Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.

Director:

Joel Gallen

Writers:

Mike Bender (as Michael G. Bender), Adam Jay Epstein

Stars:

Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly, Chris Evans

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chyler Leigh	...	Janey Briggs
Chris Evans	...	Jake Wyler
Jaime Pressly	...	Priscilla
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Austin
Mia Kirshner	...	Catherine Wyler
Deon Richmond	...	Malik
Eric Jungmann	...	Ricky Lipman
Ron Lester	...	Reggie Ray
Cody McMains	...	Mitch Briggs
Sam Huntington	...	Ox
JoAnna Garcia Swisher	...	Sandy Sue (as Joanna Garcia)
Lacey Chabert	...	Amanda Becker
Samm Levine	...	Bruce
Cerina Vincent	...	Areola
Beverly Polcyn	...	Sadie Agatha Johnson

Storyline

At John Hughes High School, the students are the same as just about every other teenager in a teen movie. The popular jock, Jake, takes a bet from Austin, the cocky blonde guy, that he can transform Janey, the pretty ugly girl, into the prom queen before the prom. But two people are trying to stop Jake from succeeding: his evil sister, Catherine, the cruelest girl in school, and Priscilla, the bitchy cheerleader. And all of their friends are the same as any other teen movie: Areola, the naked foreign exchange student, Les, the beautiful weirdo, Malik, the token black guy, the desperate virgins, Amanda Becker, the perfect girl, Ricky, Janey's obsessed best friend, and Sadie, the VERY old undercover reporter.

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Plot Keywords:

cheerleader | female full rear nudity | topless female nudity | teen sex comedy | foreign exchange student | 

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Taglines:

They served you Breakfast. They gave you Pie. Now we're gonna stuff your face.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong crude sexual content and humor, language and some drug content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ten Things I Hate About Clueless Road Trips When I Can't Hardly Wait to Be Kissed

Filming Locations:

Rae's Restaurant, 2901 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,615,116, 16 December 2001, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$38,252,284

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$66,468,332

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Original Film, Neal H. Moritz Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min 99 min (unrated director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the prom, the dad is shown under the kitchen table when all the food has holes in it, a nod to American Pie. Lettuce, donuts, pies etc.

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Goofs

Football season is depicted as taking place after Spring Break and just a few days before the senior prom (which is attended by freshmen, no less). Furthermore the football games are carried out with no regard for rules or logic. It's all humorous fantasy.

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Quotes

Mr. Briggs: [to Janey] Good night, Pumpkin Tits.

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Crazy Credits

Two bonus scenes at the end: Mr Briggs, in a parody of a scene from "American Pie", talks about a "three-way" while holding two pies. The albino folk singer sings about being blinded from her corneas burned out by the sun. (This scene comes after all the credits have finished.)

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Alternate Versions

A 2005 extended DVD cut features 10 minutes of additional footage.

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Connections

Referenced in Spun (2002)

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Soundtracks

Footloose
Written by Dean Pitchford & Kenny Loggins
Performed by Good Charlotte

User Reviews

Gorgeousness and Gorgeosity made flesh!

I have seen this movie quite a few times, and it was great to watch every time.Surely there are some scenes which can be termed corny, but they are few and invariably counterbalanced by the absolutely great ones, which are the majority.After seeing it so many times, I have come to realize that the script is the product of many years of work, and 'ripe' for making a movie of. Also, the makers of this movie have had the courage to dive into the Absurd, which is one of the most productive, though harder to understand(for some people) types of humor. This is why there are folks who didn't like it; and it's also why the title is wholly appropriate, because it has taken all the Absurd it could find in teen movies, and put it into one great work, that laughs at traditional teen movies. Excelente!