Research - Teen Film - Blogging Task 20

Not Another Teen Movie

Plot: Story takes place at John Hughes High School, where a bet is made with Austin who seems to be a blonde guy who is full of himself that the jock, known as Jake Wyler, can change an ugly girl Janey Briggs into a beautiful girl to be prom queen before prom. However, two obstacles stand in Jake’s way to prevent this from happening one of which happens to be his devilish sister, Catherine who has a reputation for being the meanest girl in the school and Priscilla, the so called annoying cheerleader who was also Jake Wyler’s ex-girlfriend.

Aside from the main the characters there are other characterization that the film contains such as Areola, the naked foreign exchange student, Les the beautiful weirdo, Malik, the black guy, desperate virgins, Amanda Becker who is considered the perfect girl, Ricky, Jeney Briggs’ obsessive best friend and last but not least Sadie the OLD undercover reporter.

Cast

Chyler Leigh – Jeney Briggs

Chris Evans – Jake Wyler

Jaime Pressly – Priscilla

Eric Christian Olsen – Austin

Mia Kirshner – Catherine Wyler

Deon Richmond – Malik

Eric Jungmann – Ricky Lipman

Ron Lester – Reffie Ray

Cody McMains – Mitch Briggs

Sam Huntington – Ox

JoAnna Garcia Swisher – Sandy Sue (as Joanna Garcia)

Lacy Chabert – Amanda Becker

Samm Levine – Bruce

Cerina Vincent – Areola

Beverly Polcyn – Sadie Agatha Johnson

 

Country: USA

Release Date: 14 December 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations: Rae’s Restaurant, 2901 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, Clifornia, USA

Box Office:

Budget:  $16, 000,000

Opening Weekend: $120, 447 (Netherlands) (7 June 2002)

Gross: £1, 696, 327 (UK) (14 June 2002)

 

Genre: Teen Movie, Comedy,

Themes: love, lust, bullying, teens, humor

Target Audience: the audience that this teen movie is aimed towards is slightly older people such as those in their late teens around 19/20 as there is much which goes on throughout the film such as common high school problems. In addition the film contains slightly mature content which may not be suitable for younger audiences.

Stereotypes:

Jake Wyler ‘jock’ this is someone who is all about sports and is a person

Janey Briggs ‘ugly girl’ looks horrible and doesn’t look beautiful

Austin ‘Cocky blond’ guy makes Jake take the bet

Catherine ‘evil’ sister and meanest girl in school

Priscilla ‘annoying’ cheerleader

Areola ‘foreign’ exchange student

Les ‘beautiful’ weirdo

Malik ‘token’ black guy

Desperate virgins

Amanda Becker ‘perfect’ girl

Ricky ‘obsessive’ best friend

Sadie ‘old’ reporter lady