Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Joel Gallen

Writers (WGA):

Mike Bender (written by) &
Adam Jay Epstein (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 December 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The Teen Mother Of All Movies!

Plot:

A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.

Plot Keywords:

Bet | Prom | School | Cheerleader | Exchange Student

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Chyler Leigh	...	Janey Briggs
Chris Evans	...	Jake Wyler
Jaime Pressly	...	Priscilla
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Austin
Mia Kirshner	...	Catherine Wyler
Deon Richmond	...	Malik
Eric Jungmann	...	Ricky Lipman
Ron Lester	...	Reggie Ray
Cody McMains	...	Mitch Briggs
Sam Huntington	...	Ox
Joanna Garcia	...	Sandy Sue
Lacey Chabert	...	Amanda Becker
Samm Levine	...	Bruce
Cerina Vincent	...	Areola
Beverly Polcyn	...	Sadie Agatha Johnson

Also Known As:

Sex Academy (Europe: English title) (new title)
Teen Movie (USA) (working title)
Ten Things I Hate About Clueless Road Trips When I Can't Hardly Wait to Be Kissed (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude sexual content and humor, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M (TV rating) | Germany:16 (director's cut) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Malaysia:18PL | Finland:K-15 (director's cut) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | USA:TV-PG (heavily edited) | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

4160 Country Club Drive, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

After Jake leaves the prom, when he is running across the busy street, the store on the corner is "Spicoli's Stereo and TV Repair", a reference to Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), where Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) says that his father is a TV repairman.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the principal walks out of the library, he has toilet paper hanging from his pants which is absent in several subsequent shots.

Quotes:

Jake: How could Priscilla dump me, Jake Wyler? I mean who the hell does she think she is?
Austin: I got two words for ya, Jake: Prom Queen... material.
Jake: Austin, she's an illusion. Ok, you take away the make-up, the clothes, the way she wears her hair, the smell of her perfume, that cute little face she makes when she's tonguing my balls. Look she's totally replaceable.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Grease (1978)

Soundtrack:

King of Yesterday

Absolutely Hilarious!

I believe that perhaps a lot of the criticisms of this film come from 90's-00 teens because THEY JUST DON'T GET IT! Most of the comedy in this film spoofs 1980's movies, with a few current barbs thrown in from more recent films. I am an 80's child, and I laughed so hard during this movie! I saw it with younger kids from the mid-to-late 90's, and they didn't get half of the jokes. The school cafeteria is named "The Anthony Michael Dining Hall." The school is "John Hughes High School." There are send-ups of "Risky Business," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Pretty In Pink," "Sixteen Candles," and an absolutely priceless scene that spoofs "The Breakfast Club," along with the original "Breakfast Club" principal, Richard Vernon, spouting almost exactly the same dialogue. Sure, there are much more recent films that are skewered, such as "Varsity Blues," (which was HORRIBLE) and "She's All That," (Which was EVEN WORSE.) There's an hilarious running gag spoofing "Cruel Intentions," in which the slutty sister will stop at nothing to bed her brother, high school football hero Jake Wyler, who makes a bet with his team members that he can turn plain-jain, boy-hating Janie Griggs into the prom queen. Sex jokes and excrement jokes run rampant, all hilarious. Jamie Pressly, who you might remember from Jerry Springer's movie "Ringmaster," is a total riot as head cheerleader Priscilla, who schemes to copy cheers from a rival school's all-black cheerleading squad, spoofing "Bring It On." And the siamese twins who win Homecoming Queen(s) is an absolute riot, especially when homecoming king Jake has to share a dance with them and the band sings "Put your heads on my shoulder...." TOO FUNNY! A hilarious movie, especially if you're high or drunk, and you KNOW what they are spoofing.