In spite of its attempt to appeal to geeks by CONSTANTLY pandering with sci-fi references, this is ultimately a good example of what happens when a talented cast gets little to do. That's not to say there aren't funny moments. There are! (Especially from Eden Sher.) But the overall experience feels empty. It's yet another teen movie version of Animal Farm with very little imagination and not even a clear idea of how the "losers" take over the school. I had at least hoped for a fun, cathartic story about getting revenge on the "mean girls" but even that angle is subverted. The filmmakers force us to feel sorry for the people we'd rather love to hate and suck the fun out of it. Yet the "geek vs chic revolution" story continues, even after we're left with no side to root for. I get it
That was the point. Okay. But it was very unsatisfying. Again, it wasn't awful or un-watchable. Just
"eh."
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super-joey25 August 2017
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lorcan-618812 October 2017The Outcasts? The Outskirts? Mean Girls 3,however yeah say it is now the new enough teen movie starring Peyton List and Eden Sher,from one of my favorite shows The Middle. To be honest,the only reason I watched this was because I was strolling on Netflix and when I heard,talented actress Eden Sher was in it like a few years back so now,I finally got to see it. The Out____ is nothing we obviously have not seen before,its basically just the reboot of Mean Girls. I'm not going to say that The Out____ is a horrible copy of Mean Girls,I was just disappointed with what I saw due to me having waiting years to see it with absolutely no release date what so ever other than '2015,2016,2012,2013' and then just '????'. Eden Sher was very good in the film but I thought played the exact same character from The Middle except not as nice and fragile,Mindy,the character she played,was though a bit more tuff to be honest. The Out(whatever!) though is OK,nothing I'd really see again
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If you add a bit of jeekiness and weirdness, take away a little bit of Hollywood polish and sophistication, and possibly stir in a pinch of satire on the Mean Girls & The Clique, then you'll have this movie. It's not an award winning movie, but if you take it as fun, you'll be fine with it.
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Basically the movie's plot is a good idea/well-meant, but unfortunately completely miscast with Victoria Justice. Did she think (for lack of roles), 'if Charlize Theron gets an Oscar for ugliness, I can establish myself in an "ugly" role as a serious actress'? Ridiculous, especially since the "uglification" takes place only by giving her glasses - which does not provide any credibility and is also a massive insult for all girls who need to wear glasses and are still not ugly or (ugly) outsiders as a result. Eden Sher is a much better fit and convincing, but the evil cliché for the choice of the 'bitch characters' destroys all good approaches: the bad guys are of course all blondes (even including the principal!) - it cannot get any more trite - and on the "decent" side there is not a single blond - pure cliché AND not even true. When I look around as well as think of my schooldays, the power-hungry bitches who bullied others are/were all brunette or black-haired (roughly the Victoria Justice type or even darker). Maybe this is different in the US, but the prejudice that blondes were getting preferential treatment has not been true since the 50s / 60s. The (wannabe-)coolest/most popular and most beastly ones are the dark-haired girls - that's at least what I experience(d), sorry if it does not please you. Overall, the whole movie comes across as pretty insincere (despite the well-meant intentions and potent beginnings) or even as a mere vehicle, so that Victoria J. can finally pair-up with her buddy Avan Jogia (at least on film)- sorry, pathetic, not enough, wrong approach/execution.
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Kamurai2514 August 2020Pretty good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.
This is really you're basic "coming of age", "high school clique war" movie. What makes it stand out is the cast. I just happen to recognize them from several different things, but they're clearly acting over their weight class in this movie.
Eden Sher ("The Middle") has the undaunted hyper-active peppy thing down to a science. It would be like watching happy puppy videos to just see her do her thing for hours on end.
Victoria Justice ("Victorious") has a big enough personality to match Eden's enthusiasm and enough control to make her character grow into it.
Ashley Rickards ("Awkward") oddly shows her talent by being a narrowly closeted character and the proverbial "straight man".
Peyton List ("Jessie / Bunk'd") has a subtle role, but I'm just happy to see her not playing an idiot.
Along with all the other supporting roles, the cast really knocks it out of the park with their delivery.
I would have liked it to be a little "more", the potential is there, I just don't know what could have made a high school story like this "great".
Solidly good watch though, if you're okay subjecting yourself to "high school drama", then you should enjoy this. -
SnoopyStyle5 May 2017Mindy (Eden Sher) is aiming for MIT. Band geek Jodi (Victoria Justice) has been her best friend since 3rd grade. The two outsiders have been targets for Queen Bee Whitney (Claudia Lee). Mindy tries to make peace but Whitney humiliates Jodi. The girls set to overturn the high school power structure by uniting the disenfranchised.
The basic plot structure is well done and the young cast is solid. I really like Eden on her TV show. Many of the girls playing teens are in their 20s. This is not that different from other high school dramedies and should work well. Eden Sher is playing her wacky nerd character and Justice has good friend chemistry with her. Claudia Lee is a fine mean girl but this is no Mean Girls.
