and you're the ticket taker at the dance because no one in their right mind would ever consider being with you. ever and if you don't help me i could end up just. like. you"

However this film had only one true intentionally funny part, when the jerk-for-even-thinking-of-kissing-his-girlfriend high school boyfriend and his new girlfriend are trying to win the dance contest, their slow jerky dance movements were the only bright spot in an otherwise idiotic film.

So potential viewers, stay away for the love of god stay away.

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12 utilisateurs sur 15 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
One of the worst films ever, 6 novembre 2006

Auteur : hppg de Australie

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"Sleepover" is a dreadful film that everybody, whether they be in the target audience group or not, should avoid. In trying to send across good messages to pre-pubescent and pubescent girls, the film gets everything wrong, reinforces old stereotypes, and is unrealistic and unentertaining to boot.

The "plot" involves a group of 14-year-old girls, on the last day of school for the year. Our protagonist, Julie (Alexa Vega), invites three friends over to stay the night. The girls are miserable because not only are they unpopular and uncool without boyfriends, but Julie's best friend (Mika Boorem) will be moving to a different school next year. Because of all these terrible stresses in her life, Julie enjoys bitching about her family, in particular her negligent parents who haven't got a lock for her bedroom door yet, and have "strict" rules regarding sleepovers in their house (oh no).

A mean popular skinny blonde attractive annoying girls interrupts the innocent sleepover, daring the girls to go on a strange scavenger hunt. I did marvel at how Julie's parentally-neglected bedroom had fully-functional broadband and a webcam. Impressive.

The prize for winning the scavenger hunt is the chance to sit near a fountain during lunch time when the girls go to high school! Whoohoo! It is, of course, vitally important where you eat lunch, in fact it has to be figured out the year before. Anything goes when you're doing dares for a lunch spot, right? I find it unlikely that "freshmen" would be able to sit near the coveted fountain anyway, and let's face it, the other option - tables right near "dumpsters" - would probably not only be permitted by health standards. In a normal school, you'd think there would be another option, like a grassy area or a cafeteria. Instead of deciding they'll figure out the issues regarding high school lunch seating areas when they arrive, the girls are prepared to do anything to pre-emptively fight for their lunch spot! With Julie's dopey brother and a bunch of his friends covering for the girls by engaging in cross-dressing dancing activities, the girls begin their unrealistic, dangerous and often illegal dares. Young audiences are encouraged to sneak into bars to date teachers, break into shop display windows, squish as many of themselves into a vehicle as possible and drive despite not holding a licence, steal dirty underwear (all the while laughing at and damaging the vehicle of the foolishly-portrayed security guard who is simply attempting to put a stop to it all).

Then time for the big issue - boyfriends - and the final showdown, the high school dance. If you don't have a boyfriend at 14 it means you are a life failure, and the fat girl Yancy (Kallie Flynn Childress) is particularly upset because not only does she not have a boyfriend, but boys don't talk to her. Miraculously, the boyfriend problems are solved during the course of the scavenger hunt. A sleasy, overweight old guy surprises Yancy by speaking to her, and as this is the first boy who has ever acknowledged her presence, and he loves eating brownies too, he is definitely her boyfriend for life. This sends across the lovely message to girls that if they are overweight, they will only get an overweight boyfriend, and they had better jump at the opportunity and say yes because they aren't gonna get another one! Sporty Julie, on the other hand, suddenly finds a sexy high school student totally in love with her when he sees her skateboard, and she gets the final year's most popular and attractive boy. (But let's face it, where is this relationship with this age gap and nothing in common going to go?) Unbelievably, the audience is then faced with the girls discovering that by insulting everybody who never got to sit by the fountain during high school, the girls can wheedle their way into another off-limits dance, where they can mock the bad girl who is, of course, bad because she is refusing to get physical with her boyfriend at age 14. After crashing the high school dance, the girls suddenly become the most popular people there. Then the girls wreck their tree-house and nearly their real house too when arriving home, but Julie's parents, pleased that she broke all their sleepover rules as well as a lot of state and federal laws, take this as a sign she is growing up and needs more freedom, and a lock on her door (unfortunately, not on the outside). The popular girls, beaten during the scavenger hunt, don't laugh at the little suckers and take the fountain seats anyway, they are good to their word and retire to eat lunch by the dumpsters. Yeah...

In films, sometimes you can suspend a little disbelief...but this film treats its audience likes rubbish and asks you to completely discount far too much, and all for an appalling story.

Just in case the terrible script wasn't bad enough, we are faced with some appalling acting. The fact that most of the teen actors have turned in some great performances in other productions just makes it worse. The film tries to get everything right but gets it all wrong and sends out some really whacked messages to the young girls who are supposed to be enjoying this rubbish. And by not putting Kallie Flynn Childress on either the cover or the picture credits at the end unlike everyone else, it manages to go against its "messages" and be one of the most anorexia-endorsing films ever.

