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Cori June (3033 KP) rated Meddling Kids: A Novel in Books
Dec 3, 2018 (Updated Dec 5, 2018)
Dean (6925 KP) rated Behaving Badly (2014) in Movies
Apr 21, 2020
Not funny (1 more)
Very loose idea for a plot
Very poor 80's style teen comedy
This definitely tries to capture the vibe of films like Ferris Bueller's day off and Risky Business to name a couple. It fails badly though. Despite quite an ensemble cast most only have a few scenes or cameo roles. It's just not that funny and goes from one odd scene to the next. There are better more recent teen comedies than this around.
Flowerpower (154 KP) rated American Pie (1999) in Movies
May 8, 2017
Jamie Lee Curtis recommended Coffee, Tea or Me in Books (curated)
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Scream (1996) in Movies
Jan 4, 2018
Decent teen slasher movie
For a teen slasher movie this was good. I like the opening that gets your heart pumping a little but, we see a slow down at times. The story is creative and fun. Some of the ideas were taken from other movies but, according to a certain character he lays out all the premises on how they happen and they kind of do. Did this movie need 4 sequels no but one to tie everything together yes.
Kaylin (39 KP) rated Power Rangers (2017) in Movies
Apr 21, 2017
Jennifer Reeder recommended The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) in Movies (curated)
Steve Fearon (84 KP) rated Pyewacket (2017) in Movies
Sep 26, 2018
This film doesn't know WITCH film it wants to be...
Pyewacket is a witchy teen angst film, that feels a bit like it wanted to be Ginger Snaps for witches, following the life of a teen girl whose father has recently died, and whose mother is not dealing well with the new reality.
Against her protestations, her mother moves them to a house in the woods, and away from her school and friends and after a heated exchange, the daughter decides to perform a dark ritual in the woods.
The crux of the film is that she later regrets the decision and is haunted by ghostly presences in the house that she suspects are the result of her ritual.
The whole film feels out of time, as if it were a late 90's early 2000's teen horror, with the majority of time spent exploring teen angst and cringey cliched subculture banter, rather than really tyring to ramp up any tension or scare the viewer.
At no point is a bad film, but it is trying to walk the line between genuine horror and that sort of 'The Craft' style teen culture movie, and it just doesnt seem to really nail either.
Its not bad, its not great, its just ok.
Against her protestations, her mother moves them to a house in the woods, and away from her school and friends and after a heated exchange, the daughter decides to perform a dark ritual in the woods.
The crux of the film is that she later regrets the decision and is haunted by ghostly presences in the house that she suspects are the result of her ritual.
The whole film feels out of time, as if it were a late 90's early 2000's teen horror, with the majority of time spent exploring teen angst and cringey cliched subculture banter, rather than really tyring to ramp up any tension or scare the viewer.
At no point is a bad film, but it is trying to walk the line between genuine horror and that sort of 'The Craft' style teen culture movie, and it just doesnt seem to really nail either.
Its not bad, its not great, its just ok.