Not Another Teen Movie

Not Another Teen Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joel Gallen
Written by	Michael G. Bender Adam Jay Epstein Andrew Jacobson Phil Beauman Buddy Johnson
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz
Starring	Jaime Pressly Mia Kirshner Randy Quaid
Cinematography	Reynaldo Villalobos
Edited by	Steven Welch
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Original Film
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	December 14, 2001(2001-12-14)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$66.5 million

Not Another Teen Movieis a 2001 Americanteenparody filmdirected byJoel Gallenand written by Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman, and Buddy Johnson. It featuresChyler Leigh,Chris Evans,Jaime Pressly,Eric Christian Olsen,Eric Jungmann,Mia Kirshner,Deon Richmond,Cody McMains,Sam Huntington,Samm Levine,Cerina Vincent,Ron Lester,Randy Quaid,Lacey Chabert,Riley SmithandSamaire Armstrong.

Released on December 14, 2001 bySony Pictures Releasingunder itsColumbia Pictureslabel, the film is aparodyofteen films.While the general plot is based onShe's All That,as well asVarsity Blues,10 Things I Hate About You,Can't Hardly WaitandPretty in Pink,the film is also filled withallusionsto teenage and college-age films from the 1980s and 1990s, such asBring It On,American Pie,Cruel Intentions,American Beauty,Never Been Kissed,Ferris Bueller's Day Off,Can't Buy Me Love,Jawbreaker,Sixteen Candles,Dazed and Confused,Lucas,Rudy,The Breakfast Club,Risky Business,Grease,andRoad Trip,whilePaul Gleasonreprises his role as Vice Principal Vernon fromJohn Hughes'The Breakfast Club(1985).

Plot

In the stereotypical high school community ofJohn HughesHigh inSouthern California,Priscilla, headcheerleader,separates from herfootballstar/slackerboyfriend, 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 theprom queen.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 issexually 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 alove letter.

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 themhandjobs), Bruce hooks up with foreign exchange student Areola, 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 whenconjoined twinsKara 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 toart schoolin Paris.

Jake confronts her before she boards the plane, but uses a plethora ofclichédlines from other films (such asShe's All That,Cruel Intentions,American Pie,The Breakfast Club,American Beauty,10 Things I Hate About You,Can't Hardly Wait,andPretty in Pink) 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 quotingThe Karate Kid,and she decides to stay with him.

In amid-credits scene,Janey's father Mr. Briggs drunkenly assaults himself with pies in his kitchen. In apost-credits scene,a previously seenalbinofolk singer, anafroedstudent with a guitar, reveals that she has becomeblindand calls out for assistance upon completing her song, while an audience member calls for another to assist in stealing her guitar.

