She's Too Young (2004) (TV)

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Writer (WGA):

Richard Kletter (written by)

Release Date:

16 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Her 14-year-old daughter's not fast... she's just keeping up.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Syphilis | Peer Pressure | Oral Sex | Teenage Sexuality | Camera Phone

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 | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Bleecker Street Films

Quotes:

Joan Hartman: [about Nick and her lack of interest about his active sex life] I'd probably be more worried if he were unpopular.
Trish Vogul: Well your very popular son gave my 14 year old daughter syphilis.
Joan Hartman: And how do you know she didn't give it to him?
Trish Vogul: Because she's a virgin!

WOW

Wow, I remember highschool as an extremely dumb time in everyone's life. This movie cemented that for me. I've been removed form that particular atmosphere for about 2 years now and I already feel like I was never there. The behavior of these kids are ridiculous and you just wanna slap them. "You have to sleep with Tommy to be popular mom! Like, duh!" It's such a middle class movie, it makes me wanna puke. I'm middle class myself, but nothing bothers them til inner city problems affect them. What about inner city kids who face this problem all the time? "Oh, they're just like that. Not my Jane. She's a good kid". Yea? Janey's got syphillis. She's a GREAT kid. The premise is that a young girl is sucked into doing sexual things to gain popularity because that's the way of her school. You forget that you used to think that way in highschool. Anyway, she gets syphillis and returns to normal after her mother decided she's gonna handle things. She's learned from her mistake apparently. And of course, the sex rings at parties continues. Just makes you wanna slap kids and tell them to grow up, but you know it's the way our society has raised them. We tell them to be older by studying for SATs in 5th grade and they'll be older in other things too. I liked how they showed the little sister following the same cycle. But the issue should include everybody. Not when a middle-class mom gets p*s*e*. Still, a good movie to show the consequences of being popular.