Not Another Teen Movie

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Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Joel Gallen
Produced by Neal H. Moritz
Written by Mike Bender
Adam Jay Epstein
Andrew Jacobson
Phil Beauman
Buddy Johnson
Starring Chris Evans
Jaime Pressly
Chyler Leigh
Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Jungmann
Mia Kirshner
Deon Richmond
Cody McMains
Sam Huntington
Samm Levine
Cerina Vincent
Ron Lester
Lacey Chabert
Riley Smith
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Original Film
Release date(s) December 14, 2001
Running time Theatrical cut
90 min.
Unrated cut
100 min.
Country Flag of the United States
Language English
Budget $16 million
Gross revenue $62,401,343
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IMDb profile

Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 comedy film released on December 14, 2001 by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of the teen movies and other cinematic portrayals of adolescence which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades. While the general plot is based on She's All That, the film is also packed with allusions to numerous other films. The film was largely panned by critics, receiving only 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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[edit] Plot

Not Another Teen Movie is set in the stereotypical high school community of John Hughes High. The movie unravels when Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), a popular cheerleader, separates from her boyfriend, Jake Wyler. After discovering that Priscilla is now dating strange and socially inept weirdo Les just to spite him, one of Jake’s friends, Austin, suggests seeking retribution by making Janey Briggs, a "uniquely rebellious girl", the prom queen. Jake attempts to court Janey's love, but faces adversity from his own sister Catherine, who is sexually attracted to him, Janey’s unnoticed admirer and best friend Ricky (Eric Jungmann), and memories from his past football career. Catherine eventually decides to help her brother by slightly altering Janey’s appearance, ultimately making her more attractive to the other characters.

As the prom draws near, Jake draws infamy among his peers after he fails to lead his football team to victory at the state championship game. The situation is further worsened when Austin tricks Jake into telling Janey about his plan to spite Priscilla by pretending to whisper the secret bet in Janey's ear, causing her to immediately leave Jake. During prom night, Janey eventually attempts to leave her troubles behind by leaving the country, and pursuing her life-long goal of being an artist in an art school in Paris. Jake eventually confronts her before she can board the plane, and uses a plethora of cliched lines from other movies (such as She's All That, The Karate Kid, American Pie, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink) to convince her to stay in America. He succeeds, which is a nod to the ending of many teen movies.

