Cast: Jesse Metcalfe (John Tucker), Brittany Snow (Kate), Ashanti (Heather), Sophia Bush (Beth), Arielle Kebbel (Carrie)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's John Tucker Must Die page.
I can't explain why I like the teen romantic comedies appeal to me so much, but it's one of my guilty pleasures. They're good popcorn movies. Totally fluff, but entertaining. John Tucker Must Die didn't get nominated for any awards and didn't deserve any. It was exactly what it was advertised to be, though. An entertaining movie with a ridiculous story line.
Everyone has encountered someone like John Tucker in their lives. We haven't all dated a guy like him, but we've all seen them. The idea of a group of girls from different cliques working together with a common goal of getting back at a guy who treated them poorly is great. Everyone's schools had cliques, so we can all relate to how unlikely it is that girls from different groups would band together, even with this common goal.
John Tucker Must Die was much more enjoyable than I expected. It's definitely worth the rental.
Grade: B
Labels: 2006, Brittany Snow, comedy, Jesse Metcalfe, movie, romance
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:30 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: John Travolta (Edna Turnblad), Nikki Blonsky (Tracy Turnblad), Michelle Pfeiffer (Velma Von Tussle), Christopher Walken (Wilbur Turnblad), Amanda Bynes (Penny Pingleton), Zac Efron (Link Larkin), Queen Latifah (Motormouth Maybelle), James Marsden (Corny Collins), Elijah Kelley (Seeweed)
For complete info on the amazing cast and crew, see IMDb's Hairspray page.
I love musical movies and I'm very happy that the genre is thriving again. A movie based on a Broadway musical based on a movie is an amusing thought, even though they did the same thing with The Producers. The cast they chose for the Hairspray revival really could not have been better. While I agree with many who say that Harvey Fierstein should have been in the movie and is a big enough draw for the movie (Heck, did they need more of a draw? Look at the rest of the cast.), John Travolta did a wonderful job as Edna Turnblad!
The crowd at the movie theatre was ready to enjoy the movie. They were applauding at the beginning of the movie and cheered throughout the movie for some of the better scenes. It was definitely the right theatre to enjoy Hairspray, since it's such an outrageous movie.
Nikki Blonsky did a wonderful job in her first movie. I'm glad that they found the star of the movie much in the same way they found the star of the Broadway show. Tracy Turnblad being played by an amazingly talented unknown actress just seems to fit the part at this point.
They did an amazing job bringing the Broadway adaptation of the original movie back to the big screen. If you like musicals, you definitely need to see this one. Hairspray is a fun movie with a very good message.
Grade: A-
Labels: 2007, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Christopher Walken, comedy, dancing, drama, James Marsden, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, movie, musical, Nikki Blonsky, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron
Reviewed by Kat at the 8:30 PM show | 0 screams