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Title: Sleepover (2004)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alexa PenaVega | ... | Julie (as Alexa Vega) | |
| Mika Boorem | ... | Hannah | |
| Jane Lynch | ... | Gabby | |
| Sam Huntington | ... | Ren | |
| Sara Paxton | ... | Staci | |
| Brie Larson | ... | Liz | |
| Scout Taylor-Compton | ... | Farrah | |
| Douglas Smith | ... | Gregg | |
| Katija Pevec | ... | Molly | |
| Steve Carell | ... | Sherman | |
| Jeff Garlin | ... | Jay | |
| Kallie Flynn Childress | ... | Yancy | |
| Eileen April Boylan | ... | Jenna (as Eileen Boylan) | |
| Evan Peters | ... | Russell | |
| Hunter Parrish | ... | Lance | |
On the last day of 8th grade before their freshman year in high school, Julie has a slumber party with three best friends: Hannah, Yancy, and Farrah. As a trio, they end up having the adventure of their lives. To win the legendary high school lunch spot by the fountains, they must win a all-night scavenger hunt against their popular girl rivals. Unfortunately, Julie's mom has firm rules about the party. Her number one rule? Don't leave the house. But Julie and her friends won't let a little thing like parental authority stand in the way of social domination. To win the race, they sneak out of the house, steal a car, snatch a cute boy's boxer shorts, crash a high school dance, and torment a security guard with an inflated ego. And along the way, some of the girls might just find love. Because anything is possible at Julie's sleepover. Written by Sujit R. Varma, Emily Moore and Spring Blachly
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Oh, dear. Oh, dear. I hardly know where to start.
Sleepover is a typical tween movie: girls go for sleepover, mean girls propose scavenger hunt, hijincks ensue, obligatory make-out scene, etc.
I am close to the 8-to-13-year-old age demographic to which this movie aspires, and even I find it boring and a waste of time. My little sister, who is 9 and who 'should' enjoy it, thinks it is boring and a waste of time. But I'm not here to tell you what my family thinks of it.
First off, there is some simply horrendous over-acting, especially by Sara Paxton (Staci). I would understand if this were a high school play, but this is a multimillion-dollar film. Alexa Vega (Julie), who was the movie's main selling point, has two facial expressions: Worried and Mildly Angry. Her best friend Hannah, played by Mika Boorem, is the only person who seemed to know how to show emotion. I know these are supposed to be good actors, but... they sure don't show it.
On top of that, the whole plot screamed 'CLICHE' and consisted of contrivance after contrivance. Most of the dialog was simply terrible ("Hey, what's up? Your face is so glad-looking!"). This is a relatively new director, but there is simply no excuse for things like this. Dialogue can be fixed with a Sharpie marker 10 minutes before a shoot. There is no excuse.
3/10.