Ugh. I don't think anybody should waste their time watching this. In fact I would like to see all copies burnt...hopefully it'll just languish at the back of video stores...and maybe one day they will pull it off the shelves. Please, please don't watch it. It's not even a film where you can realise it's bad but watch it for fun. It is bad and it is not fun!

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A fun "Tween" movie...., 16 mai 2005

Auteur : GreenRayEnt de Los Angeles, CA

So many movies nowadays either have young kids acting too old, or old people pretending to be young. Sleepover is just an above average teenie-bopper movie with some really fun moments and nice performances by a talented young cast. This target audience doesn't have a lot of movies to be proud of, but Sleepover can definitely be considered a fun one. All of the performances seemed on the money. Alex Vega (Julie) and Scout Taylor-Compton (Farrah) seemed to shine. There are a couple of very funny scenes from Steve Carell who plays an over-the-top security guard looking to break up the girl's fun. I commend director Joe Nussbaum for tackling a difficult genre and age group, and doing a commendable job with it. Don't rent it expecting anything deep, but it certainly is a good time.

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There's a lot worse out there, but only go for Sleepover if you're a tween, the parent of a tween, or perhaps just nostalgic., 17 décembre 2004

Auteur : Colette Corr de Melbourne, Australie

Kids are running out of classrooms, shrieking and throwing papers in the air. A pop track pumps while the ubiquitous slow-mo panning camera follows the wannabes watching the popular girls strutting the corridor. That's right, school's out for summer in yet another John Hughes-inspired teen-flick.

You can loathe it, you can tolerate it, but I confess to a secret fondness of the genre. Although it's cluttered with ordinary films, this homogeneity is part of the unique comfort a teen comedy can offer. They're films to watch when you're sick, where bullies get their comeuppance, and moral codes are simpler than in an adult world. And kids enjoy them too.

Sleepover begins with Julie (Alexa Vega) inviting three friends for a slumber party to celebrate graduating from Junior High (Year 8). Of course, her former best friend Staci (Sara Paxton) can't come – she's a teen queen now. Sporting a superior blonde 'Farrah' reminiscent of nasty Caroline (Haviland Morris) in Hughes' Sixteen Candles (1984), you just know that Staci's a bitch with a heart of gold. She and her catty trio of 'Mean Girls' challenge Julie and her buddies to a scavenger hunt. The winners get the coveted lunch spot at high school next year – and the passport to popularity.

Julie, Hannah (Mika Boorem), Farrah (Scout Taylor-Compton) and Yancy (Kallie Flynn Childress) sneak out of the house, avoiding Julie's renovation-mad dad and bribing her slacker brother. They're aided by three irritating Ashton Kutchner-aspirational types, chased by a rent-a-cop and come to rely on a tiny electric car that needs constant recharging. Plus Julie has to steal her secret crush's boxer shorts. Producer Chuck Weinstock came up with the idea of Sleepover because his previous projects were too adult in content for his six and nine-year old children to watch. But there are some edgy aspects in Sleepover that wouldn't have been included in the 1980s teen films it pays homage to. For example, 14-year old Staci has to fend off sexual advances from her high school beau – a rarity for girls that age in Hollywood films, although possibly not in real life. And in a later scene Julie has to persuade her teacher to buy her a drink called "Sex on the Beach" at a nightclub to win the competition. Though these elements are ignored in the broader context of the film, and may be inappropriate, they certainly make Sleepover more interesting.

Although pleasant, Sleepover isn't one of the better examples of the genre. It's a disposable girly tween twist on Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but buoyed by Vega's strong screen presence. You know you shouldn't enjoy it, but you're probably going to. **½/***** stars.

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About what you'd expect, 10 juillet 2004

Auteur : gromit-14 de Ottawa, Ontario

I thought this movie was quite enjoyable. It's a bit like a female version of Ferris Bueller, without the destructive male testosterone (the worst thing the girls can expect if caught is not to be able to go on a trip to Hawaii with the family). Even though everything is predictable (the dorky guys who save the day ... more than once, the popular girl getting her comeuppance, the "fat" girl learning to love herself, etc.) you don't seem to mind because the characters are well-developed and so, well, likable. It's not going to challenge you to use your brain much, but for a few hours of fun, this isn't bad. Will appeal especially to pre-teen and teen girls.

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Awful, 16 octobre 2006

Auteur : Taylor Bingham (thekillingmoons) de Royaume-Uni

The girls in this film are unhappy because they are starting high school and are popular with no boyfriends. Instead of not worrying about the high school pecking order, and being happy they have each other (except for one who is about to move away), they decide to do stupid and illegal activities to try and make things better! As if the popular girls would give up without a fight! Most girls I know hated this film and it made them feel bad about themselves! It says if you're unpopular and don't have a boyfriend, you are a total loser! And you must behave badly at all costs to become more popular and get an older boyfriend! Then all your troubles will be over! Unless you're fat, in which case you can only get a fat boyfriend.

