Sassy Pants (2012)

Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.

Director:

Coley Sohn

Writer:

Coley Sohn

Stars:

Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Martin Spanjers

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Gunn	...	June Pruitt
Ashley Rickards	...	Bethany Pruitt
Martin Spanjers	...	Shayne Pruitt
Drew Droege	...	Michael Paul
Rene Rosado	...	Hector
Carlos Pratts	...	Hector's Homie
Jenny O'Hara	...	Grandma Pruitt
Diedrich Bader	...	Dale Pinto
Maynor Alvarado	...	Gangsta Wannabe
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Hector's Mom
Sabrena No'mani	...	Chola #1
Angie Teodora Dick	...	Chola #2 (as Angela Dick)
M.D. Walton	...	Officer Sneed
Haley Joel Osment	...	Chip Hardy
Shanna Collins	...	Brianna

Storyline

Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.

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Plot Keywords:

overbearing mother | job interview | new job | older man younger man relationship | home schooling | 

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Taglines:

Home is where the harm is.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on "Boutonniere," Coley Sohn's award winning short film which premiered at Sundance in 2009.

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Goofs

When Hector returns from Marine boot camp his hair is as long as it was before, though combed differently, rather than close-cropped as one might expect.

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Quotes

Chip Hardy: I'm going to give him a '9' for those abs! My god...
Bethany Pruitt: But he's wearing socks with his sandals.
Chip Hardy: Oh, you're right. I wasn't even looking there. You're good, girlfriend - somebody's ready to join the fashion police!

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Connections

Referenced in Honest Trailers: The Blair Witch Project (1999) (2016)

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Soundtracks

Feel It
Written by Drew Lerdal (as Drew J Lerdal), Kathy Hixon-Smith, and Ryan Smith
Performed by Pony Up!
Courtesy of Inthegroovemusic

User Reviews

Growing up and moving on against the odds--quirky times ten

Sassy Pants (2012)

In a way this is a simple story: a pretty young 18 year old girl growing up in an obsessively sheltered home with her mom tries to finally leave home. Her dad is a loser but a fun guy living across town. The world seems against her, but she rises up little by little.

So what sustains this story, which has few surprises, surprisingly, is the style of acting chosen. Because everything is deliberately campy and excessive. No one is quite real except the girl, played by Ashley Rickards, who is wonderfully real and adorable in the way you'd sort of hope your daughter might turn out. Naturally you are on her side and the rest of the world is an obstacle course. Even the likable dad is a problem because he is a drunk and shows generally bad judgement.

It's the dad's new partner in life who stirs up the movie, but you'll have to see about that yourself. If you get that far. I found the exaggerations all along not quite funny, but just an excuse for some sorry acting. Or an excuse for not having a larger idea of how to fill the movie up. I could see this becoming a cult classic with some fixes here and there.

And with a more interesting plot. With all the bending of norms here, the plot could have survived a few huge and funny and engaging twists. Once you get the style and the general direction of events, it just plods to the end.

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sassy Pants

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ministry of Content, Sassy Pictures, Spruce Street Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color