Teen Movie homework on "The Inbetweeners Film"

The Inbetweeners

Plot: Four teenage misfits - Will, Simon, Jay and Neil - have finished their A-levels and are about to leave Rudge Park Comprehensive, much to the relief of Mr. Gilbert, their sarcastic, cynical sixth form tutor. Within their final week of school, however, Jay's grandfather dies, Simon is dumped by his girlfriend Carli and Will discovers that his divorced father has unexpectedly married his much younger mistress. Depressed, the boys decide to go on holiday together and Neil books them on a trip to Malia, Crete.

Their accommodation in Malia is awful, but the boys meet four girls - Alison, Lucy, Lisa and Jane - in an empty bar during their first night out. Their initial meeting goes less than smoothly- Will chats to Alison and pokes fun at her clichéd "Greek waiter boyfriend", Simon bores Lucy to death talking about Carli, Neil has a non-conversation with Lisa, and Jay "gets stuck" with the bubbly, if somewhat overweight Jane. The girls go on their way after Neil pulls two older women, but arrange to meet the boys the next day. Outside the bar, Simon sees Carli across the street. He talks awkwardly with her before being run over by a quad bike ridden by James, an obnoxious club rep and Carli's new squeeze. Carli reveals she is going to a boat party later in the week, and Simon pledges to meet her there.

Target audience: Those that watched the film and the TV series generally were at the age of 15-25 years old and signified those who were approaching 6^th form or those who had just left university.

Characters and stereotypes:

·      All the 4 main characters are white. Represents the stereotypical English town, where there are very few other races.

·      All main characters are male. It shows they are dominant and very diverse. These boys see females as sex objects.

·      All the boys verge on middle to upper class.

·      Will seems to be a typical nerd/loser and pedantic.

·      Jay described as a liar. Portrays himself as cool, when he is relatively unpopular.

·      Neil is described as dopey.

·      Simon seems desperate.

Opening title sequence order:

·      Film 4

·      Young Bwark productions.

·      Main actors:

·      Simon Bird.

·      James Buckley.

·      Blake Harrison.

·      Joe Thomas.

Box Office.

Budget: £3,500,000 (estimated).

Opening Weekend: $35,955 (USA) (7 September 2012).

Gross: $35,955 (USA) (7 September 2012).

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