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Not Another Teen Movie, like Scary Movie, this is a parody of what the 1990's had to offer us, the romantic teen comedies! How many of them do we loathe? But how many were also great? Not Another Teen Movie makes fun of movies from the 80's to the 90's and is very clever. I saw this movie with a friend and honestly, while there are a few parts that were a little too much for me, I don't exactly dig potty humor, but there are some really funny scenes. It was fun to see someone finally make fun of the all the clichés that were rubbed in our faces: the nerdy girl turning into the hot girl, clichéd characters that would never be friends but somehow are, the best friend in love with the other friend who's in love with the popular kid, you get the drill.

In the stereotypical high school community of John Hughes High sexy Priscilla, a popular cheerleader, separates from her boyfriend, Jake Wyler. After Jake discovers that Priscilla is now dating strange and socially inept Les just to spite him, one of Jake's friends, Austin, suggests seeking retribution by making Janey Briggs, a "uniquely rebellious girl", the prom queen. Jake attempts to court Janey's love, but faces adversity from his own sister Catherine, who is sexually attracted to him, Janey's unnoticed admirer and best friend Ricky, and memories from his past football career. Catherine eventually helps her brother by slightly altering Janey's appearance, ultimately making her more attractive to the other characters. Meanwhile, Janey's little brother, Mitch, and his friends, Ox and Bruce, make a pact to lose their virginity by Graduation even though they are still in their Freshmen year. Making fun of movies like: She's All That, Cruel Intentions, American Pie, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Drive Me Crazy, American Beauty, and Pretty in Pink , Not Another Teen Movie leaves no film left alone to show us the utter cliché that came with every teen movie out of the 90's.

Like I said, there are some moments that are a little much, this is a pretty raunchy comedy, but I think it's just making fun of the in your face movies with the sick humor as well. I mean there's potty humor and hard core nudity, but I digress. There are some really funny moments in this movie, wither it was the random song the cast breaks into about their excitement for the prom or the whole introduction of the clichéd characters. The cast looked like they had a blast making this movie and I had a lot of fun watching it as well. I would recommend it for those who love satire and parodies, I did warn you though about the raunchiness, so if you have a weak stomach, you may wanna fast forward through a few parts.

7/10

While there have been countless atrocious spoof movies released over the years, this parody of themes and clichés from '80s and '90s teen flicks like 'She's All That,' 'The Breakfast Club,' and 'American Pie' is one of those rare few that are actually genuinely funny. It did a good job of stitching many iconic scenes from countless teen movies into one cohesive (and actually quite enjoyable) story. This is a comedy true and through - as long as you find slapstick parodies funny.

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.

I'm more of a dark humor man myself but this movie is pretty funny, I love how they don't care at all they fit 20 different plots in one movie it goes from one iconic scene to another if I were to try and recommend this to anyone I would say if you like movies that make fun of tropes this might be your movie

While Not Another Teen Movie is pretty average overall, it's better than some of the 'Movie' movies that were released after this ie Epic Movie. There are a number of names in the cast that are much more well known now like Chris Evans so it was intriguing to see these individuals in an early role in their career.

Not Another Teen Movie is in general a pretty archetypal 2000s parody movie, it references films mostly related to the teen film genre and occasionally branches out into referencing some other unrelated films and pop culture. It contains a fair amount of scatological and sexual jokes, though a few of these do land. The acting is adequate and the storyline and writing of the film are also okay.

While it's a decent enough comedy, I don't believe it has much rewatch value and in conclusion I would grade it an average 5 out of 10.

Not Another Teen Movie is a, uh, it might just be another teen movie, except this one is directed by Joel Gallen, one of the guys at MTV, so it is a teen movie except with that MTV humor edge to it (plus R rating). It spoofs movie that in their own way are already funny on their own, so parodying them is not only difficult but lame. That's why a good chunk of this movie doesn't work. However, when Not Another Teen Movie does work its laughs, it is actually funny (the Randy Quaid scenes, Breakfast Club spoof, certain parts of the party sequence are the funniest parts. Overall, it's OK, but it would've been funnier if it was made 5 years ago, or if I was 5 years younger. Mr.T, Melissa Joan Hart, Molly Ringwald and Paul Gleason appear in cameos (Mr. T would've been funnier if he had better dialogue). B

I'm pretty sure the name "Not Another Teen Movie" is meant ironically, since the entire film is ironic, or at least tries to be.

