Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

A teenage girl is convinced that her home city revolves around her until her family packs up and moves to the suburbs, where she finds herself competing for attention.

Director:

Sara Sugarman

Writers:

Dyan Sheldon (book), Gail Parent (screenplay)

Stars:

Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Glenne Headly

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lindsay Lohan	...	Mary Elizabeth Cep / Lola
Adam Garcia	...	Stu
Glenne Headly	...	Karen
Alison Pill	...	Ella
Eli Marienthal	...	Sam
Carol Kane	...	Miss Baggoli
Megan Fox	...	Carla
Sheila McCarthy	...	Mrs. Gerard
Tom McCamus	...	Calum
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Mr. Gerard
Sheila Sealy-Smith	...	Sgt. Rose
Ashley Leggat	...	Marcia
Barbara Mamabolo	...	Robin
Maggie Oskam	...	Paige
Rachael Oskam	...	Paula

Storyline

When the teenager Mary Elizabeth Steppe, a.k.a. Lola, moves with her mother and two younger twin sisters from New York to the suburb of Dellwood, New Jersey, she has the feeling that her cultural and entertaining world ended. While in school, the displaced Lola becomes close friend of the unpopular Ella, who is also a great fan of the her favorite rock band Sidarthur. However, the most popular girl in the school, Carla Santini, disputes the lead role in an adaptation of Pygmalion with Lola and also the leadership of their mates. When the last concert of Sidarthur is sold-out, Lola plans with Ella to travel to New York and buy the tickets from scalpers. However, the girls get into trouble while helping the lead singer and Lola's idol Stu Wolf, changing their lives forever.

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Plot Keywords:

band | new york city | suburb | teenager | friend | 

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Taglines:

Make a Scene February 20th

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 February 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bekenntnisse einer High School Diva

Filming Locations:

Birchmount Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$91,955 (South Africa) (1 October 2004)

Gross:

$185,982 (South Africa) (15 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Confessions Productions, Argentum Film Produktion und Betriebes KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The colors of the lockers in the high school in the movie are the normal everyday locker colors at (King City Secondary School, Ontario Canada) one of the 2 high schools the "high-school" scenes were filmed. The second school where the movie was shot had to have the lockers painted to match. (These same King City S.S. Lockers can be seen in movie To Die For)

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Goofs

In the scene where Lola is first riding her bike to school she is going down the street. She looks up, but is till going straight down the street yet she crashes into a tree beyond the sidewalk.

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Quotes

Lola: Life can be so randomly beautiful.

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Connections

References Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Blow You Away"
Written and Performed by Christian Lane
Courtesy of Christian Lane

User Reviews

Entertaining and light hearted

I myself am a teenager and took my 10 year old sister to see this movie. I won't say much as to not ruin the movie for those who have not seen it but i will give my opinion on the mood of the film and such.

If you want to see this, don't expect a deep and meaningful (or realistic) outlook on highschool life because it is your everyday teen/highschool comedy with the over-used storyline of new girl vs popular girl then new girl gets the guy and brings popular girl down.

On a better note, Lohan's character, "Lola" was an entertaining one and i enjoyed watching her over-exaggerated perspective of things. I must admit that the set up of Lola's room and the way their family lived and the clothes Lola wore were inspiring. I don't know if this is going to be the case for everyone (haha) but i know that point of the movie made it all worthwhile for me.

I'd recommend taking a younger sister/cousin/friend between about 6-12. Remember, sometimes we need a silly movie!