Cast

Cast ofNot Another Teen Movie

Actor	Character	Stereotype	Based on
Chyler Leigh	Janey Briggs	"The Pretty Ugly Girl"	Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) fromShe's All That Katerina Stratford (Julia Stiles) from10 Things I Hate About You Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) fromPretty in Pink
Chris Evans	Jake Wyler	"The Popular Jock"	Zack Siler (Freddie Prinze Jr.) fromShe's All That Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling) fromSixteen Candles Jonathan Moxon (James Van Der Beek) fromVarsity Blues
Jaime Pressly	Priscilla	"The Nasty Cheerleader"	Taylor Vaughan (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) fromShe's All That Big Red (Lindsay Sloane) and Torrance (Kirsten Dunst) fromBring It On Angela Hayes (Mena Suvari) fromAmerican Beauty
Eric Christian Olsen	Austin	"The Cocky Blond Guy"	Dean Sampson Jr. (Paul Walker) fromShe's All That Steff McKee (James Spader) fromPretty in Pink
Mia Kirshner	Catherine Wyler	"The Cruelest Girl"	Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) fromCruel Intentions Mackenzie Siler (Anna Paquin) fromShe's All That
Deon Richmond	Malik Token	"TheTokenBlack Guy "	Preston (Dulé Hill) fromShe's All That
Eric Jungmann	Ricky Lipman	"The Obsessed Best Friend"	Duckie Dale (Jon Cryer) fromPretty in Pink Jesse Jackson (Elden Henson) fromShe's All That
Ron Lester	Reggie Ray	"The Stupid Fat Guy"	Billy Bob (Lester) fromVarsity Blues
Cody McMains	Mitch Briggs	"The Desperate Virgin"	Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas) fromAmerican Pie Preston Meyers (Ethan Embry) fromCan't Hardly Wait Simon Boggs (Kieran Culkin) fromShe's All That Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall) and John Bender (Judd Nelson) fromThe Breakfast Club
Sam Huntington	Ox	"The Sensitive Guy"	Oz (Chris Klein) fromAmerican Pie Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez) fromThe Breakfast Club
Samm Levine	Bruce	"The Wannabe"	Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) fromThe Karate Kid Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) fromAmerican Pie Kenny Fisher (Seth Green) fromCan't Hardly Wait
Lacey Chabert	Amanda Becker	"The Perfect Girl"	Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt) fromCan't Hardly Wait
Cerina Vincent	Areola	"The Foreign Exchange Student"	Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) fromAmerican Pie
Riley Smith	Les	"The Beautiful Weirdo"	Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) fromAmerican Beauty
Julie Welch	Beverly Wyler	N/A	N/A
Samaire Armstrong	Kara Fratelli	N/A	N/A
Nectar Rose	Sara Fratelli	N/A	N/A
Ed Lauter	The Coach	"Win-at-all-cost Jerk Coach"	Coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) fromVarsity Blues
Randy Quaid	Mr. Briggs	"Dead Beat Alcoholic Father"	Russel Casse (Quaid) fromIndependence Day Wayne Boggs (Kevin Pollak) fromShe's All That Jack Walsh (Harry Dean Stanton) fromPretty in Pink
Joanna Garcia	Sandy Sue	"The New Girl in School"	Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) fromGrease
Beverly Polcyn	Sadie Agatha Johnson	N/A	Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) fromNever Been Kissed
Rob Benedict	Preston Wasserstein	N/A	Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) fromFerris Bueller's Day Off Joel Goodson (Tom Cruise) fromRisky Business
Patrick St. Esprit	Austin's father	N/A	N/A
Josh Radnor	Tour Guide	N/A	Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz) from10 Things I Hate About You Barry Manilow (Tom Green) fromRoad Trip
Paul Goebel	"The Chef Who Ejaculated Into Mitch's French Toast"	N/A	French Toast Guy (Sanz) fromRoad Trip
George Wyner	Principal Cornish	"The Principal"	N/A
Jon Benjamin	Trainer	N/A	N/A

Many stars of teen films, as well as those from the 1980s, make credited and uncredited appearances. These include:

• Molly Ringwaldas "The Rude, Hot Flight Attendant"; Ringwald starred in many '80s teen films, most significantlyPretty in Pink,Sixteen CandlesandThe Breakfast Club.
• Mr. Tas "The Wise Janitor", a parody ofCharles S. Dutton's character fromRudy;The A-Team's opening sequence music is playing at the end of his speech.
• Kyle Ceaseas "The Slow Clap Guy"; Cease himself played Bogey Lowenstein in10 Things I Hate About You.
• Melissa Joan Hart(uncredited) as "Slow Clapper's Instructor"; Hart can also be seen inCan't Hardly WaitandDrive Me Crazy.The commentator at the football game praises Hart andSabrina the Teenage Witch.
• Lyman Wardas Mr. Wyler; Ward played Ferris Bueller's father inFerris Bueller's Day Off.
• Paul Gleasonas Richard "Dick" Vernon; Gleason reprises his role as Vernon fromThe Breakfast Club.
• Sean Patrick Thomasas "The Other Token Black Guy"; Thomas appeared inCan't Hardly Wait,Cruel IntentionsandSave the Last Dance.
• Good Charlotteas the band playing at the prom.

Music

The film's score is composed byTheodore Shapiroand consists largely of contemporary covers of 1980spopandnew wavehits. The musical number, "Prom Tonight", written byBen Folds,Michael G. Bender, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, is a parody ofGrease.The song was never released commercially.

A soundtrack was released byMaverick Recordson December 4, 2001.A cover ofa-ha's "Take On Me"by the bandLiferwas recorded but went unreleased.

A karaoke version of the ending to "Can't Fight this Feeling"byREO Speedwagonis used each time Amanda Becker enters a scene.

