Okay, who wrote the 'doesn't want to hook up' subplot for a 14-year-old mean girl, because YIKES. It kinda feels like they wrote the characters as high school seniors or college undergrads and then remembered they were making a movie for middle-schoolers...
Someone in another comment dsif thst this was orginally suppose to be about high school seniors but they changed it to Middle schoolers. Idk how true that is,but it makes sense
As cringy is it is, I had a boy lose interest in me because I didn’t want to hook up when I was 14. We were in our first semester of high school but still the same age. A few of my friends had similar things happen. And this was a few years later in 2009
@@EmilyHernandez-jt4cs what are you even saying man? Calm down and think for some time because whatever you said here sounds like you are shaming these people for what they went through!
@@margea2400 Why would I be shaming, when I’m a victim myself, how about you read what I said. I said so gross, y’all were only 14, which makes it worse. I seen and known a lot of fast boys, and obviously not all but some girls with follow,
I never saw this movie as a kid because I thought it was R rated. Turns out my big sister just told me that so I wouldn’t watch it with her and her friends. I’m fuming lol
Honestly if I saw a dating site/social media site that claimed it was "police approved," that would just make it seem even more sus It's like the website equivalent of someone on an airplane randomly saying, "I'm definitely not a terrorist." Like, I didn't think you were a terrorist, but now since you said that, I do.
By the way, Tree Surgeon is a real profession. (That's not the official term but it's really common colloquially). Trees get cancer and diseases and stuff that can be well, surgically removed. So there are tree surgeons who travel around treating historic and rare trees all over the US and world. They have to be good at climbing and at botany and using the correct tools, etc. Obviously it's only for like, hundreds of years old heritage trees that are under threat, usually. Typically they're in national parks or important sites and that's who pays for the tree(s) to be saved. I wanted to be one when I was a teenager lol. So that aspect of this movie is actually accurate to my teenage girl experience, which was around this era too. P.S. Tree tumors are actually quite valuable for their whorled pattern. It's called burl. It is often illicitly cut off of trees by some bandit with a chainsaw.
I will NEVER understand why in early 2000’s, writers always tried to make 14 the “cool age” lmao. They’re 14!!!! The same goes for Angus, Thong, and Perfect Snogging.
Lol yeah, same with being 13. (Becauae of the movie Thirteen ofc lol. But tbh, most girls in 7th grade and beyond copied those movies. I was guilty of it too, heh.)
Romanticize the coolness of being thirty with your own money and no sense of teenaged shame. Like, you've got money and you're sure as hell are gonna get that figurine, life is too short to worry about shit like that.
Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging is based on the book Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging which was based on the real life teenagehood of the author Louise Rennison.
There seems to be a trend here with underage actresses kissing actors that are in their 20s. Alexa vegan was 14, this dude was 21 or 22. Selena Gomez was 15 and that dude was 26. In cinderella story Hillary was only 15 and Chad m m was 22. And again lindsey Lohan was 15 in freaky Friday and her love interest chad was 22.
oh my goddddd i used to wear women’s pants and i would drop all my shit ALL THE TIME but now that i wear men’s pants i could probably fit a whole goddamn flatscreen tv in my pocket
@@averyjeanne yup - the Young Living rabbit hole is quite the disgusting adventure. I was definitely disappointed to see Alexa Vega become a part of it 😔
This seems to be an outdoor school, which is what I go to. They have cafeterias, sidewalks, tables... anything. I personally like to eat in the library. Just eat there.
They needed to cast Yancy with an actress who didn’t still have a child’s voice. Her being flirted with is the weirdest part not because of her weight, but because as soon as she starts talking, it becomes very obvious that she’s a baby. Also, that’s Summer Glau manning the ticket table at the dance! She played River Tam in Firefly!
The thought of parents taking their 8th grade children to this unaware of all the thongs, underage drinking and age gap romances they were about to be subjected to with their child is making me sweat.
I was a little too old for this movie and I had no idea it was this racy! I thought it was like a confessions or a teenage drama queen type movie where it's about teens but the plot is pretty family friendly
why were early 2000s movies obsessed with making kids think high school would be exciting and not ground zero for acne and questionable fashion choices lmaooo
lol hs for me was actually pretty good. It’s the whole “popularity” theme that I hate these films do and still make today. I never cared about being popular. Do girls really care that much?
"You were hired because our homeowners' association is racist, not because my slumber party is too loud." Everyone else is commenting about how they felt about this movie as a youth vs now and things like the Yancy love storyline, but the comment about the neighborhood rent a cop is what killed me the most. The most real thing about the film.
This movie is insane. It’s like they wrote it for high school seniors but then were like oh no we need to age it down for Disney and just didn’t bother changing other details. That being said I was definitely obsessed with the moment of skateboarding and him seeing her and falling in love basically. That was all I wanted in my life lmao
I totally agree that it makes so much more sense when you think of it as high schoolers graduating! I heard somewhere that most movies which are "high school movies" are actually kinda about college (based on the behaviors of the students like sex, drugs, etc.) but they just make it high school to make it more relatable to the masses and younger audiences. This could be a situation like that
God I am SO glad you mentioned Alexa Vega's affiliation with Young Living because I haven't looked at her the same since I went on her insta and saw her shilling that overpriced scammy bullshit like its God's cure for any and every ailment. Literally so disappointing.