There are two main problems. First, the release seems to have run into some delays. I'm guessing that this was filmed around 2015 but the two years delay does mean that Victoria Justice is no longer the Nickelodeon It girl. She should be playing a college kid by now. It also leaves this movie out of time which is related to the second problem. The references in the movie are scattered all over the place. With the old computers and old early 2000s TV references, I wondered if the world is set at an earlier time. The modern cell phones and # place the movie in the present day. The competing time periods ultimately leave me unsatisfied. I want to like this movie for the young cast but the writing is not quite Tina Fey level. It has the potential but none of it is quite sharp enough. -
KCFAM4 October 2020I thought this movie was underrated. It was a super cute and enjoyable flick. Maybe not the makings of a classic, but still really fun.
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louise_dias_paul29 September 2017I did find this movie a quite mediocre, cliché teen chick flick. There were so many flaws in this movie that it made the movie experience cringe worthy. The characters were some what relatable, but also poorly acted. Like you would have the most typical characters that you would find in any chick flick. Like the mean girls vs the socially awkward girls. It did become a bit of a bore since I have seen it all before. There wasn't really anything "great" about this movie. The concept and plot was quite interesting though it was poorly executed. I found also the narration throughout the movie were totally unnecessary. I felt really confused because we were looking into both of the two best friends lives, So it just felt useless having narration in the movie; It just felt tacky and rushed, just to give a bit more substance to the movie. There wasn't much intelligence to the movie. It was about geeks and freaks but it just felt so badly done, I just didn't like it at all. It is also just another knock off mean girls chick flick. Just watch mean girls.
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RosanaBotafogo16 July 2022I liked the last 4 and a half minutes... the rest is boring... Almost rewatching by mistake, movies with bullying are disgusting me more and more, not the movies, but the actions contained in them, very cute ending... At least that...
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josh-9353322 August 2017A new knock off of Means Girls but on a larger scale. Nice time killer to have background noise when doing other things. Promotes underage drinking so its not a good movie for kids. The cast seem to be a bunch of has beens that were awesome entertaining little kids on the Disney channel but the world has sense moved on and left them with this. Not a movie I would ever recommend to anyone to watch.
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jm-25515 April 2017Played this for my two nieces, ages 11 and 12, and they loved it. I could hear them laughing as I was cooking in the kitchen. I watched most of it from afar and it looked good.
My younger niece already asked to watch it again, so I figured I'd post this review for anyone else who might have girls in junior high. It seems perfect for them. -
AscendeSuperius21 June 2022This is a twist on the classic teenage agst, mean girls esque, teenage existential crisis film. But ultimately, what started out as a decent idea quickly ended up being just another film in a sea of other similar films. The important parts weren't well enough elaborated, and while the inside jokes to appeal to geeks were fun to watch. It doesn't justify all that was lacklustre in the film. Still, if a you're long for is a 'twist on the classic teenage agst, mean girls esque, teenage existential crisis film', without any expectations and all, it's still a fun watch.
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I congratulated my dog for writing this movie, whereby he immediately barked offense. It was my best guess nonetheless.
Three stars because the cast isn't terrible.
I'd be shocked if each and every one of them hasn't tried to go back in time and save themselves from this utter embarrassment. -
hgoodbye-3229812 July 2022The jokes are bad, not the best acting, and very unrealistic, nothing that happened in this movie would happen in real life. Every five minutes I thought about watching something else, I don't know why I didn't, but I wish I did. Maybe if I was 10 it wouldn't have been so bad.
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jllagunos28 June 2021Just for a brief moment I thought this movie would be something fun, clever, with well developed characters, an interesting conflict, and perhaps even a smart satire about teen angst, school and society... You guess it, I hoped for "Mean Girls". But no. It is just plain dumb, stereotypical, full with clichés, prejudices, tasteless jokes, under developed characters.... It's a shame because of the very good actresses they got. But bad scripts, bad filming and a very pool conception of life, can't save anything. Avoid it at all costs. Really, just watch Mean Girls again.
(they even dared to call out Tina Fey during the movie... not cool guys. Not cool). -
ninjashidan3 December 2017I had quite low expectations when deciding to watch this video but I was gleefully surprised by how sophisticated it was. I've read the reviews which compare it to mean girls and although it may have some similarities I found it to be more driven by a educative purpose on what power is and how it is procured and corrupted.
At first I thought it was lame that it quoted 48 laws of power which is a remarkable book but then I realized the writers verily had a good understanding of the book and it's dynamics in a high school space.
To conclude, if you don't have the interest of thinking and want merely to be entertained perhaps this movie is not for you. But if you want a movie that'll challenge you then give this a chance. -
nogodnomasters5 July 2017This film could be called "Mean Girls 3." It is basically the same type of film where high school outcasts get revenge on the evil cool clique. The two girls who lead the charge are Jodi (Victoria Justice) a Tina Fey clone and Mindy (Eden Sher) auditioning for "Big Bang Theory." The characters and plot were formula. The dialogue was cute enough to make up for the short comings of predictability. Worth a view if you like "Mean Girls" type of films. Not as good as "Mean Girls" but better than "Mean Girls 2." Guide: No swearing sex, or nudity.
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breezykersey12 October 2020Great movie. I love Victoria, Avan and Peyton so I watched it for them since they're my favorite childhood stars. I love how young they were able to make Victoria look and I love the fact that she wears glasses because I rarely see main protagonist with them. It was a well made movie. Had a great, simple plot and was conducted well. Perfect movie for children, teens and pre teens. It reminds me of one of those movies that I would watch in class at school.