My Horrible Year! (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Eric Stoltz

Writer:

P.J. McIlvaine (written by)

Release Date:

4 July 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Karen Allen	...	Belinda Faulkner
Allison Mack	...	Nicola 'Nik' Faulkner
Caterina Scorsone	...	'Babyface' Hamilton
Dan Petronijevic	...	Eugene 'Mouse' Donovan
J. Adam Brown	...	Zack Bomback
Jack Duffy	...	Mr. Birdwell
Francesca Scorsone	...	Edwina Funkhouser
Brian Heighton	...	Donald Faulkner
Bret Hart	...	Himself
Jackie Laidlaw	...	Slow Moving Nun
Nicholas Carella	...	Wrestling Store Employee
Sandi Stahlbrand	...	Female Reporter
Mary Wall	...	Sarah Jane
Eric Stoltz	...	Uncle Charlie
Mimi Rogers	...	Aunt Marion

Also Known As:

Annus Horribilis (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language.

Runtime:

92 min | Germany:88 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Millbrook Farm Productions

Quotes:

[Nick is opening a birthday gift from her best friends]
Nik Faulkner: Oh, you guys, it's so ugly! I love it.
Mouse Donovan: Ugly is really 'in' right now.

Wonderfully offbeat and loaded with wit.

This is a charming little film, meant for kids I think.

The story is this; Nik (Allison Mack) is about to turn 16 and is

burdened with problems- her mom and dad (Karen Allen and a really funny

Brian Heighton) have hit financial hard times, and they are forced to

work at 'lesser' jobs until better times return. Also, Nik's uncle (Eric

Stoltz) has just died of a heart attack, and Nik thinks her dad is

fooling around with her sexy widowed aunt ( Mimi Rogers). But the

biggest drag is that Nik's mother recently had twins and Nik has to baby

sit them when Mom goes to work every day. It's a teenage girls

nightmare, but luckily she has some really great and funny friends that

bolster her (and us) whenever they're on screen.

It's basically teenage girl vs. the world, and from my point of view her

problems are very small, but like all teens, to her they seem

insurmountable. Consequently, sometimes I had a hard time caring about

her dilemma, but I did keep caring for her. Allison Mack gives a great

performance, deftly balancing comedy and (self involved) pathos- I

enjoyed her very much. I enjoyed the entire cast, to be honest.

There's a lot of odd moments and quirky laughs that came out of nowhere,

obviously they were trying to make more than just another teen film, and

for the most part they succeeded.