Not Another Teen Movie

Not Another Teen Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joel Gallen
Written by	Mike Bender Adam Jay Epstein Andrew Jacobson Phil Beauman Buddy Johnson
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz
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
Cinematography	Reynaldo Villalobos
Edited by	Steve Welch
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Original Film
Release dates	December 14, 2001
Running time	90 min. (rated) 100 min. (unrated)
Country
Language	English
Budget	$16,000,000
Box office	$62,401,343 (worldwide)

Not Another Teen Movie is a USA comedy film released in 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 panned by critics, receiving only 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Plot

Set in a stereotypical high school community, the movie’s plot begins when Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), a popular cheerleader, separates from her boyfriend, Jake Wyler (Chris Evans). After discovering that Priscilla is now dating a strange and socially inept weirdo (Riley Smith) just to spite him, one of Jake’s friends Austin (Eric Christian Olsen) suggests seeking retribution by making Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), a "uniquely rebellious girl", the prom queen. Jake attempts to court Janey's love, but faces adversity from his own sister, who is sexually attracted to him, Janey’s unnoticed admirer and best friend, and memories from his past football career. Jake's seductive older sister, Catherine (Mia Kirshner), 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 his rival 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 and Pretty in Pink) to convince her to stay in America.

Cast and characters

The movie has many clichéd characters throughout the movie, many deliberately acting as one-dimensional characters that parody other teen films. See Stock character.

• Jake Wyler (Chris Evans), (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.
• Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), (The Pretty Ugly Girl) with her 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.
• Austin (Eric Christian Olsen), (The Cocky Blonde Guy), 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.
• Ricky Lipman (Eric Jungmann), (The Obsessed Best Friend) a parody of Jon Cryer's Duckie in Pretty in Pink. 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.
• Malik (Deon Richmond), (The Token Black Guy), a reference to Dule Hill's character Preston in She's All That. 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!"
• Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), (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.
• Catherine Wyler (Mia Kirshner), (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.
• Areola (Cerina Vincent), (The Naked Foreign Exchange Student), 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. She appears naked in every scene in which she appears. 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.
• Les (Riley Smith), (The Beautiful Weirdo) always seen with a video camera, a parody of Wes Bentley's character in American Beauty. 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.
• Amanda Becker (Lacey Chabert), (The Dream Girl), a parody of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character, Amanda Beckett, in Can't Hardly Wait.
• Mitch Briggs (Cody McMains), (The Desperate Virgin), 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 John Bender from The Breakfast Club and Kieran Culkin's character from She's All That. Mitch is obnoxious, crude, and stubborn. He enjoys aggravating his sister Janey.
• Ox (Sam Huntington), (The Sensitive Guy), a parody of Chris Klein's character, Chris Ostreicher, in American Pie, and Emilio Estevez's character of Andrew Clark from The Breakfast Club. Tells Mitch and Bruce that he only wants true love. In the end of the movie, he hooks up with Catherine.
• Bruce (Samm Levine), (The Wannabe), 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. He appears as a wannabe of Asian people.
• Reggie Ray (Ron Lester), (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.
• The Coach (Ed Lauter), the aggressive, cruel and obscene football coach, mostly inspired from Jon Voight's character in Varsity Blues.

Other stars include Randy Quaid who plays Janey and Mitch's dad. 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.

Cameos

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

• Molly Ringwald as The Rude Flight Attendant, a crude flight attendant at the airport near the end of the film who insults Jake and Janey.
• Mr. T as The Wise Janitor, a wise and all-knowing janitor who follows Jake as his conscience.
• Kyle Cease as 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.
• Paul Goebel as The Waiter Who Ejaculated Into Your French Toast, a brief cameo during the Prom Tonight musical number who told Mitch he ejaculated into his French toast. Goebel is the geek from Beat the Geeks.
• Lyman Ward as 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 as Richard "Dick" Vernon, the school principal who Mitch back-talks to. Parody of The Breakfast Club.
• Sean Patrick Thomas as The Other Token Black Guy, another black guy at the party. Parody of Save the Last Dance and Cruel Intentions.
• Good Charlotte as Themselves, the band playing at the prom.
• Carole Cook and Max Showalter as Janey's Grandparents, they appear in the beginning for Janey's birthday. Cook and Showalter played Ringwald's grandparents in Sixteen Candles.
• China Shavers as Rival Cheerleader, a black girl who Priscilla tells to "bring it!" Shavers was in the teen drama Boston Public.
• Josh Radnor as Tour Guide, a parody of Tom Green's Character, Barry Manilow in Road Trip.

Parodies to other films

1. Ricky's 10 Things I Love About Janey is a parody of 10 Things I Hate About You.
2. The opening of the film which includes Janey's masturbating to She's All That is a reference to Jim's masturbation scene in the opening of American Pie.
3. Mitch's back-talk to Mr. Vernon is a near-complete copy to The Breakfast Club.
4. Many of the clichéd lines at the end of the movie are references to The Karate Kid, She's All That, and Pretty in Pink.
5. Paul Gleason's cameo appearance as Mr. Vernon is a parody to his role in The Breakfast Club.
6. The floating bag "The Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen" is a parody of American Beauty.

Trivia

• 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 shit?"
• 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.
• 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 Friday.
• 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."

DVD release

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

1. School's in Session: 3 behind-the-scenes featurettes
2. Tainted Love unrated music video by Marilyn Manson
3. Car Ride: Director Joel Gallen's first short film
4. Test Your Teen Movie IQ trivia game with the cast and crew
5. Auditions montage
6. Meet the cast promos
7. The Yearbook: The cast looks back at their high school years
8. Bonus previews

1. D.E.B.S.
2. Guess Who
3. 50 First Dates
4. Kung Fu Hustle
5. Layer Cake
6. Hitch
7. Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
8. Boogeyman
9. The Cave

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

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Soundtrack listing

The soundtrack features rock artists from the 90's and 2000s, mostly covering songs from the 80's: The 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
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)

See also

• Scary Movie, a spoof on horror films
• Epic Movie, a spoof on epic films
• Date Movie, a spoof of date movies
• Another Gay Movie, a spoof of gay films, and coming of age films

External links

• Not Another Teen Movie at IMDb
• Not Another Teen Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
• Not Another Teen Movie at Metacritic
• Not Another Teen Movie at Box Office Mojo