This flick contains an absolute gaggle of d*ck jokes, so if that's what you're looking for, you're home. Occasionally, something semi-clever surfaces, like using the white dude who acts Chinese to lampoon how dumb white kids look when they try to act black. That really amused me.

Other than that, it's a steady diet of low-brow humor. "NATN" contains parodies of countless teen movies from the last 20 years. Sometimes, they're actually funny, but other times, all they've done is recreate an old movie scene and hope you laugh from the nostalgia.

So, if dirty jokes and half-baked send-ups leave you in stitches, you'll like this movie. If not, you won't.

The days of Airplane and Naked Gun are over. Nowadays, we have the Scary Movies, Spy Hard, Date Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, etc....of all of these, Teen Movie is quite easily the best one. The point of spoofs and satires, to me, are not just to take familiar scenes and do something retarded and gross with them, but instead to actually make fun of all the things in the original movies that, while watching them, we all turned to our friends and said "wait a minute, thats kind of stupid". Teen Movie does this extremely well. How many of us lucky movie fans who saw She's All That had trouble seeing why everyone in the movie thought the lead actress was ugly just because she had glasses and a ponytail? She was still a babe! How many of these teen movies give the main lead actress a friend who is clearly into her, but she always seems to ignore any possibility of romance between them, instead pursuing another character and asking for her friend's help/advice? How many people thought the characters in Cruel Intentions were just sexually over the top to the point of being absurd? Teen Movie pokes great fun at all of these flaws. It is, unlike many other movies that attempt to be like it, a true satire, taking characters and not just doing stupid things with them, but exaggerating the traits of their serious counterparts and, when it comes down to it, just making fun of them. It has surprisingly good plot cohesion while still making fun of a variety of teen movies. I suppose the best way to distinguish this movie from all other modern spoofs is that this one is truly intelligent. Sure it has some stupid jokes, and toilet humor (that I admit I chuckled at in disgust like the diarrhea scene and the lesbian kiss with the old woman), but it also has some very clever jokes, like when is it appropriate to start a slow clap, why do these teen movies seem to only have one black character, and how silly is it that things slow down for emphasis when the beautiful female lead enters the room. Please, give this one a chance. If you've seen the other modern spoofs, I'm confident you will appreciate the noticeable and subtle differences between them and Teen Movie that make the latter much more enjoyable and palatable to watch.

Gross, stupid, and yawn like humor. Easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Poorly written, directed, and acted. Material was crude, degrading, and pathetic.

Avoid this movie at all costs. 1 out of 10 (because there isn't a zero)

The IMDb ranking for this film is quite harsh in my opinion. OK, this film was never going to win an Oscar, but it's enjoyable throughout and has some very good laughs in it. I'm not a big fan of teen movies but I saw this and was impressed. It's light-hearted and not afraid to appear ridiculous (infact most of the time it does this deliberately) and it doesn't pretend to be "Just another teen movie", indeed it IS "Not another teen movie", it's a very enjoyable laugh at the expense of those films.

Don't expect your life to be changed by this film, but if you want simply a fun film to watch then you won't go far wrong seeing this one.

We have all seen american pie 1 and 2, road trip, can't hardly wait, election, 10 things, cruel intensions, varsity blues and so on.

But the general population of the audience would not have seen she's all that, pretty in pink, and the other movies in the 70's to 80's. Besides from that this new brand of teen movie, provides laughs around every corner, and the more you watch it the more funny it is.

This film completely pokes holes in classic teen movies, for example "billy bob with bacon the pig from varsity blues" is "reggie ray and sausage the pig" you get what i mean.

very strong acting from Chris evans and Jaime Pressly.

the reason why some people are over critical is because that these people would not of got the jokes because the lack of knowledge of teen movies.

And like it says in the trailer "if you have seen scary movie, who gives a...." that is exactly right, this movie far outbeats the latest installments of teen movies by far.

