Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Sara Sugarman

Writers (WGA):

Dyan Sheldon (book)
Gail Parent (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Music | Romance

Tagline:

So much drama, so little time.

Plot:

A teenage girl is convinced that her home city revolves around her until her family packs up and moves to the suburbs, where she finds herself competing for attention.

Plot Keywords:

Suburb | Band | New York City | Friend | Teenager

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lindsay Lohan	...	Mary Elizabeth Cep / Lola
Adam Garcia	...	Stu
Glenne Headly	...	Karen
Alison Pill	...	Ella
Eli Marienthal	...	Sam
Carol Kane	...	Miss Baggoli
Megan Fox	...	Carla
Sheila McCarthy	...	Mrs. Gerard
Tom McCamus	...	Calum
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Mr. Gerard
Sheila Sealy-Smith	...	Sgt. Rose
Ashley Leggat	...	Marcia
Barbara Mamabolo	...	Robin
Maggie Oskam	...	Paige
Rachael Oskam	...	Paula

Also Known As:

Bekenntnisse einer Highschool Diva (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #40581) | Iceland:L | Norway:A | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Finland:K-7 | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Birchmount Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The mall scene, where Lola and her friend are handing out flyers/paper was shot in Erin Mills Town Center, Mississauga, Ontario.

Goofs:

Continuity: When biking to school for the first time, Lola's backpack changes arms after she parks. The cut is too quick for her to change arms between shots.

Quotes:

Stu: It's my mother's birthday today, I bought her a rug...

Movie Connections:

References Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Soundtrack:

Never Leave You (Uh Oh)

People are waiting to sparkle... I mean, puke

This film is the embodiment of everything I hate. Loathe, hate, abhor, detest, and despise. It gives us the perspective of a vapid teenage girl we're supposed to like, pitted against the mean-spiritedness of her even more vapid, less likable, tormentor. An hour and a half of whining and cat-fighting is tidied up at film's end with a gesture as shallow as the fountain into which one of the characters falls. What could have been a good satire turns out to be a warm, fuzzy hug toward every grating detail of spoiled-brat life that should have been its target. The performances are almost uniformly terrible (Lohan should have played the rich snob, for starters), and the film's rock-musical adaptation of PYGMALION (yes, you read that correctly) is one of the more painful things I've ever had to sit through. This is the rare film that can be described as literally headache-inducing. It gives me new appreciation for THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE, which is a bad film, but whose star now looks like a beacon of modesty and talent compared to Lohan in this make-me-a-star-now vehicle. (1/10) (* out of ****) (Grade: F)