I was about to give the movie credit for the main girls actually looking like they could be 9th graders but idk if it counts when all the teenage boys are like 30 lmaoooo
The writer was pushing 40 when this movie came out. I was expecting that, but the fact that it's a woman was a surprise. What was she thinking when she crafted this masterpiece? Kids, just watch The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants and Bend it Like Beckham instead.
“The dad fixing the sink the whole movie is the worst subplot I’ve seen since Khloe Kardashian” Milk just came out of my nose and i wasn’t even drinking milk
I’m a 45 year old woman who was well into adulthood when most of these movies were released so clearly I’m not watching your channel strictly out of nostalgia. The best thing about your commentary is that is absolutely doesn’t matter!! You’re a comedic gem who’s humor transcends generations. You legitimately get me to laugh me ass off. Thank you and keep up the good work!!! ❤️❤️
Agreed!! I'm 22 and I've never even heard of this movie; I only watched it because I love Nick's commentary SO MUCH. He's so good at what he does, it's insane how he doesn't have a million followers already!
Same! I'm about to turn 33 so I was just a little too old for most of these movies, but his commentary is so great it really doesn't matter. Plus I finally feel like I know all the movies that are so iconic for people 5-10 years younger than me lol
Julie drives me crazy in this movie, she’s so whiny - at the end when Yancy is dancing with that boy who is definitely too old for her and she says “someone for everyone - except for me.” Like shut up Julie, can you not feel sorry for yourself for one second 😂 that being said, I love this movie haha
Right that man was like 20 something flirting with a fourteen year old. Julie stop complaining and call the police your friend is being preyed upon by a child groomer.
@@ayannabranchcomb7535 no 18 year olds would voluntarily go on a scavenger hunt of any sort, not instead of just going to a party or something to celebrate school being out.
the whole scarf thing was so dumb like...... any middle aged woman could have picked that up from jcpennys. also I like how you mentioned the role-reversal in the shower scene because... yikes!!!!
It's so sad that 40yo virgin is considered Jane Lynch's breakout role cause she was popping out iconic performances left and right with all the Christopher guest movies
This movie gave me weird vibes when I was younger.. Like the fact that they are literal children in 8th grade but the dress Alexa Vega wears is so adult, they all act "mature" for their age and c'mon that scene where they go into the club and see her teacher at the bar because that's the dude they were meeting there... Weird vibes man 😂🤧
And the ‘cover your shoulders before you leave the house’ sweater that Bri Larson is wearing paired with that swooped ends &bangs hair style makes her look like she’s was meant to play someone’s innocent mother. All such very odd choices.
So you’re telling me that no one has thought of simply dragging the lunch table AWAY from the dumpster in the 20 years since that teacher has been a student??
EXCUSE ME are we just living in a world where Halloweentown High doesn’t exist?!?! I mean, it wasn’t good, but Kimberly was Marnie in that one! Sara took over IN MOVIE FOUR.
Ugh sorry for this (OCD moment): Sara Paxton didn't replace Kimberly J Brown until the 4th installment of Halloweentown known as Return to Halloweentown. Also fun fact: According to Kimberly, they didn't even call her about the role reprisal. Disney just up and recasted her.
ok MANY thoughts as someone who has surprisingly watched this movie many times as an adult!! 1. i, too, HATE the name julie corky 2. your impression of the girls giggling on their laptop is actually a reenactment of me when i watch your videos 3. correction: sara paxton was the replacement marnie in the fourth halloweentown movie, kimberly j brown did 1-3 4. i thought it was just me who never fully grasped staci's pivot to this sleepover scavenger hunt after getting dumped. even my most recent viewing i was like "am i always just not paying attention or what bc idk how this whole thing got started or why" 5. i am deeply obsessed with all the product placement in this movie but my FAVORITE by far is the electric car, especially when yancy does an ad-read for how long it takes for the car to fast charge 6. justice for yancy, she really needed a plot besides "i'm fat." also kills me the scene where they're walking into the dance at the end and the camera focuses on julie, hannah, and farrah, and yancy is several steps behind them completely out of focus. talk about her feeling invisible 7. second to the electric car product placement, my next favorite scene is the morning after the sleepover julie wakes up on the floor with a whole head of natural curls and then two minutes later when they go downstairs for breakfast she's got a fresh blowout straight from the drybar. putting in a formal request for you to do a clip breakdown on alexa vega's most iconic (imo) role, the 2005 lifetime classic odd girl out. thank you in advance king
Losing it over the fact I used to love getting this from Block Buster.. also omfg the son from Weeds being in this???? The whiplash in my heart and brain man
You... oftentimes make me actually laugh out loud in a way that’s most likely not very appealing in a visual/ audible way. Thank you Nick you and the content that you create is so very much appreciated and loved 🥰
The actress who plays Stacy was also in that Amanda Bynes movie Sydney White, which I feel like is also the right mixture of nostalgic and cringey for clip breakdown
man i can only see jane lynch as sue Sylvester, there are some actors who nail a role so good that you heavily associate it mentally with them and she is one of them.
