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Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Not Another Teen Movie
"Not Another Whipped Cream Boobs With Cherry Nipples Movie! "

Starring:

Molly Ringwald

Released By:

Columbia Tri-Star

Released In:

2001

Rated:

R

Reviewed By:

Adam Mast

Grade:

C+

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I've often wondered how long it would be before someone decided to do a spoof on all those teen angst videos. Especially given the success of Scary Movie. Enter the sporadically entertaining Not Another Teen Movie, an obvious spoof that tends to offend rather than make you laugh. Actually, I do find offensive funny at times, but Not Another Teen Movie isn't nearly consistent enough of a comedy to fully recommend.

Not Another Teen Movie takes a big cue from She's All That, as a popular high school jock must transform the campus ugly duckling into a beauty queen. Of course, along the way, we get countless references to other teen comedies including, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller and many more.

In addition to countless pokes at John Hughes, there are also takes on Never Been Kissed, Varsity Blues, Final Destination and American Beauty just to name a few. Not Another Teen movie isn't short on gross-out humor. The biggest involves a passionate kiss between a cheerleader and an elderly woman posing as a high school student. The scene is absolutely repulsive but I laughed nonetheless.

I should also mention that this video features a huge roster of cameos by famous teens of the past, most notably Molly Ringwald in a turn that really isn't funny at all. In fact, this gratuitous bit-part is just dumb when it's meant to be witty.

Is Not Another Teen Movie a comical milestone? No way. It's a far cry from the kings of spoof, those zany Zucker Brothers. Still, this video does have enough big laughs to keep it from being a total disaster.

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