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Sleepover (2004)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:5
Rotten:23
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: 'Tween girls will enjoy this sugar coated fluff, but others will find Sleepover a snooze.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements involving teen dating, some sensuality and language
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jul 9, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $8,070,311
Synopsis: Julie and her friends Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy have a supercharged sleepover on their hands: they've been challenged to a scavenger hunt by "popular" girls Staci, Liz, Jenna, and Molly, and the... Julie and her friends Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy have a supercharged sleepover on their hands: they've been challenged to a scavenger hunt by "popular" girls Staci, Liz, Jenna, and Molly, and the winners get dibs on the coveted cool lunch spot once they start their freshman year in high school at the end of the summer. The losers have to dine al fresco … adjacent to the dumpster, and far from popularity. Staci and her devious pals have built in several snags for Julie's crew. They'll have to undertake such Herculean tasks as sneaking into a "grown-up" nightclub, rearranging clothes on store mannequins at a crowded mall, stealing underwear from the most popular boy in the neighborhood, and somehow swiping the king or queen's crown at the high school dance. With the exuberance of youth and the support of true friends on their side, Julie and her pals must first escape Julie's house. This won't be easy, as Julie's mom, Gabby, has the girls swear to stay indoors while she herself goes out for a night on the town with her own girlfriends. Also, Julie's dad, Jay, is downstairs grappling with a testy faucet while her college brother, Ren, is home and underfoot. Using their wits, a little bit of luck, and a rose trellis, the girls slip out into the night. Before this adventure is over, they will have to outrun dimwitted neighborhood security, learn to drive an impossibly small electric car, create chaos at the mall, invade a posh nightclub (where Julie's mom is dancing the night away!), elude pesky skateboarding dorks, and come face to face with the boys of their dreams. All in all, not bad for the first sleepover of the summer. [More]
Starring: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin
Starring: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin, Sara Paxton, Steve Carell, Brie Larson
Director: Joe Nussbaum
Director: Joe Nussbaum
Screenwriter: Elisa Bell
Producer: Charles Weinstock, Bob Cooper
Studio: MGM/UA
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Reviews for Sleepover
Nussbaum's attempt to capture the 'tween zeitgeist fails: The Spice Girls–infused soundtrack is dated, and the feel-good progressiveness forced.
Just when the big screen could use an injection of frothy, giggly girl power -- all in the name of a covert feminist message, of course -- Sleepover squanders that promise with a blah story and even bigger bummer of a take-home message.
A good-hearted 'tween comedy hampered by uneven direction and a misguided plot twist.
There's little in the movie to like, either for tween girls or the unlucky parents who accompany them.
If ever a movie could be charged with imperiling the morals of a minor, it's probably Sleepover.
A lazy attempt to snare some preadolescent allowance money, Sleepover earns little more than a few bored yawns.
The movie is uneven, but it has scored well during previews, and there's a reason: Sleepover fills a niche-audience void.
The makers of Sleepover have read the ’tweeners film plot handbook and adhere to it closely.
The multiplexes haven't been jammed with this many repetitively single-minded portrayals of young people since the gangsta craze of the early 1990s.
A skillfully made teen comedy with such an endearing sensibility that it's fun even for those old enough to be the grandparents of its stars.
How young do you have to be before you want to be older? With this wispy pubescent comedy, Hollywood has come up with a number: 14.
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