A definate must see for fans of teen flicks.

i will give it a 8.5/10

I hate it when people make comments about these sorts of films saying that the story line is loose or vague or it has no real plot. The only reason for these films to have any sort of plot is to direct the jokes. I believe this films primary purpose is to make the viewer laugh and it does so in abundance. I went to see the film with an open mind not expecting to be blown away with a fantastic performance from the lead character or be intrigued by its deep and complex story line - its a light hearted no-brainer that does its job.

I think the problem most people have with this film is they haven't seen many of the films it spoofs which in turn would make it very unfunny. However it captures the essence of all teen movies and all the characters (although supposed to be from one movie or another) can be recognised in any of the teen movies.

It was always going to be a difficult task to include a good array of characters and movies to spoof but I believe director Joel Gallen has done a pretty decent job. Watch it with your mates and few beers!

I liked this movie. I like mindless jokes that get you plenty of laughs and this movie has some pretty good ones. My favorite one was the slow clapper. That was just so funny and that cameo with Melissa Joan Hart. That poor slow clapper got his chance, but it was taken away from him. I also liked the fact that Jamie Pressly was in it. This is my first favorite movie with her in it. Sam Huntington is a great actor too. I am also somewhat of a Randy Quaid fan and characters that are crazy Vietnam veterans. I will say I would have changed the story somewhat. Thats why I didn't give it all of it's stars. Other then that its a good movie. Not Another Teen Movie is regularly shown on Comedy Central.

In the time where parodies were actually a thing and actually funny, i feel like this one is a straight up classic alongside the scary movie parodies.

They really made fun of absolutely everything! And every single movie i grew up loving! (Shes all that, varsity blues, pleasantville, cruel intentions, breakfast club, american beauty, American pie, 10 things etc.) i could literally go on and on!

Its also SO HARD for me to believe that this is the movie that put Chris Evans on the map.

I think for anyone watching this now it probably wouldn't be received well and hard to enjoy if you didnt grow up watching the movies mentioned above. But it still holds up!

Ps. Also interesting to see where some of these actors are now.

First off, let me say, I wasn't expecting an excellent movie. I knew this wasnt "oscar-calibur". I expected something along the lines of Scary Movie. But dear god, what were they thinking?! This movie was so incredibly not-funny. During the movie, there was maybe one person in the theater who was laughing. There were more screams of "This movie sucks" than there were laughs. I warn everyone out there, do not see this movie. It is just flat out not funny. The only upside is that there is a very large amount of hot chicks. But go see Ocean's 11, or anything but this. I can't believe we didn't see Vanilla Sky. Not another teen movie = awful. 0 / any number possible.

I have to say, I didn't expect much from this film. Basically "Scary Movie" spoofing teen classics instead of horror films. I watched it and actually liked it. Yes, this film could possibly be qualified as one of the silliest movies of the decade, but that's sort of the point. This movie had laughing so hard I was gasping for breath. The humor is juvenile, but FUNNY. The plot is stupid, but HILARIOUS. It's really fun to stop and say "Hey, that 10 Things About You!" or "Oh, they're doing Can't Hardly Wait". This film is probably one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time, it's not for everybody, but it's a good movie.

Some people will go into this movie and criticize it for being well.....stupid. But it is supposed to be. It is a parody, the whole point of this movie is to make people laugh. It is full of stupid and idiotic scenes that are there just to bring out a chuckle. If you go into the movie not expecting it to win any sort of Oscar for serious acting then you will probably be pleased with the results. It mocks many scenes from classic teen movies such as pretty in pink and breakfast club (really it pokes fun at all John Hughes movies by either referencing to them and pretty much copying exact scenes). Then it took stuff from newer movies such as She's All That, Cruel Intentions, Never Been Kissed, etc, etc. If you were a fan of the Scary Movie's line then you will enjoy this also.

The jokes in this film are so forced its sad, the movies they try to spoof are such classics that its just not really funny...maybe they get a chuckle out of most, but no belly laughs...and the nudity is the only thing keeping guys in the theatre.....

this film would have been funny if it had come out back in 1987..but,I dont think even then they would have made people laugh with this trash.. most of the films they spoof, breakfast club,16 candles,ferris bueller etcc, arent easy to spoof.....and arent done well here either..in short this movie sucks! and it sucks hard!!! watching this film is about as much fun as watching paint dry, and its as painful to watch as passing a kidney stone.....pass on this turd..Airplane,or even Scary Movie this isnt..

