Hooking Up (II) (2009)

In this over-the-top comedy, the relationships of three girls and fours guys - in affluent, adolescent suburban reality - intersect through the topsy-turvy world of love, power...and hooking up.

Director:

Vincent Scordia

Writers:

Jeff Siegel (screenplay), Jeff Siegel (story),

Stars:

Corey Feldman, Brian O'Halloran, Bronson Pinchot

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Corey Feldman	...	Ryan Thompson
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dr. Jordan
Bronson Pinchot	...	Mr. Kimbal
Parker Croft	...	John Johnson
Jim deProphetis	...	Colin Winters
Allyson Muñoz	...	April Winters
Ted Sangalis	...	Tyler Smith
Leah Viens-Gordon	...	Michelle Jordan
Alison Whitney	...	Caroline Roberts
Jessica Howell	...	Jess
Burt Brooks	...	Tim
Josh Macuga	...	Dave
Amy Deatrich	...	Teacher
Lynn Mastio Rice	...	Mrs. Jordan
Natasha Giliberti	...	Laura - Party Girl #1

Storyline

After "hooking up" with a series of guys at a house party, April is the talk of her high school. Her best friend Michelle, envious of all of April's attention, decides to try and follow in her footsteps and become more sexually forward. At the same time, their mutual friend Caroline has become so infatuated with her older boyfriend Ryan that she doesn't realize he's just using her. All the while, John, spends the week informing his two best friends, Colin (April's repressed and confused brother) and Tyler (the subject of Michelle's crush), about obscure sexual urban legends he reads about online, that just somehow end up managing to come true. Throw in the naive principal Dr. Jordan, who also happens to be Michelle's father, and Mr. Kimbal, a chemistry teacher trying desperately to dodge repeated seduction attempts from his students.

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Plot Keywords:

principal | party | high school | seduction | barbecue | 

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Taglines:

No consequences.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cluster

Filming Locations:

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bipolar Films, Entropy Entertainment, Morbid Mind Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When playing Scrabble, Michelle scores 37 points for "INFECTIOUS", but her real score would have been 88 points: 38 points for the letters (including the one "double word" and two "double letter" scores) plus 50 points for playing all seven of her tiles.

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Connections

Spoofs Clerks. (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Wind Of Time"
Written and Performed by Tanner Horn
Courtesy of Tanner Horn

User Reviews

Cluster what?

Let me ask you one thing: Do you care how this movie was made? I'm not asking because I try to be mean about it, it's just that this low budget movie had a difficult standing all along. But does that or should that change about how you should feel about it?

And let me make one thing clear, I admire the filmmakers, who went out and just did it (no pun intended). It's one thing to talk or criticize movies, it's a different ball game, making one.

Still having said all that (and if you watch the interviews on the DVD you will see, they are likable), that does not change, that the movie never reaches any potential it set out to achieve. I'm not even going to compare it to American Pie or other successful teen comedies (maybe the latter installments of the American Pie series ... they weren't that good either).

One of the main problems are the characters. Not the actors so much mind you, but the characters. There's an introduction scene, where you get to see all of them and you get some info on them. Not memorable at all. You forget about them (and their names), while you watch their intro.

The other thing is, they are not really different. While it might have been a story idea (showing adults behave like their teenage sons and daughters), it does not help the movie be diverse.

Talking about all that, might sound a bit too much and too harsh for a low budget movie like this. But it's many things in-between that are not working here. And it's a shame, because the basic idea is not that bad.