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''Not Another Teen Movie'' is a 2001 American
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directed by
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and written by Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman, and Buddy Johnson. It features
Chyler Leigh Chyler Leigh West (pronounced ; ''née'' Potts; born April 10, 1982), known professionally as Chyler Leigh, is an American actress, singer and model. She is best known for her roles as Janey Briggs in the comedy film '' Not Another Teen Movie' ...
, Chris Evans,
Jaime Pressly Jaime Elizabeth Pressly (born July 30, 1977) is an American actress and model. Known for her role as Joy Turner on the NBC sitcom ''My Name Is Earl'' (2005–2009), she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy ...
,
Eric Christian Olsen Eric Christian Olsen (born May 31, 1977) is an American actor, writer and producer. He is known for his portrayals of Investigator Marty Deeks on the CBS television series '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', Austin in the film '' Not Another Teen Movie'', ...
,
Eric Jungmann Eric Joseph Jungmann (born December 2, 1981) is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his role as "the obsessed best friend," Ricky Lipman in ''Not Another Teen Movie''. He is also known for his role of Jain McManus in '' Ni ...
, Mia Kirshner,
Deon Richmond Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978) is an American actor from New York City who is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The WB sitco ...
,
Cody McMains Cody Arthur McMains (born October 4, 1985) is an American former actor. He is best known for playing Mitch Briggs in '' Not Another Teen Movie''. He also appeared as Patch in '' Thomas & the Magic Railroad'', and as Kirby in '' Big Bully''. He ...
,
Sam Huntington Sam Huntington (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Josh Levison on the Syfy series '' Being Human'' (2011–2014), Mimi-Siku in the Tim Allen vehicle '' Jungle 2 Jungle'' (1997) and Jimmy Olsen in the ...
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Samm Levine Samuel Franklin Levine (born March 12, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Neal Schweiber on NBC's ''Freaks and Geeks'' and PFC Hirschberg in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Levine was also the sidekick and fi ...
,
Cerina Vincent Cerina Vincent (born February 7, 1979) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role starring as Maya (Power Rangers), Maya in the television series ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy,'' followed by a part in the comedy film ''Not Another Teen ...
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Ron Lester Ron Lester (August 4, 1970 – June 17, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in the films '' Varsity Blues'', '' Not Another Teen Movie'', ''Good Burger'', and the television series '' Popular''. Career Lester's first act ...
,
Randy Quaid Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy. He was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in '' The ...
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and
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. Released on December 14, 2001 by
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under its
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label, the film is a
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of
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s released during the 1980s and 90s. The general plot is primarily derived from ''
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'', as well as ''
10 Things I Hate About You ''10 Things I Hate About You'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger in his film directorial debut and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gabrielle Union, and Larisa Oleynik. The scree ...
'', ''
Can't Hardly Wait ''Can't Hardly Wait'' is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. It stars an ensemble cast including Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, an ...
'', ''
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'', and '' Varsity Blues''. It is also filled with
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s to other films featuring teen and college-aged characters, such as '' American Beauty'', '' American Pie'', '' Bring It On'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Dazed and Confused'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Grease'', '' Jawbreaker'', ''
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'', and ''
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'', while
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reprises his role as Vice Principal Vernon from ''
The Breakfast Club ''The Breakfast Club'' is a 1985 American independent teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The ensemble cast includes Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ring ...
''.


Plot

In the stereotypical high school community of
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, Priscilla, head
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, separates from her
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boyfriend, Jake Wyler. Discovering she is now dating timid and weird Les to spite him, one of Jake's friends, Austin, makes a bet with him to turn nerdy Janey Briggs into the
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. Janey is not insecure enough to feel any need to change herself, nor does she feel anything for him at first, but that does not stop him from trying. As Jake attempts to court Janey, he faces adversity from his own sister, Catherine, who is sexually attracted to him; Janey's unnoticed admirer and best friend, Ricky Lipman; and memories from his past football career. Catherine assists him by "drastically" altering Janey's appearance (removing her glasses and ponytail), instantly making her drop-dead gorgeous. Meanwhile, Janey's younger brother, Mitch, and his friends Ox and Bruce, make a pact to lose their virginity by graduation. Mitch tries to impress his longtime crush, Amanda Becker, with a
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. As the prom draws near, Jake becomes known for failing to lead the football team to victory at last year's state championship game. Austin then tricks Jake into telling Janey about his bet to spite Priscilla, pretending to whisper the secret bet in Janey's ear, causing her to leave upset. On prom night, Austin and Janey go together; a jealous Jake and Catherine have a dance-off with Austin and Janey, with Catherine dancing in a sexual manner. Janey runs off crying. Meanwhile, Mitch and his friends are having a lousy time until Amanda arrives and Mitch gives her the letter (to which she responds she does not have sex with every loser who does such, but gives them
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s), Bruce hooks up with foreign exchange student
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, and Ox hooks up with Catherine. Jake is awarded prom king, and the votes for prom queen are tied. Everyone thinks that it is between Janey and Priscilla, but they are shocked when
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Kara and Sara Fratelli win prom queen. During the prom king and queen dance, Janey supposedly left with Austin to go to a hotel. Jake goes to the hotel room where he finds Austin having sex with a girl but is shocked to find that it is Priscilla and not Janey, while Les videotapes them with his pants down. Austin tells Jake that Janey "ran home to her daddy." Jake punches Austin and Priscilla, knocking them unconscious for humiliating Janey. He then punches Les for "being really weird"; afterwards, he runs to Janey's, only to be told she is on her way to
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in Paris. Jake confronts her before she boards the plane, but uses a plethora of
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d lines from other film to convince her to not go. His final (and only original) speech suggests they would be better off separated, but Janey mistakenly believes he is quoting ''
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'', and she decides to stay with him. In a
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, Janey's father Mr. Briggs drunkenly assaults himself with pies in his kitchen. In a
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, a previously seen
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Cast

