Crossroads (I) (2002)

Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process.

Director:

Tamra Davis

Writer:

Shonda Rhimes

Stars:

Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Britney Spears	...	Lucy Wagner
Anson Mount	...	Ben
Zoe Saldana	...	Kit (as Zoë Saldana)
Taryn Manning	...	Mimi
Dan Aykroyd	...	Pete Wagner
Kim Cattrall	...	Caroline
Justin Long	...	Henry
Beverly Johnson	...	Kit's Mother
Bahni Turpin	...	Ms. Jenson
Kool Moe Dee	...	Bar Owner (as Kool Mo Dee)
Richard Voll	...	Dylan
Katherine Boecher	...	Dylan's Other Girl (as Pippi B.)
Dave Allen	...	Bar Patron (as David 'Gruber' Allen)
Kyle Davis	...	High School Burnout
Branden Williams	...	Kurt

Storyline

Three friends get together and bury a box making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the little town in Georgia that they live in, things soon change. One is little miss perfect, one is an engaged prom queen, and the other is a pregnant outcast. The night of graduation, they open the box and they strike up a conversation. All of a sudden, one brings up the topic of her going to Los Angeles for a record contract audition. They all decide to go together and they leave. With a little money, they set out on the road with a guy named Ben. When one of them tells the other a rumor that he might be a homicidal maniac they are all scared of him. When they reach LA, Lucy (Britney Spears) falls in love with Ben and against her father's wishes, she stays and she goes to the audition.

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Plot Keywords:

graduation | audition | high school | friendship | on the road | 

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Taglines:

What we have is now. And right now, we have each other

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief teen drinking

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Not a Girl

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,439 (Iceland) (5 April 2002)

Gross:

£5,270,243 (UK) (3 May 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuzzy Bunny Films (I), MTV Films, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the celebration scene in hotel room in New Orleans, the song that is playing on the radio which the girls danced to is entitled "Crazy Love" by Boomkat, A.K.A. Taryn Manning.

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Goofs

When the girls are in the store, in each shot Kits earring switch from behind her hair to not being behind her hair.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Young Mimi: Hand me the flashlight.
Young Lucy: Here it is.
Young Mimi: Kit, I've got the shovel.
Young Kit: You do?
Young Mimi: Lucy, get the box.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, Britney performs "Overprotected" and clips of bloopers are shown while Britney sings.

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Connections

Featured in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Lipstick and Bruises"
Written by Jeremy Popoff, A. Jay Popoff (as Alan Jay Popoff), Allen Shellenberger & Kevin Baldes
Performed by Lit
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a Unit of BMG Entertainment
Under license from BMG Special Products

User Reviews

Not A Britney Hater

Ok, I have nothing against Britney Spears (except for the fact that she can't sing), so my trashing of this movie has nothing to do with the fact that Britney has the lead role. Although I will admit I only saw it to see how bad it was.

The movie is so predictable I knew what was going to happen within the first fifteen minutes. I'm so glad I watched it at a friend's house and I didn't pay anything for it. The movie is boring because you know what is going to happen before it does. The girls travel with a 'hot' guy, and Lucy, the virgin, really takes a liking to him. Gee... I wonder what is going to happen?

I will give the movie some credit, however. Not all the acting was bad, some of it was good. The characters had some kind of depth, and the movie attempts to hit mature issues like date rape. I would not recommend this movie to anyone, unless they were like me, and just wanted to be amused.