The year is 1987, Danielle is the “bad girl” of Norman High School in Oklahoma. She’s in trouble again and 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 named Joan to represent their 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.
Danielle is foul mouthed, promiscuous and cigarette smoking. Clarke is looking for some kind of family connection. There is nearly constant strong language, heavy sexual innuendo and sexual suggestions. A violent scene of a father beating up his teen son.
This is funny but has a serious side too. Danielle has a vintage red Mustang convertible. 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, William Horwich, Gary Grubbs.
Note: Imdb 6.4 out of 10 10,238 customer ratings, 27% critic 79% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.6* out of 5* with 242 customer ratings, Common Sense Media Jeffrey M. Anderson, age 17+, positive messages 0*, role models 0*, violence 2*, sex 4*, language 5*, consumerism 1*, drinking drugs & smoking 3*.
Special Note: The hairstyles of Mary Steenburgen and Mill 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 their scenes. There is a web site online about Dirty Girl Farm.
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