I actually loved this movie but I think I was living vicariously through their lives. Having a car? Having independence? Having the CONFIDENCE to scheme?? Didn’t like the whole teacher date scene even then. No teacher would stick around to hang out with his student in a bar and be willing to take a picture with her.
This is legit my favourite trashy movie ever. But like, I do remember watching this when I was younger and thinking that romantic subplot with Yancy was, like, soooo cute. Now I'm like 😬 And then the part where Julie is peeping on whatsisface as he's getting undressed, I thought that was funny as a kid, and now I'm like 😬😬😬
I was obsessed with this movie and apparently I took it to heart because I was sneaking out and hooking up with strangers on Grindr at 14, BAD IDEA DONT DO IT KIDS
THIS IS WHY I RECOGNIZE BREE LARSON OMG. I haven't been able to figure it out for years. My 11 year old brain hid this away forever, thank you for restoring my memory 🙏
When this came out I was working a summer job at a movie theater and I took my little sister who was just about to start 9th grade to see it. We were the only ones in the theater and spent the whole time wondering what the hell the writers were thinking.
a lot of people have covered FF recently tbh, though Nick's take would be fun too. but I'd love to see him do Parent Trap or I Know Who Killed Me - I haven't seen anyone tackle the former but I know it's very beloved for a lot of people and the latter is.. a hot mess that I would love to see him break down!
They could’ve used the yancy subplot to educate so well on body image and body positivity but they had to throw in some stupid fat jokes and stick her with an older “chubby” guy 🙄
@@falling07riot very true, it was much more rare to hear about it, but there were Disney shows at the time as well like that’s so raven that talked about body image, I wish they would’ve taken that route instead of the generic popular “haha let’s make fun of the chubby girl”
I got into this movie on a child’s ticket, as in less than 12 years old, when I was GODDAMN 24! I randomly saw this movie in the theater, in the afternoon, with my then-new-boyfriend’s mother. (Now my mother-in-law!) It was a bonding day of lunch, shopping, a movie, and her telling me not to dare break her son’s heart. Anyway, as I said, I was 24 years old. The ticket person glanced at us and said “One adult, one child?” And we just squeaked “but of course!” I think it was the combination of the type of movie, the time of day, who I was with, the fact that I’m tiny, and that I was wearing a Girls XL Care Bears t-shirt. Now, at 40, I look back in that moment as even more of an achievement.
I was 11 when this came out, and I was convinced that skateboarding can't be that hard because of how easily Alexis Vega just jumped on that board so I was so disappointed that I couldn't even fucking stand on one. It's how I knew movies were LIES.
Another way they could have incorporated the skateboarding is Julie saying when she saw Steve or whatever his name is and was talking about how much she liked him something like “and we both love skating we’re perfect for each other” or something like that it’s not that hard
Being a teacher-I've seen 14 year old kids leave for summer teeny tiny, and come back a ft taller and thinking they're grown. So this is like... 'aaaaah, they genuinely know nothing of the wider world.' wrapped up in appearance and fancying anyone who seems 'mature' and pushing boundaries. They all go through a phase of hating me, when they get to Yr 10 and 15, they're super chilled and seem to be on the same wavelength as me. Xxxx
31:48 the song is a remix of "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle, not "Heaven" by DJ Sammy. 41:21 I think Evan Peters' character dropped the scavenger hunt list, not Julie. BUT- LOVED the Commander by Kelly Rowland spot!!
During the disturbing bar/teacher scene I can't stop hearing 🎶 "I find it hard to believe, I'm eleven" 🎶 This movie was so disturbing, and you made me laugh involuntarily so many times. You're the best. 👍
“Straight people become parents much earlier in life due to their genetic predisposition to dumb ideas” I died 😂😂😂
Why was he so oddly accurate with that.
I believe it was Plato who first said it.
This line is INCREDIBLE
@@lesbiangoddess290 Because the genes fo sexuality and IQ are on the same chromosome.
(Sorry, bad biology nerd joke.)
It’s more that they have a much greater chance of accidental pregnancy than non-straights 😂
‘The dad fixing the kitchen sink is the most boring sub-plot since Khloe Kardashian’ LOL
I gagged
I literally snorted
Ppfffffft 🤣
Yep
I was looking for this comment hahahah
“I’m sorry but this guy still looks MY age, and in heterosexual years that’s old enough to be her father.”
Homegirl really said “don’t worry Nancy!! Fat guys will love you.” 💀💀 and everyone thought it was so big brain. I’m cryingggg💀
I would have died if Yancy just turned to her and said, bitch, you walk.
🎉
Okay, who wrote the 'doesn't want to hook up' subplot for a 14-year-old mean girl, because YIKES. It kinda feels like they wrote the characters as high school seniors or college undergrads and then remembered they were making a movie for middle-schoolers...
