I gotta say, this wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. No, it was way, way worse. Now, you can look me in the eye and tell me that How To Get Girls was far worse (all I can say though is that film was just a waste of time and effort, as well as David Koechner's talent), but THIS was just a whole hour of a PC agenda shoved down my throat.
The film revolves around the titular character, Irene, a morbidly obese nerdy teenager who dreams of becoming a cheerleader. When going to school, she meets a blonde girl who goes out of her way by getting said character (and herself) into trouble, landing both of them, as well as some dude, into a retirement home for, I guess, community service.
I could go into as much detail as I need to; honestly though, I'm not going to. When I first watched the trailer, I didn't expect much, except for maybe a lighthearted drama. What I got though, that's another story. Basically, the whole thing felt like two ideas meshed into one. This has been labled as a comedy, yet most (if not all) of the jokes fall dead flat. With that said, I hardly ever laughed once.
Lastly, I assumed that the blonde girl would (sooner or later) form a somewhat friendship with the titular character. But no, she's just there to be the stereotypical blonde c*nt until the very end; she's basically a plot-device.
All in all, this overrated excuse for a comedy makes both HTGG (as well as Welcome To The Dollhouse) look like Revenge of the Nerds, and I'm giving it a solid D -.
The film revolves around the titular character, Irene, a morbidly obese nerdy teenager who dreams of becoming a cheerleader. When going to school, she meets a blonde girl who goes out of her way by getting said character (and herself) into trouble, landing both of them, as well as some dude, into a retirement home for, I guess, community service.
I could go into as much detail as I need to; honestly though, I'm not going to. When I first watched the trailer, I didn't expect much, except for maybe a lighthearted drama. What I got though, that's another story. Basically, the whole thing felt like two ideas meshed into one. This has been labled as a comedy, yet most (if not all) of the jokes fall dead flat. With that said, I hardly ever laughed once.
Lastly, I assumed that the blonde girl would (sooner or later) form a somewhat friendship with the titular character. But no, she's just there to be the stereotypical blonde c*nt until the very end; she's basically a plot-device.
All in all, this overrated excuse for a comedy makes both HTGG (as well as Welcome To The Dollhouse) look like Revenge of the Nerds, and I'm giving it a solid D -.