Truly Dreadful Film

Let's be realistic.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Maddy Wirtz (Hedy Burress) can't wait to graduate and go to art school. She has no connection to anyone in school other than her boyfriend Ethan Bixby (Peter Facinelli). Then rebellious Legs Sadovsky (Angelina Jolie) shows up and turns her world upside down. Legs comes to the aid of beaten down Rita Faldes (Jenny Lewis). In the bathroom, Rita tells the girls that teacher Mr. Buttinger keeps her in detention where he gropes her. School slut Violet Kahn (Sarah Rosenberg) backs it up with a similar claim. The girls with spaced-out Goldie Goldman (Jenny Shimizu) confront the teacher. The girls are suspended. They find a gathering place in an abandoned home.This movie is adapted from a novel of a girl gang in the 50s. The movie starts out great. It builds up to the confrontation with Buttinger. It's terrific. While the movie diverges from the novel, I wish it diverge more by concentrating on the Buttinger situation. The girls aren't the same as the girls in the novel. It seems to me that these girls in the movie would narrow their focus on Buttinger. It's a question left hanging. The further away the movie goes, the less compelling it becomes. The movie tries to hit the big notes in the novel but it may be better off rewriting more of it.

Kickass girls revolting against the status quo and sexism? Hell Yeah! This film was great, a wild ride from the minute that Angelina Jolie (Legs) stepped foot into it. I watched this simply because I tend to love films from the 90's, and this has been added to this vintage list. The diversity of characters allows you to connect with at least one in the film, a healthy situation. As mentioned earlier, Angelina Jolie's character (Legs) acts as a catalyst and really speeds up the plot while twisting it too. Being the mother of the group Legs really steals the show and gains a herd whom together face difficulty along the road. I would recommend this film towards a younger audience, specifically teenagers. It's wind of freedom and rebellion would appeal to the average adolescent (along with the general age of the characters, and the setting). This film isn't an immensely deep, thought-provoking thriller, but rather acts as some cool, fresh, light-entertainment.

The only thing worthwhile in this movie is Jolie. She seems to somewhat salvage the movie, if ever this movie could be saved. However, when one has seen Hackers, one would know that it is done without much effort since she more or less plays the same role; rebelling, bad-ass, teenager. Her acting style is exactly the same with that from Hackers. The rest of the appearances and acting is quite lame. Overall this would be a movie to be watched if one has nothing better to do. I watched it at 4 in the morning (insomnia).For Men: The actual only worthwhile scene in this movie is when Jolie takes off her t-shirt.WoW!!! (J.K.)

The Jolie-Nation will tar and feather me after reading this review.This film redefines aimless. If you're not an angst ridden young woman, than don't bother picking this up.The plot centers around this sexy mysterious drifter who goes by the title of Legs(Jolie), and who changes the lives of four high school girls forever.What begins as a solid message, standing up for your rights and against harassment, quickly dissolves into wayward youth territory.The four girls get expelled from school for beating up a teacher, with the guidance of Legs. The script, if you want to call it such, has the girls address the sexual harassment charge against the teacher they roughed up, with their principal, and he expels them for three weeks!! Like a real principal would discard claims made by a group of girls.Sympathy dissolves when the girls begin to follow the be bad example set by Legs. Hedy Burress finally realizes Legs may not be so swell when she abducts Shimizu's father at gun point.Hedy Burress' sensitive portrayal is what kept me going when all I wanted to do was hit stop, and pop in The Usual Suspects.