Someone in another comment dsif thst this was orginally suppose to be about high school seniors but they changed it to Middle schoolers. Idk how true that is,but it makes sense
As cringy is it is, I had a boy lose interest in me because I didn’t want to hook up when I was 14. We were in our first semester of high school but still the same age. A few of my friends had similar things happen. And this was a few years later in 2009
@@xxIluvyouguysxx So gross, y’all are 14 and the boys be the most fast and the girls follow, well not you
@@EmilyHernandez-jt4cs what are you even saying man? Calm down and think for some time because whatever you said here sounds like you are shaming these people for what they went through!
@@margea2400 Why would I be shaming, when I’m a victim myself, how about you read what I said. I said so gross, y’all were only 14, which makes it worse. I seen and known a lot of fast boys, and obviously not all but some girls with follow,
Yancy's love story was the equivalent to hey let's make these 2 Black characters date bc they're both black.
Or the two gay kids
LITERALLY.
Or two Asian kids. Or two kids in wheelchairs. Or two goth kids.
Kids movies in the 2000s be like:
👁 👄 👁
@@sisterslothington so basically glee
istg people will find any reason to complain
I never saw this movie as a kid because I thought it was R rated. Turns out my big sister just told me that so I wouldn’t watch it with her and her friends. I’m fuming lol
LOL
My best friend's mom was totally cool with her watching Mean Girls but this movie was off-limits??? Even as a teen I remember being baffled by that.
Makes me think of that time one of my friends told me that Coraline was rated R so I would think she was cool for having watched it
@@PAN-PAN107 i would have made that lie to avoid watching coraline again LOL that movie scared the shit out of me and every kid i knew
Your sister sounds kind of awesome
This movie is the reason so many women my age (including myself) ordered a sex on the beach as their first legal drink.
hahah this makes so much sense
Sameeeeeee
Yes!!
For real
I'm 21 and I never heard of this movie. Am I to young haha 😄
Honestly if I saw a dating site/social media site that claimed it was "police approved," that would just make it seem even more sus
It's like the website equivalent of someone on an airplane randomly saying, "I'm definitely not a terrorist." Like, I didn't think you were a terrorist, but now since you said that, I do.
By the way, Tree Surgeon is a real profession. (That's not the official term but it's really common colloquially). Trees get cancer and diseases and stuff that can be well, surgically removed. So there are tree surgeons who travel around treating historic and rare trees all over the US and world. They have to be good at climbing and at botany and using the correct tools, etc. Obviously it's only for like, hundreds of years old heritage trees that are under threat, usually. Typically they're in national parks or important sites and that's who pays for the tree(s) to be saved. I wanted to be one when I was a teenager lol. So that aspect of this movie is actually accurate to my teenage girl experience, which was around this era too.
P.S. Tree tumors are actually quite valuable for their whorled pattern. It's called burl. It is often illicitly cut off of trees by some bandit with a chainsaw.
Oooh thanks for sharing your knowledge !
Wait that’s so cool but also must be the hardest job in the world to ever find a position in lol
someone told me people steal burl and sell it for drugs lmao
@@s_h_o_o_b_y I believe it's called burls for drugs, do the research Shelby!
this movie REALLY made my 12 year old ass think it was acceptable to sneak into a bar in middle school LMAO
You sweet summer child 😂
American movies made me believe High School is this big thing filled with adventures like momma no all I did was go to class and back home.
That! And stress about AP homework 🥴
Exactly it was an adventure for me in 9th & 10th cuz I was always ditching lol 😂
Me now 5 years later drowning in exams and A-level choices.
Me too lool
Right I had so many unrealistic ideas about high school
I will NEVER understand why in early 2000’s, writers always tried to make 14 the “cool age” lmao. They’re 14!!!! The same goes for Angus, Thong, and Perfect Snogging.
Lol yeah, same with being 13. (Becauae of the movie Thirteen ofc lol. But tbh, most girls in 7th grade and beyond copied those movies. I was guilty of it too, heh.)
Romanticize the coolness of being thirty with your own money and no sense of teenaged shame. Like, you've got money and you're sure as hell are gonna get that figurine, life is too short to worry about shit like that.
I loved Angus, thongs, and perfect snogging back in the day. I hope nick does a breakdown of that movie at some point!
Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging is based on the book Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging which was based on the real life teenagehood of the author Louise Rennison.
@Ashley Obrien i think they were replying the first comment, by mama pika, not your reply...
There seems to be a trend here with underage actresses kissing actors that are in their 20s. Alexa vegan was 14, this dude was 21 or 22. Selena Gomez was 15 and that dude was 26. In cinderella story Hillary was only 15 and Chad m m was 22. And again lindsey Lohan was 15 in freaky Friday and her love interest chad was 22.
Yikes omg
15 and 26 is so disgusting. that should not be legal.
Literally why was it so hard for them to find an actor and actress that were closer in age?
@@RedMoonSolitaryit's not they do that on purpose
It's gross
I met Alexa Vega at an acting thing and she said all the girls in this movie low key hated each other lol
Omg really? 🤣
Lol
Sounds like teen girls haha
@@care_hopexo that’s a little misogynistic
But is anyone surprised by that i feel like its just that age and the competition is career changing.
