Painful.
Painful to watch. Painful to listen to. Painful
to look at...this film is just plain painful. I
can't tell you the number of times I cringed
while watching this film...it was embarrassingly
simple, embarrassingly stupid.
"Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" was the
Summer 2004 vehicle for Lindsay Lohan...this
teen star, already making the rounds of the
tabloids, lacks what little charm and style and
talent she had previously exhibited. Nearly
every moment of this film seems forced...Lohan
is simply awful here, and you know you have a
bad film when Glenne Headly is made to look
stilted and insincere.
The film centers around a teenage "drama queen"
who relocates from New York City to New Jersey.
While I certainly can accept Lohan as a
self-centered teen, she comes off painfully so
in this film. Headly, as her mother, comes off
nearly as self-centered...so, at least we get to
see family genetics in force.
In other supporting roles we have Eli Marienthal
embarrassing himself...there is a "cute"
appearance by Carol Kane...so nice to see her
back onscreen, but I sure wish it was in a
decent film. She's wasted here.
Perhaps the only thing that salvages the film
for me is actress Alison Pill...histrionic, but
a joy to watch and cute in an "almost jail bait"
sort of way. In other words, she's 18 in real
life but completely adorable.
The soundtrack here is painfully perky, and
features Lohan...go figure. I would flunk this
film, but to be honest it doesn't aim very
high...so, I don't have the heart to flunk it.
But, in a world of countless teen movies this is
one that you can afford to miss.
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Written by Your Richard Propes
TC Candler's Comment
I know this
film is no good, but I can't help myself.
I like Lindsay Lohan. She is gorgeous and
charming and funny and gorgeous. She is my
guilty pleasure... and I will probably like most
of the films she makes just a little more than I
should admit. If Lindsay is in a two-star
film... chances are that it will get three-stars
from me.
Jacob
Hall's Comment
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