Not Another Teen Movie: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack albumby Various artists
Released	December 4, 2001
Genre	Rock,punk rock,heavy metal
Length	41:59
Label	Maverick
Producer	Various
SinglesfromNot Another Teen Movie: Music from the Motion Picture
"Tainted Love" Released: November 2001

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Tainted Love"(originally byGloria Jones)	Ed Cobb	Marilyn Manson	3:21
2.	"Never Let Me Down Again"(originally byDepeche Mode)	Martin Gore	The Smashing Pumpkins	4:00
3.	"Blue Monday"(originally byNew Order)	Gillian Gilbert,Peter Hook,Stephen Morris,Bernard Sumner	Orgy	4:26
4.	"The Metro"(originally byBerlin)	John Crawford	System of a Down	2:59
5.	"But Not Tonight"(originally by Depeche Mode)	Martin Gore	Scott Weiland	4:50
6.	"Message of Love"(originally byThe Pretenders)	Chrissie Hynde	Saliva	3:48
7.	"Bizarre Love Triangle"(originally by New Order)	Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner	Stabbing Westward	3:43
8.	"99 Red Balloons"(originally byNena)	Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen,Kevin McAlea	Goldfinger	3:50
9.	"I Melt with You"(originally byModern English)	Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, Stephen Walker	Mest	3:19
10.	"If You Leave"(originally byOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)	Andy McCluskey,Paul Humphreys,Martin Cooper	Good Charlotte	2:45
11.	"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"(originally byThe Smiths)	Steven Morrissey,Johnny Marr	Muse	1:58
12.	"Somebody's Baby"(originally byJackson Browne)	Jackson Browne,Danny Kortchmar	Phantom Planet	2:52

Songs not included on the soundtrack include "Line Up"byElastica,"In Between Days"and"Turning Japanese"byFace to Face,"Lucy", "Don't You Forget About Me", "Everybody Knows Everything" and "Friends" bySprung Monkey,"Yoo Hoo" byImperial Teen,"Double Dare Ya" byBikini Kill,"Rock Star" byEverclear,"Oh Yeah"byYello,"Kiss Me"bySixpence None the Richer,"Let's Go"bythe Cars,"Pacific Coast Party" bySmash Mouth,"Let's Begin (Shoot the Shit)" byBad Ronald,"True"and" King of Yesterday "byJude,"900 Number" byThe 45 King,"My Hero"byFoo Fighters,"I Want Candy","Put Your Head on My Shoulder"and"Footloose"byGood Charlotte,"Space Age Love Song"byNo Motiv,and "If You Were Here"byThompson Twins.

Release

Not Another Teen Movieopened theatrically on December 14, 2001. It was released onregion 1DVD 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

Rotten Tomatoesgave the film an approval rating of 31% based on 100 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site's critics consensus states: "NATMhas 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. "Metacriticgave the film a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".Audiences polled byCinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebertof theChicago Sun-Timesgave the film two stars out of a possible four, and admitted to laughing a few times but not as much as he did forAmerican PieorScary Movie.Ebert also criticized the scatological humor. He urged audiences to not waste their time on the film, when in the month of December 2001 there were "21 other promising films" to choose from.

Robin Rauzi of theLos Angeles Timescalled 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 [are] not supposed to be seeing this R-rated movie ".Dennis Harvey ofVarietycriticized 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 ofScary Moviebut lacked the comic finesse ofAnna Faris.

Mick LaSalleof theSan Francisco Chroniclecalled 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 copiesShe's All That,calling it "pathetic" thatNot Another Teen Movieis just another formulaic teen movie.

See also

• Scary Movie(film series)(2000–13)
• Date Movie(2006)
• Epic Movie(2007)
• Meet the Spartans(2008)
• Disaster Movie(2008)
• Superhero Movie(2008)
• Spanish Movie(2009)
• Dance Flick(2009)
• Vampires Suck(2010)
• The Starving Games(2013)
• Best Night Ever(2013)
• Superfast!(2015)

External links

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• Not Another Teen MovieatAllMovie
• Not Another Teen MovieatBox Office Mojo
• Not Another Teen MovieatMetacritic
• Not Another Teen MovieatRotten Tomatoes