Maybe Julie dropping stuff was just a social commentary on the insufficiency of women’s pockets
26 likes?! Underrated comment. This is the real point of contention in the movie. We need more awareness.
oh my goddddd i used to wear women’s pants and i would drop all my shit ALL THE TIME but now that i wear men’s pants i could probably fit a whole goddamn flatscreen tv in my pocket
I came here to comment this exact thing! My 11 month old daughter has more pocket space than I do. It's sad.
For real. Our lack of pocket space is ridiculous! Even worse is those fake pockets on some things...
Solution use historical sewing methods to sew a wearable pocket
Alexa Vega is married to Carlos from Big Time Rush, and they're very into essential oil MLMs, which ruins my childhood for me smh.
Ugh yess. I was so disappointed when I watched Cruel World Happy Mind’s video on it
I'm sorry WHAT??
It’s not just any MLM, it’s called Young Living and it’s founder drowned his infant daughter and got away with it!
@@averyjeanne I don’t like him either but he didn’t intentionally drown his kid, he tried to perform an at home water birth with no formal training.
@@averyjeanne yup - the Young Living rabbit hole is quite the disgusting adventure. I was definitely disappointed to see Alexa Vega become a part of it 😔
Do these kids realize they don't HAVE to eat next to a garbage can? They have free will right? Where's the lunch room?
Right. Idc how much of a loner or loser I am aint nobody forcing me to eat in a bathroom or next to a trash
Exactly!
No, apparently there are bouncers at high schools. I guess we just all had lazy ones who didn't ever clock in 😂
This seems to be an outdoor school, which is what I go to. They have cafeterias, sidewalks, tables... anything. I personally like to eat in the library. Just eat there.
Right? I ate in the damn hallway. You can choose lol
“ that stunt double was truly Tony Hawk in a Tarzan wig” I’m crying laughing
They needed to cast Yancy with an actress who didn’t still have a child’s voice. Her being flirted with is the weirdest part not because of her weight, but because as soon as she starts talking, it becomes very obvious that she’s a baby.
Also, that’s Summer Glau manning the ticket table at the dance! She played River Tam in Firefly!
I was OBSESSED with this movie. The fact that they were only going into 9th grade but they seemed so much older and cooler 😂
legit acting like 18 year olds! lol
This was my shit in elementary school
This was my go-to movie! I’m ready to watch it get ripped apart 😂
I really thought school was gonna be like this when I was older 😂
And driving a freaking car!
i really think Nick's hands should get their own subtitles
I second this comment.
Agreed!
For sure!
Already on it!
The real main characters.
“That stunt double was fully Tony Hawk in a Tarzan wig” NICK 💀💀💀💀💀
That always bothered me. So much. 🤣I was obsessed with this movie!
"she put hotdogs as a hobby. and we're supposed to be ok with that" 😂😂😂
I’m your 69th like on your comment, I’ll be expecting a check in the mail in the coming weeks.
The thought of parents taking their 8th grade children to this unaware of all the thongs, underage drinking and age gap romances they were about to be subjected to with their child is making me sweat.
I was a little too old for this movie and I had no idea it was this racy! I thought it was like a confessions or a teenage drama queen type movie where it's about teens but the plot is pretty family friendly
No underage drinking happened, but I’d say them literally being at the bar was worse anyway.
My mom let me and my friend go by ourselves in 6th grade! I just took her cell phone with me to get picked up after.
They look 14 too it's weird.
The age gap between the protagonist and the love interest is sooo uncomfortable, the guy was like 20 or something
Giving me Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley "Another Cinderella Story" realness 💀
@@jewelxiat that was too wtf aswell
I think they had 10 years between them.
@@jewelxiat fr like selena was 16 and drew was 26 💀🏃♀️
@@randud It was her current age, so doesn’t make it any better
"What in the Drew Barrymoore's 10th birthday party is going on in this scene" might be your best joke. Holy crap HAHAHAHA
AHAHA
I died! 😂😅
I fucking SCREAMED
Well off to google.
Now I’m just confused.
why were early 2000s movies obsessed with making kids think high school would be exciting and not ground zero for acne and questionable fashion choices lmaooo
I think it was even worse with movies centered around prom....
lol hs for me was actually pretty good. It’s the whole “popularity” theme that I hate these films do and still make today. I never cared about being popular. Do girls really care that much?
I'm guessing there was a single movie that was a huge success which caused the clones
actual phrase: “hold down the fort”
this girl: “hold up the tent”
😭🤣🤣
The beginning point in history where kids started confusing and mixing metaphors and it only got worse!
Correct phrase: “Hold the fort”
"You were hired because our homeowners' association is racist, not because my slumber party is too loud." Everyone else is commenting about how they felt about this movie as a youth vs now and things like the Yancy love storyline, but the comment about the neighborhood rent a cop is what killed me the most. The most real thing about the film.
👍 😊
From "SpongeBob" to every Tumblr girls favorite angsty nihilist idol Tate Langdon.
Evan Peters glow up was real.
