Sunday, September 02, 2007
GETTING HIGH
Today's movie was
which was actually a teevee show but is now a disc phenom with a sequel for television and a third version coming up as a feature film.
I kept reading about it and figured I should check it out.
I am glad that I did.
The word "nice" comes up when I think of it. Even the bad kids aren't that bad.
They have managed to marry current pop music tropes with the classical musical comedy framework.
The cast is charming. The plot thin but tense enough to give the finale a thrill. The romance is very G-rated and cute.
If this is all the rage of kids 'everywhere' or even has modest popularity I would say that there is reason for optimism about our youth.
Very engaging.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5 and we will get "2" when it comes out.
Labels: films