[edit] Cast and characters

Actor Character Title and description Parody of/based on
Chyler Leigh Janey Briggs (The Pretty Ugly Girl) with her rebelliousness, ponytail, glasses and paint-covered overalls Primarily a parody of Rachael Leigh Cook's character Laney Boggs in She's All That, as well as Molly Ringwald's character Andie Walsh in Pretty in Pink and Julia Stiles's character in 10 Things I Hate About You.
Chris Evans Jake Wyler The Popular Jock Based on Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s character Zach Siler in She's All That as well as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, James Van Der Beek's character in Varsity Blues, and Andrew McCarthy's character in Pretty In Pink.
Jaime Pressly Priscilla (The Bitchy Cheerleader) and the most popular girl at school Based on Taylor Vaughn (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) in She's All That and a reference to Big Red (Lindsay Sloane) in Bring It On, Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) in Heathers, and Rose McGowan in Jawbreaker.
Eric Christian Olsen Austin (The Cocky Blonde Guy), an obnoxious, cocky, blonde jerk who bets Jake he can't turn Janey into prom queen A parody of Paul Walker's character Dean Sampson in She's All That, Aaron Dozier's character in Better Off Dead, James Spader as Steff in Pretty in Pink, and another character played by Paul Walker, Lance Harbor from Varsity Blues.
Mia Kirshner Catherine Wyler (The Cruelest Girl in School), who is sexually attracted to her younger brother Jake. She is also a slut and helps others get popular. Primarily based on Kathryn Merteuil (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), in Cruel Intentions. Furthermore, she is partially based on the character of Mackenzie Siler from She's All That.
Deon Richmond Malik Token (The Token Black Guy), he says to Jake, Austin, and Reggie Ray that he's just supposed to stay out of the conversation and say things like "Damn!", "Shit!", and "That is whack!" A reference to Dule Hill's character Preston in She's All That.
Eric Jungmann Ricky Lipman (The Obsessed Best Friend) He is Janey's best friend who is also madly (and explicitly) in love in her, though Janey remains completely clueless (the only person in the school apparently not aware of his love for her). He also composes a list of the 10 Things I Love About Janey Briggs in a reference to 10 Things I Hate About You. A parody of Jon Cryer's Duckie in Pretty in Pink and Chris Elliot's Woogie from There's Something About Mary.
Ron Lester Reggie Ray (The Stupid Fat Guy) who apparently has several concussions throughout the film (getting hit by a locker, crashing into a wall, hit in the head with a football). He is a parody of Lester's character from the film Varsity Blues.
Cody McMains Mitch Briggs (The Desperate Virgin), Mitch is obnoxious, crude, and stubborn. He enjoys aggravating his sister Janey. A parody of geek character actor Anthony Michael Hall, especially as the desperate Ted in Sixteen Candles. Mitch is also a slight reference to Thomas Ian Nicholas' character, Kevin Myers, in American Pie, and he is also based on Ethan Embry's character Preston Meyers from Can't Hardly Wait, John Bender from The Breakfast Club and Kieran Culkin's character from She's All That.
Sam Huntington Ox (The Sensitive Guy), tells Mitch and Bruce that he only wants true love. In the end of the movie, he hooks up with Catherine. A parody of Chris Klein's character, Chris Ostreicher, in American Pie, and Emilio Estevez's character of Andrew Clark from The Breakfast Club.
Lacey Chabert Amanda Becker (The Dream Girl) Mitch's love interest. a parody of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character, Amanda Beckett, in Can't Hardly Wait.
Samm Levine Bruce (The Wannabe), appears as a wannabe of Asian people. A parody of Seth Green's character in Can't Hardly Wait and/or Ralph Macchio's character in The Karate Kid series, and/or Gedde Watanabe's Long Duk Dong character from Sixteen Candles.
Cerina Vincent Areola (The Naked Foreign Exchange Student), she appears naked in every scene of hers. Her accent also changes frequently throughout the movie, Janey notices this and Areola tells her she is a generic foreign exchange student whose country of origin is of little importance. An adaptation of the foreign exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) in American Pie. Her name is also the word for the ring around the nipple.
Riley Smith Les (The Beautiful Weirdo) always seen with a video camera, there is also a floating bag that follows him around known as "The Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen", referencing the bag floating in the wind from American Beauty. A parody of Wes Bentley's character in American Beauty. His name may also be a reference to the main character of the film, Les.
Ed Lauter Coach The aggressive, cruel, and obscene football coach. Mostly inspired from Jon Voight's character in Varsity Blues and Robert Patrick's character from The Faculty. Could also be a parody of the Drill Sergeant in Full Metal Jacket.

Other stars include Randy Quaid who plays Janey and Mitch's dad and Joanna García who plays Sandy Sue. There is also Beverly Polcyn who plays Sadie Agatha Johnson, the undercover reporter posing as a high school student despite being well past sixty, a parody of Never Been Kissed. Robert Patrick Benedict also appears as a parody of Tom Cruise's Risky Business character Joel Goodsen.