🤣🤣🤣
omg noooo I knew I recognized him from somewhere! 😂
But actually haha
He really made playing the weird/creepy yet sweet/sensitive dude a whole career and Im here for it.
I had my phone on the desk behind me listening to this video and as soon as he said "Evan Peters" my head whipped around so fast 😅
This movie is insane. It’s like they wrote it for high school seniors but then were like oh no we need to age it down for Disney and just didn’t bother changing other details.
That being said I was definitely obsessed with the moment of skateboarding and him seeing her and falling in love basically. That was all I wanted in my life lmao
I totally agree that it makes so much more sense when you think of it as high schoolers graduating! I heard somewhere that most movies which are "high school movies" are actually kinda about college (based on the behaviors of the students like sex, drugs, etc.) but they just make it high school to make it more relatable to the masses and younger audiences. This could be a situation like that
I have unironically re-watched that scene about 50 times
Borderline personality folks often believe true love is the key to their lives. FYI
@@gaywizard2000 well also if you’re just a depressed 13 yr old girl you often think that way
Nick pretending to be them at the computer made me choke on my coffee.
I was terrified sitting on the toilet like 👁️👄👁️
Haha I was trying not to laugh so hard I had to pinch my nose and breathe into my blanket
Nick is the only person that had made me really laugh in a long time. Like hearing my own laugh was so foreign bc it had been so long. I wuv him.
OMg! Same, but with my ice cream. My stomach hurts from laughing so hard.
I was FR laughing like them at him being them and I was embarrassed for myself
"Why does that bra look like it was made for Tinkerbell?"
I feel attacked 😆
God I am SO glad you mentioned Alexa Vega's affiliation with Young Living because I haven't looked at her the same since I went on her insta and saw her shilling that overpriced scammy bullshit like its God's cure for any and every ailment. Literally so disappointing.
Nick referencing Neopets, I knew you were a man of great taste.
The best!!
I remember when I didnt log in for years and my pets died:(
@@paigenelson8153 that's so sad!!
A couple years ago I worked for a Verizon retailer and used to play on neopets while it was slow 💜
Shoyru was my favorite and it still is.
I was about to give the movie credit for the main girls actually looking like they could be 9th graders but idk if it counts when all the teenage boys are like 30 lmaoooo
that's concerning
it’d literally be better if they all looked around 30 cause this just looks so uncomfortable
Yep
i love the movie trope of throwing paper everywhere on the last day of school bc not once in my entire life did that ever happen
It used to be a thing. But most schools have banned it, because it's a slipping hazard and the custodians don't want to clean up that much paper.
Yeah we just threw all our shit out with extra relish 😂
I remember vines making fun of it
cute pfp 💕
My High school did it but it made me feel Terrible knowing custodians were going to have to clean it
The writer was pushing 40 when this movie came out. I was expecting that, but the fact that it's a woman was a surprise. What was she thinking when she crafted this masterpiece? Kids, just watch The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants and Bend it Like Beckham instead.
“The dad fixing the sink the whole movie is the worst subplot I’ve seen since Khloe Kardashian”
Milk just came out of my nose and i wasn’t even drinking milk
I’m a 45 year old woman who was well into adulthood when most of these movies were released so clearly I’m not watching your channel strictly out of nostalgia. The best thing about your commentary is that is absolutely doesn’t matter!! You’re a comedic gem who’s humor transcends generations. You legitimately get me to laugh me ass off. Thank you and keep up the good work!!! ❤️❤️
Agreed!! I'm 22 and I've never even heard of this movie; I only watched it because I love Nick's commentary SO MUCH. He's so good at what he does, it's insane how he doesn't have a million followers already!
Same! I'm about to turn 33 so I was just a little too old for most of these movies, but his commentary is so great it really doesn't matter. Plus I finally feel like I know all the movies that are so iconic for people 5-10 years younger than me lol
I'm also in my fourties and never watched most of these movies but I'm really enjoying his wit.
I have been binge watching their videos because I find Nick so funny, it had never happened to me before lol
Glad to know I'm not the only 40 something watching Nick. I have not seen any of these movies but the commentary is gold!
Julie drives me crazy in this movie, she’s so whiny - at the end when Yancy is dancing with that boy who is definitely too old for her and she says “someone for everyone - except for me.” Like shut up Julie, can you not feel sorry for yourself for one second 😂 that being said, I love this movie haha
Right that man was like 20 something flirting with a fourteen year old. Julie stop complaining and call the police your friend is being preyed upon by a child groomer.
She is definitely a pick me girl
"I never truly had an image, did I?" Is the least teenager sounding dialogue I've ever seen
"But, of course"
They easily could’ve made this a movie with high school seniors in the summer before undergrad and I hate it.
This would be so much more believable
@@ayannabranchcomb7535 no 18 year olds would voluntarily go on a scavenger hunt of any sort, not instead of just going to a party or something to celebrate school being out.
But would it have as much chaotic energy?
@@gothboithickdefinitely not true 😅
"is that what he did to the drug company that should've prevented your birth from happening?"
SHE'S FUCKING DEAD
No she's not. That's the problem.
the whole scarf thing was so dumb like...... any middle aged woman could have picked that up from jcpennys. also I like how you mentioned the role-reversal in the shower scene because... yikes!!!!
