The year is 1987 and Danielle is the “bad girl” of Norman High School in Oklahoma. She’s in trouble again and she is sent to the principle. He sends her to the special education class. The class splits up into teams to experience being parents using a bag of flour to represent a baby. Danielle and her chubby 35% gay partner Clarke are not very successful in the beginning. Danielle doesn’t want to become part of a Mormon family when her mom marries. Clarke doesn’t want to go to military school. They run away taking their baby with them in Clarke’s dad’s car. They use his dad’s credit card to finance a trip to California to meet Danielle’s dad.
This is funny but has a serious side too. Danielle uses foul language, she's having sex and smoking cigarettes. Clarke's father wants him to be more of a man. Danielle has a vintage red Mustang convertible. For me, this brings her credibility up several notches. She can snap her fingers and attract the cute and popular guys until she’s paired with Clarke. Everything changes for both of them on their trip. 4* (I really liked this movie)
90 min, Comedy directed by Abe Sylvia with Jeremy Dozier, Juno Temple, Zach Lasry, Johanthan Slavin, Marcella Lentz-Pope, Mary Steenburgen, Milla Jovovich.
Note: Blockbuster 2 ½*, imdb 6.2 out of 10, 27% critic 79% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Common Sense Media, Jeffrey M. Anderson, age 17+, 0 positive messages, 0 role models, 2* violence, 4* sex, 5* language, 1* consumerism, 3* drinking drugs & smoking, Metacritic 37 out of 100 with 13 critic reviews (positive 2, mixed 7, negative 4), 8 out of 10 with 24 user scores (20 positive, 3 mixed, 1 negative), Letterboxd 3.1 out of 5* with 12 reviews, 4.6* out of 5* with 219 reviews.
Special Note: The hairstyles of Mary Steenburgen and Milla Jovovich are worth a look at this movie. The stock of hairspray companies must have doubled during the filming!! I could not take my eyes off their hair in all of their scenes.
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