She's Too Young (2004) (TV)

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Writer (WGA):

Richard Kletter (written by)

Release Date:

16 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

To fit In, you've gotta put out

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Camera Phone | Date Rape | High School | Oral Sex | Peer Pressure

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Marcia Gay Harden	...	Trish Vogul
Alexis Dziena	...	Hannah Vogul
Mike Erwin	...	Nick Hartman
Miriam McDonald	...	Dawn Gensler (as Miriam MacDonald)
Megan Park	...	Becca White
Gary Hudson	...	Bill Vogul
Deborah Odell	...	Ginnie Gensler
Rhonda McLean	...	Kathleen White
Joe Dinicol	...	Tommy
Karen Glave	...	Lauren James
John White	...	Brad
David Christoffel	...	Tom White
P.J. Crosby	...	Tess Gensler
Lise Cormier	...	Amanda
Christine Dunsworth	...	Heather

Also Known As:

Teen Sex (USA) (working title)
Teens (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Jaffe / Braunstein Films

Quotes:

Lauren James: but you keep doing it anyway?
Becca White: yeah, I'm the most popular girl in 9th grade

Worst excuse for a movie I have ever seen in my life

This is the worst over-the-top, hilariously cheesy excuse for a movie I have ever seen in my life. Being a 17 year old, I think I can also say with confidence that it is not realistic in the most forgiving sense.

The first thing I noticed is the strong bias against MEN that this movie has, no surprise since its a LIFETIME movie. I felt like every time a man came onto the screen, he says something dumb or acts irresponsibly. Even when the dad came on screen, he would just crack open a beer, say "Oh I don't care about our daughter, I'm watchin da game!", and walk off-screen. And all the guys at her high school were Neanderthals who wanted sex and nothing more. The only exception was her gay friend at school. Yes, he's gay.

Now to the bulk of the movie. I could just picture what this sad excuse for a movie was going to be like before I even watched it. A bunch of arrogant Hollywood writers 'exposing' what dangerous, sex-filled American teen life is like. It is nothing like the movie portrays. Yes, people have responsible sex before they are married. Yes, there are 'sluts' who have sex with many partners. No, girls don't 'put out' or act so sexually aggressive as they do in the movie. And they're 14 in the movie. No way.

The movie is also very cheesy. Some of the quotes sound like they come right out of an abstinence textbook. "Look if you do it you'll fit in" "Cmon don't you wanna be popular?" To which the girl instantly replies 'yes' and they have sex. These people act nothing like real humans, and that is why its so funny.

Another bright spot of the movie is how they portray the main 'player', the guy who gets all the girls and spreads syphilis. He doesn't care about infecting people, wants just sex, and they show him watching porn to make him look like a bad person. People in the class thought this was particularly funny. You see him on an XXX site and he's instantly a bad dude. Who woulda known so many people were evil in high school.

To sum it up, this movie sucks and its not realistic at all. I hate to imagine what middle aged soccer moms think when they see this movie. "OH THATS HOW IT IS MAH KIDS BE HAVIN SEX EW!" Well, let me tell you, this movie is the farthest thing from reality I've ever seen. A joke.