It's so sad that 40yo virgin is considered Jane Lynch's breakout role cause she was popping out iconic performances left and right with all the Christopher guest movies
i loved her so much in another cinderalla story
yessss Best in Show!!!
I love her in Mighty Wind!!
she's a genius
Jane Lynch is really funny
Evan Peters played a very similar role on Phil of the Future around the same time. He definitely was typecast as the "weird kid".
It’s definitely his eyes. He’s got weirdo vibe eyes.
then he became tate langdon....the biggest weirdo of them all
And that’s so Raven
He's still typecast as the "weird kid" in all honesty. He makes it work
@@CherryBlossomBlyue now it's more "weird kid post-psychotic-break" though. And I'm here for it.
You should do a clip breakdown on Mary Kate and Ashley’s New York Minute, it’s like the quintessential 2000’s teen movie lol
X2
yes.
Yess!!
Omg yes
Ahhh a local band in my area, Lucky Boys Confusion, has a song in New York Minute. It's "Hey Driver".
"What in the Drew Barrymore's 10th birthday party, giving drinks to children?" DEAD HAHAHA 😂
This movie gave me weird vibes when I was younger.. Like the fact that they are literal children in 8th grade but the dress Alexa Vega wears is so adult, they all act "mature" for their age and c'mon that scene where they go into the club and see her teacher at the bar because that's the dude they were meeting there... Weird vibes man 😂🤧
And then her mom is totally fine with her admitting she went out and not once questioning how or why she was in a CLUB 😂
I don’t like the sexual jokes in the movie. Totally unnecessary! but I like all the actors and the 2000s branding lol
And the ‘cover your shoulders before you leave the house’ sweater that Bri Larson is wearing paired with that swooped ends &bangs hair style makes her look like she’s was meant to play someone’s innocent mother. All such very odd choices.
Didn’t know AHS: Middle School was something I needed until now
Same jfjfkfkd 😂😭
Watch Scream queens
Its just a gopro attached to a 13 year old going through their day
“Hold up the tent”....did they mean hold down the fort???
With the amount of innuendo in this movie I really don’t think so
@@tabitha8232 Innuend-- oh fUCK NO
So you’re telling me that no one has thought of simply dragging the lunch table AWAY from the dumpster in the 20 years since that teacher has been a student??
you’re telling me her name was yancy... all these years i thought no one in this movie could say nancy right
EXCUSE ME are we just living in a world where Halloweentown High doesn’t exist?!?! I mean, it wasn’t good, but Kimberly was Marnie in that one! Sara took over IN MOVIE FOUR.
Thank you for saying it!!! I was like uhhhh Nick 👀
I was about to comment this! And the 3rd one isn’t that bad after rewatching recently!
I constantly forget it exists and think it's just a fever dream of mine.......
This movie is randomly one of my comfort movies - when I’m stressed and working late I pop it on, I probably watch it once a month haha
SAME! That and Cheetah Girls 2 😂
Omg same ❤️ and stuck in the suburbs 💕
Same! And sisterhood of the traveling pants lol
Same!
Omg same! This is my emotional support bad early 2000s movie 😅
I never thought Drew Gooden would cover this before Nick
I was trying to remember who covered this and where I was remembering it from lol
@@artlessthief I think I've seen about 3 people. I thought this was a re-upload lol
No complaints. I love all my comwntary/movie reviewers equally ❤
@@alexacutioner610 agreed lol I like seeing the different takes and how their comedy styles compare
@@artlessthief same here. i kept thinking it was Dylan is in trouble or trin lovell video
“Is this skateboarding body double shot obvious?” Ah yes “high school” boy fully clears a 8 foot water fountain
Ugh sorry for this (OCD moment): Sara Paxton didn't replace Kimberly J Brown until the 4th installment of Halloweentown known as Return to Halloweentown. Also fun fact: According to Kimberly, they didn't even call her about the role reprisal. Disney just up and recasted her.
"american horror story: middle school" just ended me lollll
Lmao sameeee
You must do a clip breakdown of Aquamarine!! For the mermaid obsessed type of homosexual teen in the late 2000s it was a must see.
That description is a mood.
I was OBSESSED with Aquamarine
I loved aquamarine... I'd that why I'm a lesbian?
I loved that movie
ok MANY thoughts as someone who has surprisingly watched this movie many times as an adult!!
