To paraphrase a line from the Monty Python sketch about Australian table wines, this isn't a movie for watching; it's a movie for lying down and avoiding.
Billed as a comedy, I found nothing worth laughing at or about. Nothing seems to happen, so a viewer could go outside, cut the lawn, and come back and find that one hasn't missed anything. That's because none of the characters are the least bit interesting, let alone believable, nor do they change throughout the entire movie.
I remember when I was in high school. I was one of the geeky weirdos, but I graduated, got myself a fine university education, and grew up. Unfortunately, I don't see anything like that happening with the title character. He'll remain the way he is until well into adulthood and will continue drifting without a clue of who he really is or what he wants.
So much for the claim that it's true to life.
Don't waste your time on this hopeless rubbish. If you want to see something about high school that one could consider realistic, I'd recommend "Fast Times At Ridgemont High". I knew people like that while I was growing up.
I'd give this a 1/10 rating, but I reserve that for real stinkers. Even "Plan Nine from Outer Space", with all its ineptitude, is a much better movie and and it had some semblance of a plot, despite Ed Wood's bumbling directing. ND has none of that.
Billed as a comedy, I found nothing worth laughing at or about. Nothing seems to happen, so a viewer could go outside, cut the lawn, and come back and find that one hasn't missed anything. That's because none of the characters are the least bit interesting, let alone believable, nor do they change throughout the entire movie.
I remember when I was in high school. I was one of the geeky weirdos, but I graduated, got myself a fine university education, and grew up. Unfortunately, I don't see anything like that happening with the title character. He'll remain the way he is until well into adulthood and will continue drifting without a clue of who he really is or what he wants.
So much for the claim that it's true to life.
Don't waste your time on this hopeless rubbish. If you want to see something about high school that one could consider realistic, I'd recommend "Fast Times At Ridgemont High". I knew people like that while I was growing up.
I'd give this a 1/10 rating, but I reserve that for real stinkers. Even "Plan Nine from Outer Space", with all its ineptitude, is a much better movie and and it had some semblance of a plot, despite Ed Wood's bumbling directing. ND has none of that.
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