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as "The Rude, Hot Flight Attendant"; Ringwald starred in many '80s teen films, most significantly ''
Pretty in Pink ''Pretty in Pink'' is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. The film stars Molly Ringwald, alongside Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, a ...
'', ''
Sixteen Candles ''Sixteen Candles'' is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, it was the first in a string of f ...
'' and ''
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as "The Wise Janitor", a parody of Charles S. Dutton's character from ''
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''s opening sequence music is playing at the end of his speech. * Kyle Cease as "The Slow Clap Guy"; Cease himself played Bogey Lowenstein in ''
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''. *
Melissa Joan Hart Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress. She had starring roles as the title characters in the sitcoms ''Clarissa Explains It All'' (1991–1994), ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series), Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (1 ...
(''uncredited'') as "Slow Clapper's Instructor"; Hart can also be seen in ''
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'' and ''
Drive Me Crazy ''Drive Me Crazy'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film based on the novel ''How I Created My Perfect Prom Date'' by Todd Strasser. Originally entitled ''Next to You'', the film's title was changed to ''Drive Me Crazy'' after one of the ...
''. The commentator at the football game praises Hart and ''
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''. * Lyman Ward as Mr. Wyler, representing the "Out-of-touch Father" best represented by Noah Levenstein (
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) in ''American Pie''; Ward played Ferris Bueller's father in ''
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''. *
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as Richard "Dick" Vernon; Gleason reprises his role as Vernon from ''
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''. *
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as "The Other Token Black Guy"; Thomas appeared in ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. *
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as the band playing at the prom.


Music

The film's score is composed by
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and consists largely of contemporary covers of 1980s
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and new wave hits. The musical number, "Prom Tonight", written by
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, Michael G. Bender, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, is a parody of '' Grease''. The song was never released commercially. A soundtrack was released by
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on December 4, 2001. A cover of
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is used each time Amanda Becker enters a scene. Songs not included on the soundtrack include " Line Up" by
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Release

''Not Another Teen Movie'' opened theatrically on December 14, 2001. It was released on region 1 DVD on April 30, 2002, with an "unrated extended version" on July 26, 2005. This cut runs ten minutes longer than the original, and adds a number of deleted, alternate and extended scenes.


Box office

The film opened at third place at the US box office taking $12.6 million in its opening weekend. It grossed $38.3 million domestically and $28.2 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $66.5 million.


Critical response

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gave the film an approval rating of 32% based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site's critics consensus states: "''NATM'' has some funny moments, but the movie requires the audience to have familiarity with the movies being spoofed and a tolerance for toilet and sexual humor to be truly effective."
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gave the film a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by
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gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.
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'' gave the film two stars out of a possible four, and admitted to laughing a few times but not as much as he did for ''American Pie'' or ''
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'' called it "a 90-minute exercise in redefining the word 'gratuitous and suggested it is most likely to appeal to fourteen-year-olds – "who of course renot supposed to be seeing this R-rated movie". Dennis Harvey of ''
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'' criticized the film for its "overall tendency to mistake mere bad taste for outrageousness, and plain referentiality for satire" but praised Evans, Pressly, and Olsen for giving performances better than the material. He noted that the film follows the model of ''Scary Movie'' but lacked the comic finesse of
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'' called the film "a crass act" and pointed out the futility of trying to parody films that are already absurd. LaSalle complained that the film too closely copies ''She's All That'', calling it "pathetic" that ''Not Another Teen Movie'' is just another formulaic teen movie.


See also

* Spoof film


References


External links

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