Prom Dates

I didn't really expect the world here. I watched it mostly because I like both lead actresses and enjoyed their previous work.

The premise is as basic as it gets, which is fine, though I will never understand American's obsession with prom.

The writing is very generic and predictable and not always in the fun way. There are some genuinely funny moments (that one Mom calling the dog her son's sister was hysterical) that make the movie wat watchable, but other than this is has unfortunately not much going for it.

I'm fine with characters that are not instantly likable because that leaves room for development, but especially in a film like this, you need to be able to root for the characters which is nearly impossible.

The tone is also a bit all over the place. It feels like a very try-hard raunchy teen comedy (trying very to jump into the Bottoms momentum of female comedy) that doesn't really know how far it wants to do. Saying "fuck" in every second sentence doesn't make it more "adult" to say the least. It feels exactly what I would expect from Disney trying out R-Rated comedy tbh.

It's an okay movie for a lazy Sunday afternoon, nothing more.

This was weirdly similar to Bottoms except one of the friends is straight and also everyone is worse here. There's some funny one liners and out-there bits that I appreciated, but damn the main characters are pretty awful, especially Jess. Lots of over-the-top drama, and gross parts such as repeated vomiting. Shame because there was potential here to make a more sailent point about how hyping up a single night to such an extent is bound to end in disappointment but oh well

Also American teen parties scare me