[edit] Cameos

Many stars of recent teen movies as well as those highlighting the 1980s decade make credited and uncredited appearances. These include:

Actor Character Description Where they come from
Molly Ringwald The Rude Flight Attendant A crude flight attendant at the airport near the end of the film who insults Jake and Janey. Ringwald starred in many '80s teen movies.
Mr. T The Wise Janitor A wise and all-knowing janitor who follows Jake as his conscience. Spoof of Charles S. Dutton's character in Rudy and Carl from The Breakfast Club.
Kyle Cease The Slow Clap Guy A guy present throughout the film looking for the right moment to start the slow clap, he beats up Ricky for beating him to it at the end of the film. Cease played Bogey Lowenstein in 10 Things I Hate About You.
Melissa Joan Hart Slow Clapper's Instructor She informs the Slow Clapper that he can't start a Slow Clap "at any old time", after his first failed attempt. Hart is well known from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Drive Me Crazy and Clarissa Explains It All.
Paul Goebel The chef Who Ejaculated Into Your French Toast A brief cameo during the Prom Tonight musical number who told Mitch he ejaculated into his French toast. Parodies Horatio Sanz's character from Road Trip Goebel is known as the host from Beat the Geeks.
Lyman Ward Mr. Wyler Jake's father who wants him to go to Princeton University. Ward played Ferris Bueller's father in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Paul Gleason Richard "Dick" Vernon The school principal who Mitch back-talks to. Gleason played Vernon in The Breakfast Club.
Sean Patrick Thomas The Other Token Black Guy Another black guy at the party. Parody of Save the Last Dance and Cruel Intentions.
Good Charlotte The Band The band playing at the prom.
China Shavers The Rival Cheerleader A black girl who Priscilla tells to "bring it!" Shavers was in the teen drama Boston Public, and appeared as Dreama on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
Josh Radnor The Tour Guide Asks why hot girls always walk so slow. A parody of Tom Green's character, Barry Manilow in Road Trip.

[edit] Details

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  • The band playing at the prom is Good Charlotte.
  • There are references to John Hughes movies in the names of the school facilities: The school itself is called "John Hughes High", the football stadium name is "Harry Dean Stadium" - a tribute to Harry Dean Stanton who played Molly Ringwald's father in Pretty in Pink, not Harry Dean, and the cafeteria is called "Anthony Michael Dining Hall" - a tribute to Anthony Michael Hall who appeared in Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.
  • The film's US working title was 10 Things I Hate about Clueless Road Trips When I Can't Hardly Wait To Be Kissed, a portmanteau of 10 Things I Hate about You, Clueless, Road Trip, Can't Hardly Wait and Never Been Kissed.
  • Phil Beauman and Buddy Johnson were two of the writers of Scary Movie. The theatrical trailer for this film states, "If you liked Scary Movie, who gives a damn?"
  • The high school mascot is the Wasps, the acronym version of which describes stereotypical white people, many of whom can be found in teen movies.
  • The character Malik, or "The Token Black Guy" can be seen with at least seven radically different hairstyles of varying lengths throughout the entire film.
  • Several of the actors (as their characters) had cameos in the clip for Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson, which was featured on the movie's soundtrack.
  • The famous kissing scene is a parody of a similar scene in Cruel Intentions.
  • Behind the teacher in the toliet scene is written "Aloha!" which is what Sean Penn's character says to Mr Hand in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • Another reference to Sean Penn's character "Jeff Spicoli" from Fast Times at Ridgemont High comes during the scene when Jake and Ricky are racing through the city in order to get to the hotel where Janey and Austin are supposed to be. As they come to an intersection and Jake quickly runs across the street while Ricky gets tripped up by numerous cars, there is a Television and Electronics Repair Shop storefront window on the corner behind them that reads "Spicoli's."
  • The prom, an event which is held at the end of the school year, takes place only a few days after the football season ends in the movie. Football season is usually in the fall, at the beginning of school year while prom is in the spring, at the end of school year. At the beginning of the movie, a sign indicates that orientation is on Monday and prom is on Saturday. The sign also names the other events of the film. The whole story takes place over a week, parodying the way teen films move quickly through the school year.
  • Several scenes from the movie are cut or edited for air on American television, including references to Catherine lusting for her brother Jake, expletive-laced scenes from Sandy Sue who suffers from Tourette syndrome, a naked Areola, and racy dance scenes during the prom. Comedy Central airs the film uncut during The Secret Stash, but exposed female body parts are blurred.
  • The movie is known as "Sex Academy" on some releases in Europe.
  • There are numerous subtle set decorations in the movie to supplement the joke being made in the current scene. In one scene where Mitch asks how the guys will lose their virginity by graduation, they hear an announcement over the P.A. system say, "The Sex Club will be meeting after school behind the bleachers." They also pass by posters that say "Abstinence doesn't work, trust us," "Condoms kill the sensation," and posters with tear-off phone numbers that say things like "Hot Sex - Call Judy" and "For Great Sex, Call Sue". As this occurs, Bruce says, "It not easy to get lucky here."

