This Time Around (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Douglas Barr

Writers (WGA):

Chad Hodge (story) and
Nathan Nipper (story) ...

Release Date:

22 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

We all wish we could change the past. For Mel that day has come. In junior high, Mel and Gabby (Sara Rue) were the biggest geeks...

Cast

Carly Pope	...	Melissa 'Mel' Rochester
Brian Austin Green	...	Drew Hesler (as Brian A. Green)
Sara Rue	...	Gabby Castellani
Gina Tognoni	...	Cara Cabot
Sherry Miller	...	Mary Ann McNally
David Lipper	...	Martin
Adam Reid	...	Jeff Blue
Matthew Edison	...	Kevin
Mallory Margel	...	Young Melissa 'Missy' Rochester
Gage Knox	...	Young Drew Hesler
Martha MacIsaac	...	Young Gabby Castellani
Megan Park	...	Young Cara Cabot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Susan Aceron	...	Hostess
Amanda Brugel	...	Abby
Frank Chiesurin	...	Zack
Derek Gilroy	...	Disc Jockey
Steven McCarthy	...	Christian
Alex Nussbaum
Scott Yaphe	...	Tim

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

ABC Family

Trivia:

The scene where Mel is riding the subway and she is told by Gabby to "get off the L line" and proceeds to run off the car was filmed in Keele Station in Toronto.

Movie Connections:

References Father of the Bride (1991)

Nothing Special but pretty cute

This Time around is your standard tv movie fare which is always fun when you're in the mood for it. The previews aired on ABC Family all weekend long back to back and made the movie look really cute. Carly Pope plays a girl who as a eighth grader was a dead ringer for Heather Matarazzo in "Welcome to the dollhouse" (thats not a good thing). She grows up to be cute and runs into the boy who made her life awful in junior high. She and her best friend played by the highlight of the film, funny Sara Rue, decide to make him fall in love and then dump him. If you've ever seen a movie before in your life you know exactly what will happen. This was cute but not nearly as good as it could have been. A very interesting concept that could easily be adapted to the big screen. Watch it when its on television but don't bother recording it. 3/10