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User Rating:
4.9/10   87 votes
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Director:
Steve Collins
Writer:
Steve Collins (writer)
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Release Date:
2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Gretchen has bigger problems than abysmal fashion sense: She's 17, painfully awkward and stuck in the most unforgiving place on earth - high school... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Courtney Davis ... Gretchen

John Merriman ... Ricky Marichino
Becky Ann Baker ... Lori

Stephen Root ... Herb

Macon Blair ... Nick Rangoon
Yasmine Kittles ... Marla Auschussler

Peyton Hayslip ... Miss Jennings

Soshi ... Eugene

Andy White ... Nathan

Hallie Martin ... Susie

Adam Powell ... Heinbender

Joseph Cheatham ... Jeep

Andrea Lee ... Burger Joint Customer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

L.B. Bartholomee ... Principal Ackenback (as Lowell Bartholomee)

Monika Bustamante ... Becca
Lee Eddy ... Wolf

Sara Emami ... Wallflower
Michelle Frey ... Megan
Paul Gordon ... Jeff
Heather Hanna ... Mrs. Doobler
Jessica Hedrick ... Jenny
Matt Hislope ... Billy Heskitt
Margaret Hoard ... Mrs. Nairn
Kevin Klee ... Phil
Jenny M. Larson ... Charlene (as Jenny Larson)
Melba Martinez ... Miss Rhoinos
Helen Merino ... Mrs. Lorenson
Carolyn Merriman ... Shelly

Josh Meyer ... Charles
Caroline Mithoff ... Margot
Christine Moore ... Nurse Goodale (as Christina J. Moore)
Gina Pollard ... Candy
Carlos Trevino ... Rich
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gretchen Finkle (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Greece:98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA
Company:
Film Science more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The mysterious caller tells Gretchen to meet her at the racetrack at dawn. Yet in the very next scene when Gretchen arrives at the racetrack at presumably the appointed hour, it is clearly mid-day as indicated by the bright sunlight and shadows directly underneath Gretchen and her car. more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Give it a shot, its worth it, 15 March 2006
10/10
Author: theimperious from United States

A hilarious, tongue-in-cheek depiction of an awkward girl's bad-boy obsession.

I heard this referred to as "Napoleon Dynamite with a female lead." That is accurate to a point. While Gretchen does employ the subtle, dead-pan humor that is found in the utter niavety of the main character, this is where the similarities between Gretchen and Napoleon Dynamite end.

This movie uses that humor to explore and approach serious questions of suburban life in modern America and incorporates those common themes of isolation, danger seeking (by finding that exciting bad-boy) and that snowballing phenomenon of rejection that occurs in high school.

This film is slow paced, so it is not the best choice for a party, but perhaps if you have an hour and a half to appreciate this movie and its very reserved brand of dark humor, you should be pleasantly surprised!

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