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 | foreign exchange student | public nudity | prom | exchange student | 

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Taglines:

If You Liked Scary Movie we don't give a shit

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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:

Teen Movie

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

Feature film debut of Chris Evans.

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Goofs

When Ricky gets the attention of the people in the airport, you can clearly see that his "missing tooth" is just blacked out. One of the studio lights is reflected in it.

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Quotes

Janey: I knew it. That's a line from "She's All That". I masturbate to that movie.
Jake: [to nosy Flight Attendant right behind them] Do you mind?
Airline Clerk: Not at all, I think masturbation is very healthy.

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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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Connections

References My Left Foot (1989)

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Soundtracks

Somebody's Baby
Written by Jackson Browne and Danny Kortchmar
Performed by Phantom Planet
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Beyond Ridiculous, But Genuinely Hilarious.

I have to say, I didn't expect much from this film. Basically "Scary Movie" spoofing teen classics instead of horror films. I watched it and actually liked it. Yes, this film could possibly be qualified as one of the silliest movies of the decade, but that's sort of the point. This movie had laughing so hard I was gasping for breath. The humor is juvenile, but FUNNY. The plot is stupid, but HILARIOUS. It's really fun to stop and say "Hey, that 10 Things About You!" or "Oh, they're doing Can't Hardly Wait". This film is probably one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time, it's not for everybody, but it's a good movie.