So Undercover (2012)

A tough, street-smart private eye is hired by the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority.

Director:

Tom Vaughan

Writers:

Allan Loeb, Steven Pearl

Stars:

Miley Cyrus, Jeremy Piven, Mike O'Malley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miley Cyrus	...	Molly / Brook
Jeremy Piven	...	Armon
Mike O'Malley	...	Sam
Josh Bowman	...	Nicholas (as Joshua Bowman)
Lauren McKnight	...	Alex
Kelly Osbourne	...	Becky
Eloise Mumford	...	Sasha
Megan Park	...	Cotton
Morgan Calhoun	...	Hunter
Alexis Knapp	...	Taylor
Matthew Settle	...	Professor Talloway
Autumn Reeser	...	Bizzy
Brian Peterson	...	Zingatti
Ric Reitz	...	State Senator
Leticia Jimenez	...	State Senator's Girlfriend

Storyline

Molly is a teen who works with her father, an ex-cop turned P.I. One day an FBI agent approaches and wants her to work for them. They want her to keep an eye on the daughter of a man who is going to testify against a criminal. So they send her to the college where the daughter is attending. And she tries to fit in while keeping an eye on her and trying to see if there's someone there who doesn't appear who they are.

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Plot Keywords:

fbi | sorority | college | undercover | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

Meet the FBI's new secret weapon

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some mature and suggestive content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 December 2012 (United Arab Emirates)

Also Known As:

I'm Like Sooo Undercover

Filming Locations:

Windsor Court Hotel - 300 Gravier St, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City Entertainment, Scarlet Fire Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Whilst filming "So Undercover", Miley Cyrus became addicted to chewing carrots when she was nervous, stating it calms her down. She shared this with her co-star in "LOL", Douglas Booth, who later formed an obsession as well.

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Goofs

Molly's cover name Brook is spelt with an added 'e' at the end on her Criminal Justice paper for Professor Talloway's class which is shown at 1 hour 13min 15 sec. Credits show her name spelt as Brook.

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Quotes

Armon: This right here is your brand new Volkswagen EOS.
Molly: Come on. Can't I ride my own bike to school?
Armon: Girls your age would jump up and down at the chance to drive this thing.
Molly: Well I'm not like most girls.
Armon: Brooke Stonebridge is.
Molly: Who's Brooke Stonebridge?
Armon: It's your new identity.
Molly: Are you serious? That's not a name, it's a gated community.
Armon: I really don't care.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Just Go with It (2013)

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Soundtracks

Brand New Chick
Written by Anjulie and Michel Zitron (as Michael Zitron)
Performed by Anjulie (as Anjulie)
Courtesy of Universal Republic Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

So Underwhelming

The box touts that Miley Cyrus is a "tough as nails, street smart private investigator.", so naturally there's a need for a HUGE suspension of disbelief going in to 'So Undercover'. That said, Cyrus really does have a more mature bearing than one would expect fresh off of a teeny bopper show like 'Hannah Montana'. I don't know that anyone is going to buy her as a P.I., but she does pull off street smart with enough credibility to make it work.

'So Undercover' is occasionally amusing fluff, and though she's no Meryl Streep, Miley Cyrus makes for a likable and energetic lead in a film that is often neither itself.