[edit] Alternate footage

  • Three scenes that appear on the R-rated trailer are not included in the film: a scene that spoofs Save the Last Dance where a girl is dancing at the big party, a scene that spoofs Never Been Kissed during the football game with Sadie standing on the football field with a microphone, probably speaking to Catherine, before the entire football team runs her down, and a small scene with Areola asking the principal if her breasts are perky (this scene does appear in the unrated cut of the film).
  • In the trailer for the film, Jake wears boxer shorts during the whipped cream bikini scene, whereas during that same scene in the film his crotch is covered with whipped cream instead of the shorts.

[edit] Footage during credits

The film has three extra scenes at the end:

  • Mitch, Ox, and Bruce talking about what they learned from the whole experience. (This scene comes only in the unrated cut.)
  • Mr Briggs, in a parody of a scene from "American Pie", talks about a "three-way" while holding two pies.
  • The albino folk singer sings about being blind, and her corneas being burned out by the sun. (This scene comes after all the credits have finished.)

[edit] DVD release

The R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on April 30, 2002 with the original 90-minute cut with special features including:

The Unrated Extended Director's Cut was released July 26, 2005 with all of the original special features including an added 10 minutes to the film adding up to 100 minutes.

[edit] Soundtrack listing

The soundtrack for the film features rock artists from the '90s and 2000s, mostly covering songs from the '80s, and this CD was released by Maverick Records in 2001.

  1. Tainted Love (Gloria Jones, popularized by Soft Cell) - Marilyn Manson
  2. Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode) - Smashing Pumpkins
  3. Blue Monday (New Order) - Orgy
  4. The Metro (Berlin) - System of a Down
  5. But Not Tonight (Depeche Mode) - Scott Weiland
  6. Message of Love (The Pretenders) - Saliva
  7. Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order) - Stabbing Westward
  8. 99 Red Balloons (Nena) - Goldfinger
  9. I Melt with You (Modern English) - Mest
  10. If You Leave (OMD) - Good Charlotte
  11. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths) - Muse
  12. Somebody's Baby (Jackson Browne) - Phantom Planet

Songs in the film that are not on the CD soundtrack include:

  1. Turning Japanese (The Vapors) - Face to Face
  2. In Between Days (The Cure) - Face to Face
  3. Oh Yeah (Yello) - original version (during the party prep scene)
  4. Janie's Got a Gun (Aerosmith) - sung by Chris Evans a cappella
  5. The A-Team Theme (Mike Post and Pete Carpenter)
  6. My Hero (Foo Fighters) - original version
  7. Let's Go (The Cars)
  8. Prom Tonight (Ben Folds, Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson) - Jake, Janey, Mitch, Ox, Bruce, Catherine, Priscilla, Mr. Briggs, Austin, Malik, Areola
  9. I Want Candy (The Strangeloves) - Good Charlotte
  10. Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)
  11. Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simple Minds) - Sprung Monkey
  12. Yoo Hoo (Imperial Teen) - ("Yoo-Hoo" is heard briefly during Jaime Pressly's slow-motion entrance)
  13. Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill)
  14. Rock Star (Everclear)
  15. If You Were Here (Thompson Twins)
  16. Can't Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon) (Amanda's slow-motion entrance song)
  17. Let's Begin (Shoot the Shit) (Bad Ronald)
  18. Let Me Clear My Throat (DJ Kool)
  19. True (Spandau Ballet)
  20. Pacific Coast Party (Smash Mouth)

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