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| Winona Ryder | ... | Scarlet Smith | |
| Mark Polish | ... | Henry McCarthy | |
| Sean Astin | ... | Big Girl | |
| Hilary Duff | ... | Shasta O'Neil | |
| Josh Holloway | ... | Wino | |
| Jon Cryer | ... | Javier | |
| Chevy Chase | ... | Principal Marshall | |
| Jessica St. Clair | ... | Darcy Portola | |
| Frances Conroy | ... | Mrs. Leuchtenberger | |
| Marc Blucas | ... | Brad Nelson | |
| Joanna Cassidy | ... | Mrs. Smith | |
| Dee Wallace | ... | Mrs. McCarthy | |
| Michael Gross | ... | Mr. McCarthy | |
| Ken Johnson | ... | Mr. O'Neil | |
| Jessica Schatz | ... | Mrs. O'Neil | |
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The film centers on a successful author who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors. Shasta O'Neil, a sexy high school senior flirts with the visiting author and invites him to the prom. The film is described as a "knowing-your-age comedy". Written by Anonymous
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In the opening narration, the writer refers to past acquaintances by category. He refers to "soon to be out of the closet gay guys" as the picture focuses on a high school photo of a "Phil Morris". Phil Morris is the name of Steven Russell's (Jim Carrey's) male love interest and title character in I Love You Philip Morris (2009). See more »Quotes
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Being a Winona Ryder fan, I saw this listed in her credits but had never heard of it. A cute concept for a movie is destroyed by a non-charismatic, lifeless and dull performance by Mark Polish. DULL! And when he speaks you can't even hear him! The actors around him (Winona, Hilary Duff, Sean Astin) are hilarious but can't save the movie. Hilary is a little too old now to play the High School dreamboat, but she pulls if off anyway. Too bad it's a bore, because the film has nice production values and decent writing. Who knows what really happens when a movie is made, but I'm sure Polish's lack of anything other than arriving on the set is the reason this wound up in Red Box and Netflix without ever being in theatres.