Crossroads (2002/I)

Director:

Tamra Davis

Writer (WGA):

Shonda Rhimes (written by)

Release Date:

15 February 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Dreams change. Friends are forever.

Plot:

Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process.

Plot Keywords:

Graduation | Pregnant | High School | On The Road | School

Awards:

2 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Britney Spears	...	Lucy Wagner
Anson Mount	...	Ben
Zoe Saldana	...	Kit (as Zoë Saldana)
Taryn Manning	...	Mimi
Dan Aykroyd	...	Pete Wagner
Kim Cattrall	...	Caroline
Justin Long	...	Henry
Beverly Johnson	...	Kit's Mother
Bahni Turpin	...	Ms. Jenson
Kool Moe Dee	...	Bar Owner (as Kool Mo Dee)
Richard Voll	...	Dylan
Katherine Boecher	...	Dylan's Other Girl (as Pippi B.)
Dave Allen	...	Bar Patron (as David 'Gruber' Allen)
Kyle Davis	...	High School Burnout
Branden Williams	...	Kurt

Also Known As:

Not a Girl (USA) (working title)
Untitled Britney Spears Project (USA) (working title)
What Are Friends For (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief teen drinking.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #38551) | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Filmco Enterprises

Trivia:

Anson Mount threw up after the scene in the diner.

Goofs:

Continuity: While at the gas station, the burrito that Mimi is eating disappears and reappears between shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Young Mimi: Hand me the flashlight.
Young Lucy: Here it is.
Young Mimi: Kit, I've got the shovel.
Young Kit: You do?
Young Mimi: Lucy, get the box.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bye Bye Bye

Extreme Sugarchock

I can't say that this film is worthless. It has got rather good lighting, make up and it's filmed OK, and the art direction isn't that bad.

But I think that the plot was too predictable, the acting was simple and quite boring. Taryn Manning did OK, but the rest... it was just not impressive at any point. And I think everyone was trying to make Britney look better than she really was, complimenting her. Her character, Lucy, is too flawless. She was always perfect while the people who surrounded her had prominent flaws. And then in the commentary she went on about how every girl would be able to relate to her character, but wrong! No one is that flawless and covered in sugar.

And I know you've got to see it for what it is, you don't go to see Crossroads if you are looking for a deep film, but even as a cute chick flick Crossroads didn't do very well. at all. It was shallow pretending to be genuine and deep. Even in the worst of girl films you need a point where it's getting serious - something to make it look real, you need to feel something.

This whole movie is too SWEET. Everything about it is sweet.. the dialogs, the looks, the camera angles, the clichés, the music. It was like having 200 lbs of Chocolate, it was way too much. No one can handle that much sugar in one night...