Winning performances by a number of fresh-faced newcomers are almost but not quite enough to recommend “The Secret Lives of Dorks,” a fitfully amusing, more often shrill and overstated teen comedy that, like its dweeby protagonist, tries too hard to impress. Cobbled together from bits of “Sixteen Candles,” “Clueless,” et al., director Salome Breziner’s familiar tale of high-school haves and have-nots isn’t without its charms, though it never attains the depth of feeling or memorable characterizations that distinguished such standout recent examples of the genre as “Superbad” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Pic made a brief appearance in theaters last month, then quickly cut class, but could be rediscovered years from now as an early resume-builder for some of its cast.
Like many of its kind, “Secret Lives” revolves around the unrequited, thinly disguised crush of a four-eyed, pimply-faced social untouchable for the prettiest and most popular cheerleader in school.
Like many of its kind, “Secret Lives” revolves around the unrequited, thinly disguised crush of a four-eyed, pimply-faced social untouchable for the prettiest and most popular cheerleader in school.
- 10/15/2013
- by Scott Foundas
- Variety - Film News
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