It's gross, stupid, and raunchy and I love it! And you can tell that everyone involved had a great time, and that just adds to the experience. It also helps that I am a fan of a few of the movies that they make fun of like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. And even the stuff that isn't exactly funny gets a laugh out of me because it's all over-the-top in the best way.

I reckon this can be considered a "best of" all those teenage movies and then some put together. Be it the hot Russian exchange student (looking at you American Pie) or all the bets teenage movies included. If you've seen the original movies, you'll know which movie is referred too. And I think the toilet humor joke is from another movie too ... I could have done without it to be frank.

Still this has one of the strongest funny-sexy beginnings put on screen ever! And its a girl at the center of it. The supposedly ugly duckling ... which of course is anything but ugly. Not to mention that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Anyway, so many cliches, so many jokes and many work quite well. Even 20 years later. I personally still don't like all the poop jokes - though in my estimation almost no movie can pull them off efficiently .. no pun intended. The cast is quite something to behold with Chris Evans being the lead male ... it may sound "duh", but having such fine actors playing it so dumb, is really helping the movie a lot!

First off before I am viewed as a hater of this genre of films I must say that I highly enjoyed Scary Movie, American Pie, Ect. Unfortunately this film should not even be viewed as a spoof. Over 80% of the film was nothing more than word for word scenes from other movies, being done over by other actors. I found myself ending the sentences of the actors before they were finished. After about 45 mins of trying to endure this film the 3 other people I went with all decided that it would be more humane to leave the theater ,taking the $9 loss, than to have to endure any more of the film. We were not the only people leaving. I would say this movie deserves a 0 out of ****. It was actually a shame to see the wasted use of a few good actors.

While it fails almost as often as it succeeds, there's so much going on here I couldn't help but like it. You REALLY have to be familiar with the material being spoofed, though. And part of the fun is ticking them all off in your mind if you're a movie geek like me.

NATM has two levels and target audiences. For teens who have seen all the recent flicks, it's a direct, Mad magazine style parody. For 30 somethings like me, it's an homage to the 80's flicks. The opening scene is an obvious "American Pie" spoof, but in a much more subtle way, it's drawing on "Sixteen Candles". To top it off, the scene is still funny even if you haven't seen either targets. Bruce (Sam Levine from Freaks & Geeks) is a parody of Seth Green's character in "Can't Hardly Wait", but he's also an homage to Long Duk Dong.

Several people have mentioned that kids probably haven't seen the old flicks and older people haven't seen the new ones. Well, if you're a kid, you don't need to have seen the old flicks to appreciate it as a broad parody. The 80's jokes tend to sit in the background- like the signs on the walls and the musical cues in the Molly Ringwald scene (which actually was a weak point IMO). And I've found that most people my age HAVE seen most of the newer teen movies. They came out just about the time we were starting to get married, buy houses, have real jobs. And they were a nice bit of nostalgia for our youth. Even if we didn't go pay $7.50 to see them, we've seen them on USA on saturday afternoon.

It's no accident the that soundtrack is almost entirely new, young bands doing covers of 80's songs.

As far as the gross-out factor goes, it's really not that bad. The filthy opening scene is forgivable because it's so dang funny. There is one gory joke on the football field. (A "Lucas" homage inside a "Varsity Blues" parody.) A sick unfunny scatalogical joke at the beginning of the movie pays off with a big laugh when it's turned around at the end. And the mother of all "poo" jokes is tempered by the fact that the victim is a delivering a tirade against "poo" jokes. And then there's granny's kiss- unfunny and nasty. But it's nowhere near the level of "Scary Movie". It's also nice to see a movie like this without any gay jokes or fat jokes. (There is a fat guy, but being fat isn't the joke.) Under the filth, this is a pretty gentle movie.

I avoided this when it came out, but another 30-something friend recommended it to me recently. I'd recommend it to anyone who old enough to have seen "Sixteen Candles" in a theatre...as long as you've seen most of the newer flicks as well.

Oh...LOVED the slow clap guy!