Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
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28% of critics liked it
(96 reviews) -
60% of users liked it
(420,751 ratings)
Former MTV executive Joel Gallen makes his feature directorial debut with this broad spoof of the popular teen comedy genre, lampooning dozens of movies including American Pie (1999), American Beauty (1999), Bring It On (2000), Clueless (1995), She's All That (1999), Road Trip (2000), Can't… More Former MTV executive Joel Gallen makes his feature directorial debut with this broad spoof of the popular teen comedy genre, lampooning dozens of movies including American Pie (1999), American Beauty (1999), Bring It On (2000), Clueless (1995), She's All That (1999), Road Trip (2000), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Never Been Kissed (1999), and even the teen films of an earlier era such as The Breakfast Club (1985). At the aptly titled "John Hughes High School," aspiring artist Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh) is an outcast because of her plain, bespectacled looks and paint-splattered overalls. Football hero Jake Wyler (Chris Evans) makes a bet that he can transform Janey into a gorgeous prom queen, a wager he may come to regret as he discovers Janey's true inner beauty. As their relationship blossoms, several other characters are limned, including a Nasty Cheerleader (Jaime Pressly), a Token Black Guy (Deon Richmond), a Stupid Fat Guy (Ron Lester), an Obsessed Best Friend (Eric Jungmann), an Undercover Reporter (Beverly Polcyn), the Cruelest Girl in School (Mia Kirshner), a Cocky Blonde Guy (Eric Christian Olsen), and several others. A nod to the multiple films that inspired it, Not Another Teen Movie (2001) was originally to have been entitled "Ten Things I Hate About Clueless Road Trips When I Can't Hardly Wait to Be Kissed." ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joel Gallen
- Written By
- Phil Beauman, Buddy Johnson
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 14, 2001 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 30, 2002
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
A big, fat, juicy spitball lobbed, with mostly dead-on aim, at the teen-smarm clichés that have accumulated like so much earwax over the last three years.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
It's stupid, it's obvious, it's scatological and violent -- but it made me laugh and I'm giving it thumbs up, God help me.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
More often than not you'll be groaning from painful recognition rather than actually laughing.
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Save your time, save your money, save your soul. Stay at home.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The makers of Not Another Teen Movie should be embarrassed that, in parodying She's All That, they copied most of the plot and then made a movie that bogs down in the same places as the original.
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Cast
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Chyler Leigh
as Janey Briggs
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Chris Evans
as Jake Wyler
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Jaime Pressly
as Priscilla
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Eric Christian Olsen
as Austin
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Mia Kirshner
as Catherine
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Deon Richmond
as Malik
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Eric Jungmann
as Ricky
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Ron Lester
as Reggie Ray
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Cody McMains
as Mitch Briggs
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Sam Huntington
as Ox
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Riley Smith
as Les
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Joanna Garcia
as Sandy Sue
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Lacey Chabert
as Amanda Becker
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Samm Levine
as Bruce
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Cerina Vincent
as Areola
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Beverly Polcyn
as Sadie
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Nectar Rose
as Sara Fratelli
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Samaire Armstrong
as Kara Fratelli
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Ed Lauter
as Coach
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Paul Gleason
as Richard Vernon
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Mr. T
as Wise Janitor
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Randy Quaid
as Mr. Briggs
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Molly Ringwald
as Flight Attendant
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Melissa Joan Hart
as Girl at Party
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Oz Perkins
as Uninterested Guy
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Kyle Cease
as The Slow Clapper
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