This is a charming little film, meant for kids I think.
The story is this; Nik (Allison Mack) is about to turn 16 and is
burdened with problems- her mom and dad (Karen Allen and a really funny
Brian Heighton) have hit financial hard times, and they are forced to
work at 'lesser' jobs until better times return. Also, Nik's uncle (Eric
Stoltz) has just died of a heart attack, and Nik thinks her dad is
fooling around with her sexy widowed aunt ( Mimi Rogers). But the
biggest drag is that Nik's mother recently had twins and Nik has to baby
sit them when Mom goes to work every day. It's a teenage girls
nightmare, but luckily she has some really great and funny friends that
bolster her (and us) whenever they're on screen.
It's basically teenage girl vs. the world, and from my point of view her
problems are very small, but like all teens, to her they seem
insurmountable. Consequently, sometimes I had a hard time caring about
her dilemma, but I did keep caring for her. Allison Mack gives a great
performance, deftly balancing comedy and (self involved) pathos- I
enjoyed her very much. I enjoyed the entire cast, to be honest.
There's a lot of odd moments and quirky laughs that came out of nowhere,
obviously they were trying to make more than just another teen film, and
for the most part they succeeded.
The story is this; Nik (Allison Mack) is about to turn 16 and is
burdened with problems- her mom and dad (Karen Allen and a really funny
Brian Heighton) have hit financial hard times, and they are forced to
work at 'lesser' jobs until better times return. Also, Nik's uncle (Eric
Stoltz) has just died of a heart attack, and Nik thinks her dad is
fooling around with her sexy widowed aunt ( Mimi Rogers). But the
biggest drag is that Nik's mother recently had twins and Nik has to baby
sit them when Mom goes to work every day. It's a teenage girls
nightmare, but luckily she has some really great and funny friends that
bolster her (and us) whenever they're on screen.
It's basically teenage girl vs. the world, and from my point of view her
problems are very small, but like all teens, to her they seem
insurmountable. Consequently, sometimes I had a hard time caring about
her dilemma, but I did keep caring for her. Allison Mack gives a great
performance, deftly balancing comedy and (self involved) pathos- I
enjoyed her very much. I enjoyed the entire cast, to be honest.
There's a lot of odd moments and quirky laughs that came out of nowhere,
obviously they were trying to make more than just another teen film, and
for the most part they succeeded.