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How did this get made?, 25 août 2005

Auteur : Anna de Ontario, Canada

Oh, dear. Oh, dear. I hardly know where to start.

Sleepover is a typical tween movie: girls go for sleepover, mean girls propose scavenger hunt, hijincks ensue, obligatory make-out scene, etc.

I am close to the 8-to-13-year-old age demographic to which this movie aspires, and even I find it boring and a waste of time. My little sister, who is 9 and who 'should' enjoy it, thinks it is boring and a waste of time. But I'm not here to tell you what my family thinks of it.

First off, there is some simply horrendous over-acting, especially by Sara Paxton (Staci). I would understand if this were a high school play, but this is a multimillion-dollar film. Alexa Vega (Julie), who was the movie's main selling point, has two facial expressions: Worried and Mildly Angry. Her best friend Hannah, played by Mika Boorem, is the only person who seemed to know how to show emotion. I know these are supposed to be good actors, but... they sure don't show it.

On top of that, the whole plot screamed 'CLICHE' and consisted of contrivance after contrivance. Most of the dialog was simply terrible ("Hey, what's up? Your face is so glad-looking!"). This is a relatively new director, but there is simply no excuse for things like this. Dialogue can be fixed with a Sharpie marker 10 minutes before a shoot. There is no excuse.

3/10.

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You know, I really need to stop wasting my money on Movielink!, 9 janvier 2005

Auteur : aleusong de Indiana-ish

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I really think it is rather pointless to go down the enormous list of grand immorality and deceit that was in this film to say the least.

I will however note two of the following things.

SPOILERS: 1. The fact that Julie actually confesses about leaving the house to her mom and actually goes without being grounded makes me want to bang my head on something.

2. If you wanted to see this film just to see who wins there really was no point because the TV commercials for this film actually spoiled the very end of the movie for you by showing who ended up at the dumpster table.

Seriously, this was a bad waste of money for me, as was "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" but I cant drive so I was forced to give into Movielink's poor ripoff deals. My problem is that it's hard to resist these tweenies film because I so enjoy observing how thick the stereotypes are and how Cinderella like the story is. Heck Julie even uses the term Cinderella in the movie.

I must say: Julie is a total retard. She complains about how she'll never get notice while thousands in every school across the nation think the same. And if you really wanna know what's it like to not be notice I suggest you go to my old high school where the student capacity exceeded 3600 and rising.

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A Definite Miss!, 11 juillet 2006

Auteur : Nickyf de Etats-Unis

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I don't understand how a movie that works off a genre that has been copied a million times, could be such a big miss; but Sleepover definitely was. The main character, played by Alexa Vega, is probably the least likable among all the girls. She is quite snide and rude to her brother and her parents; and hardly ever even smiles throughout the film. The supposed tender moments between the two best friends in the film are very contrived and forced, and seem to come in at awkward times.

The overall theme of the movie is quite misguided as well. Alexis Vega's character gives a speech to a high school student at the climax of the film, when she is trying to get into the prom, that, while seeming to be touching and sympathetic, is quite mean; and the girl's reaction was very clichéd. There is a revelation that the main antagonist is a virgin; which was meant to embarrass her. But, considering that she's probably around 15 years old; it's hard to believe that she would have been subjected to that much ridicule from her peers.

Overall, this movie was overly contrived and non-sensical in all the ridicuolous treasure hunting and trouble making done throughout it. The plot is especially silly considering that one peek into the girl's room by Dad would have ended the story right then and there. But, of course people seemed to conveniently turn around and look up at the perfect moment before the character gets caught. This movie is good on a lonely Saturday afternoon if you're catching it on TV, but I would not recommend spending money on it.

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Just for fun, but there really was no substance, 29 janvier 2006

Auteur : mysteries58 de Etats-Unis

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I've read many of the reviews that everyone's posted for this movie, and I have to say that I do agree with a good number of them. The first time I saw this movie was at a sleepover/birthday party. The first movie we watched was Mean Girls and I'm like, this is great. But then we pop in Sleepover and I'm like what the heck? I actually liked it a little just because it was fun, in a sense, but it doesn't have the makings of a great movie by any means. Everyone's pretty much covered the acting, stereotypes, and story line of this movie. All negative, unfortunately. This movie *could* have been okay, but they totally blew it with the stereotypes and everything. Movies aren't supposed to be totally realistic, but they shouldn't have one-dimensional characters. That just makes you more angry when you watch it. And I actually didn't notice the whole age difference between Julie and Steve, and Yancy and that Peter guy. That *is* a little wacko...I mean it was all so predictable how they would find that one *dream guy*...but it could have at least been someone closer in age. I've seen some out there stuff, but this is just one cliché filled movie that I sometimes watch for fun and nostalgia.

BTW: Why isn't Kallie Childress on the cover?? That really bothered me...it made this movie seem completely shallow...and besides, she added more to the movie than that Farrah nobody did. Sorry to be so mean, but its true...

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