Drive Me Crazy (1999)

A high school girl must find a substitute date to escort her to the prom.

Director:

John Schultz

Writers:

Todd Strasser (novel), Rob Thomas (screenplay)

Stars:

Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melissa Joan Hart	...	Nicole Maris
Adrian Grenier	...	Chase Hammond
Stephen Collins	...	Mr. Maris
Mark Metcalf	...	Mr. Rope
William Converse-Roberts	...	Mr. Hammond
Faye Grant	...	Mrs. Maris
Susan May Pratt	...	Alicia DeGasario
Kris Park	...	Ray Neeley
Ali Larter	...	Dulcie
Mark Webber	...	Dave Ednasi
Gabriel Carpenter	...	Brad Seldon
Lourdes Benedicto	...	Chloe Frost
Keri Lynn Pratt	...	Dee Vine
Natasha Pearce	...	Sue Ryan
Derrick Shore	...	Tom

Storyline

Nicole Maris is a popular high school preppy senior in Utah who gets her life turned upside down when her perfect date, Brad, falls for a cute cheerleader from another school a month before the school's centennial senior prom. After recovering from the shock, Nicole comes up with a solution to save her reputation: find a guy to appear like they're going steady and to take her to the dance hoping to make Brad jealous. Nicole then hooks up with her next door neighbor, prankster and trouble maker Chase Hammond, and tries to model him in her own image while he's looking to make his long-term girlfriend Dulcie jealous too. However, both Nicole and Chase don't expect their charade to lead it where they never expected it to.

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Plot Keywords:

prom | next door neighbor | high school | centennial | convertible | 

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Taglines:

They were best friends. Then they fought. Then they faked. Then they fell.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for teen alcohol and drug use, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Fox Movies

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Girl Gives Birth to Prom Date

Filming Locations:

Foothill Boulevard, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£361,361 (UK) (9 June 2000)

Gross:

£1,063,205 (UK) (7 July 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Amy Robinson Productions, Grand March Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally titled Next to You, was renamed after the Britney Spears song, "(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)", was added to the soundtrack. To help promote the movie, Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier both appeared in the music video for the song.

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Goofs

In the lunch scene when Chase and his friends are pulling the prank on the rest of the class, the video camera which is supposed to be taping the prank is turned off.

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Quotes

Nicole: You know, I still have the letter you wrote me in 7th grade.
Chase: Burn it.
Nicole: You said, uh - You said you hated me, and there was sonething in there about how the only way you'd ever touch me again was if you came down with leprosy.
Chase: Sorry about that.
Nicole: Don't be. I deserved it. I'm the one who should be sorry. Chase, when your mom got sick...
Chase: Please Nicole lets not do this.
Nicole: I want to, I've wanted to say this for 5 years now. When your mom got sick, I couldn't bear to go over to your house it was too hard,...
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Connections

References Supêsu Inbêdâ (1978)

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Soundtracks

"Shake It Don't Break It"
Written by Robert Hanna
Performed by Malveaux featuring Tai
Courtesy of Master Source

User Reviews

Decent movie...for a teen drama/comedy.

If you don't like teen comedy/drama films, then don't bother seeing this film, you're going to hate it. There is nothing terribly original or spectacular about this film, compared to similar films, but it's still got some good stuff. There really isn't a whole lot of comedy in the film, so I'd be much more inclined to classify this film as a teen drama, so don't watch this film expecting a hilarious movie.

The cast is surprisingly good in the film. Melissa Joan Hart does a great job in her first starring role and puts on a pretty good show for the most part. She also looks very attractive throughout the film. The other main character, Chase, played by Adrian Grenier is a new face to me, but does a good job with his role. Ali Larter looks very nice in the film as well and does a fine job in her role. Stephen Collins was another familiar face to me, and does a good job, although his role is rather minor. Susan May Pratt caught my eye in "10 Things I Hate About You" and pulls off another good job in this film as well. Keri Lynn Pratt (I wonder if they're related) is another new face to me, but I will definitely keep my eyes open for her future work after seeing her in this film. She is also quite easy on the eyes. The rest of the cast did a good job as well. Nothing to complain about in that respect.

Most of the characters were actually rather interesting. I really liked the characters of Ray and Dave, they both seemed like very likeable people and quite the underdogs (gotta root for the underdogs). I also really liked that even the jocks in this film were not really made out to be idiots and jerks (of course one of them in particular was...Eddie). The character, Brad, was the most important jock-character and he wasn't made out to be a bad person or unlikeable person at all, just a guy that Nicole (Melissa Joan Hart) was head over heels for...and then wasn't.

Another thing this film really had going for it was that it stayed away from all the gross-out, stupid comedy that is so abundant in most teen movies these days. I can really appreciate a film that doesn't resort to that...sure sometime it's really funny, but most of the time it's just un-needed.

If you are the kind of person that likes teen comedy/drama films, then give this one a chance, you just might like it. Other than that, I would recommend you spend your money and time elsewhere. If you do see the film, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading,

-Chris