Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Such a frustrating disappointment

Simply A Masterpiece

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

If I had known what I knew now I probably wouldn't have watched this movie. But unfortunately hindsight is 20/20. So in the hopes of saving someone else from the same fate, I'm writing a review. Now don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad movie, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a good one either. The twist is more than a little obvious if you think about it for more than 30 seconds. The biggest problem though isn't the obvious ending, it's the fact that the people who made this movie don't seem very sure about what they wanted this movie to be. Half of it was straight out of a typical teenage slumber party movie, but the other half felt like it belonged in a serious drama/thriller. I kind of understand what they were going for but I think it would have been a lot better if they had concentrated less on the sleepover aspect and more on the thriller part of the movie. There were some subplots that just didn't fit right and I also felt in some places like the use of "teen slang" was forced and just odd. Yes teens says things like "totes" and "shiz", but it felt like the placement of these words was too deliberate rather than the casual way they are typically used.Overall, it felt like this movie was trying to be "I Know What You Did Last Summer" with less gore and more substance, but it just fell flat and looked like someone took two completely different movies and turned them into one.

I cannot believe that I fell for the few good reviews that some gave this movie. Maybe they're drunk, maybe they were stoned, but they sure as well weren't sober if they watched this and think they were good.Where do I start. A "rebel punk" chick, Chapin (that looks like she came out of a nickelodeon cartoon) attended a "best friend"'s birthday sleepover with a few others and ended up insulting the hell out of the event, called it boring, and threatened to leave if she doesn't get what she wants. And if that's not bad enough, she peer pressured everybody (whose lives might not be as bad as she made hers but she basically forced them anyway) into playing a silly dare game that involves public indecency, public urination, public disturbance, robbery, vandalism, illegal drinking, underage driving, and borderline prostitution. Then as the movie goes, turns out a few years before Chapin stupidly dared someone to jump off a bridge, who then died, and that she felt bad about it (which was apparently the reason she "rebelled") And yet HERE she is, a few years later, forcing everybody to do the exact same thing. Not dumb enough?Let's continue. She then later got angry at everybody because 2 people from her old school mentioned that it was her fault (for some reason her friends think it isn't) and that she caused the accident. Then, after 1 girl told her it was stupid to dare someone to do that, Chapin took that into great offense (apparently she has no common sense at all) and asked the girl if it was a dare. The other said "No, I'm not that dumb" and again, SOMEHOW, she took it as a dare. Then she jumped off a bridge in front of everybody (cause an attention wh*re needs an audience) and then somehow at the end we're supposed to feel bad for her?This woman is the meanest, dumbest, most selfish ATTENTION WH*RE of a character I have ever seen. Who thinks because she feels bad about something dumb that SHE did, she earned to right to lash out and be a b*tch to everybody and expects us to feel sorry for her (she actually blamed her friends for not understanding for a moment). The world doesn't work that way, this movie honestly wasted my time and trust me, if I could, I would save you the pain and misery that I endured during the movie.Watching a selfish careless little barbie doll who talks like an idiot for 1.5 hours is not fun.

(not sure if these count as spoilers) I watched this movie on Netflix after it described it as a "thriller" about dark secrets coming out. The only thrill was when it was over and I didn't have to endure this awful movie anymore. The writing was absolutely horrible. The dialogue seemed like a 40-something man trying to write for teenage girls. It all came off as very awkward, and not at all realistic. The plot was boring and predictable. But despite these glaring flaws, what really bothered me was the character of Chapin. This girl is shown throughout the movie to be a callous, mean-spirited little troll of a person, and the movie expects us to feel bad for her. Time and time again, this character goes out of her way to make life miserable for those around her, simply to have something "exciting" to do, and it makes the viewer feel nothing but loathing and resentment for her. And her so-called "redemption", really just makes you hate her even more for being so stupid. If you like insipid, trite teeny-bopper movies like Twilight, this should be right up your alley. Otherwise, steer clear.

This movie still hasn't been released in the US, at least not in wide distribution, and that is a shame. Despite the 2 (so far) 1 star reviews, that appear to have been written by the same person, this is not a bad movie. The characters are a bit stereotypical, but, name a teen movie where they are not. And, frankly, the teens in this movie are far more believable than in most teen films. Part of the problem might be that this film seems to be categorized as a thriller, and it definitely is not. It is a coming of age movie. I like that the characters do develop over the course of the film. And, while it is hard to empathize with the main character, Chapin, in the beginning, by the end of the film I did. I am also a Brit Robertson fan from her work on the TV series 'Life Unexpected'. And, why this film got an R rating is beyond me. Oh, and this film passes the Bechdel test(look it up if you have never heard of it). That may be the reason for the unhappy reviews.