1. i, too, HATE the name julie corky
2. your impression of the girls giggling on their laptop is actually a reenactment of me when i watch your videos
3. correction: sara paxton was the replacement marnie in the fourth halloweentown movie, kimberly j brown did 1-3
4. i thought it was just me who never fully grasped staci's pivot to this sleepover scavenger hunt after getting dumped. even my most recent viewing i was like "am i always just not paying attention or what bc idk how this whole thing got started or why"
5. i am deeply obsessed with all the product placement in this movie but my FAVORITE by far is the electric car, especially when yancy does an ad-read for how long it takes for the car to fast charge
6. justice for yancy, she really needed a plot besides "i'm fat." also kills me the scene where they're walking into the dance at the end and the camera focuses on julie, hannah, and farrah, and yancy is several steps behind them completely out of focus. talk about her feeling invisible
7. second to the electric car product placement, my next favorite scene is the morning after the sleepover julie wakes up on the floor with a whole head of natural curls and then two minutes later when they go downstairs for breakfast she's got a fresh blowout straight from the drybar.
putting in a formal request for you to do a clip breakdown on alexa vega's most iconic (imo) role, the 2005 lifetime classic odd girl out. thank you in advance king
I second an odd girl out clip breakdown
LOL I love this comment and you
Losing it over the fact I used to love getting this from Block Buster.. also omfg the son from Weeds being in this???? The whiplash in my heart and brain man
You... oftentimes make me actually laugh out loud in a way that’s most likely not very appealing in a visual/ audible way. Thank you Nick you and the content that you create is so very much appreciated and loved 🥰
I sometimes snort when I laugh too hard… it’s a tragic existence.
The actress who plays Stacy was also in that Amanda Bynes movie Sydney White, which I feel like is also the right mixture of nostalgic and cringey for clip breakdown
She was in a lot of things but I havnt seen her in a while
Yess Sara Paxton as Rachel Witchburn! I would love to see him cover that movie
cosigned
I remember her from this really bizarre kids sitcom called Darcy's Wild Life. I can probably still sing the theme tune! 🙈
@@PMJakers oh my god, your comment just plucked a memory from the recesses of my brain
EXCUSE ME, I watched this movie at LEAST 30 times as a kid and was obsessed.
It’s free on TH-cam, and I watched it recently. I am almost 27.
But I also watched it a bunch as a kid
I watched this all the time too!
I would watch it then watch it again right afterwards w director’s commentary
man i can only see jane lynch as sue Sylvester, there are some actors who nail a role so good that you heavily associate it mentally with them and she is one of them.
I actually loved this movie but I think I was living vicariously through their lives. Having a car? Having independence? Having the CONFIDENCE to scheme?? Didn’t like the whole teacher date scene even then. No teacher would stick around to hang out with his student in a bar and be willing to take a picture with her.
This is legit my favourite trashy movie ever. But like, I do remember watching this when I was younger and thinking that romantic subplot with Yancy was, like, soooo cute. Now I'm like 😬 And then the part where Julie is peeping on whatsisface as he's getting undressed, I thought that was funny as a kid, and now I'm like 😬😬😬
I was obsessed with this movie and apparently I took it to heart because I was sneaking out and hooking up with strangers on Grindr at 14, BAD IDEA DONT DO IT KIDS
AT 14?! 💀💀💀
@@whatislovebabydonthurtme6965 YES I AM DAMAGED
That just scared me so much for 14 year old you
@@markk8248 14 year old me should have died a few times
I mean the adults should obviously know better because wtf
They must have cut out the scene of Julie in Steve's room where she finds a crusty, rock solid sock that she can break in half.
The mental image 💀
🤢🤢🤢
who hasn't said "this [pizza] is so good. im going to kill you" to their dog at least once
Oh I do this every weekend
THIS IS WHY I RECOGNIZE BREE LARSON OMG. I haven't been able to figure it out for years. My 11 year old brain hid this away forever, thank you for restoring my memory 🙏
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE STOP THE SLANDER - the white-out as nail polish was iconic
I was ALWAYS SO FUCKIN DESPERATE to get some of that white out!! I eventually got some regular white nail polish and I pretended
When this came out I was working a summer job at a movie theater and I took my little sister who was just about to start 9th grade to see it. We were the only ones in the theater and spent the whole time wondering what the hell the writers were thinking.
What makes the age gaps stuff even weirder is that Alexa Vega was 15 and Sean Faris/love interest was 21 at the time of filming 🤢🤮
He actually does look older than 17yo. I thought he looked about 19yo in this movie.
ew wtf...someone needs to get FIRED
this reminded me of when 14/15 year selena gomez kissed a 26 year old drew seeley in another cinderella story
@Olanna Momah wait what
Had no idea, I know he probably,older then her. scandal
I’m still waiting on the Lindsay Lohan Freaky Friday review 👁👄👁
@Judy Mwanzo thank you for helping me cause I knew I'd see this review but was convinced it was Nick too😛
@Judy Mwanzo Same, then I realized I was thinking of Dylan is in trouble lol
a lot of people have covered FF recently tbh, though Nick's take would be fun too. but I'd love to see him do Parent Trap or I Know Who Killed Me - I haven't seen anyone tackle the former but I know it's very beloved for a lot of people and the latter is.. a hot mess that I would love to see him break down!
Yesss!
That was a bit of a childhood favorite of mine when I was a child.
I’m surprised you never mentioned that Yancy is definitely wearing one of those fake hair “scrunchies”...
This movie has Wattpad energy and my 14 yo ass ate it up. 🤣
I LOVE the 40 minute videos, I put them on while studying to make things less monotonous
As a kid i never realized how young they were, I thought what they were doing was normal now knowing they were not even freshmen yet is 😂
They could’ve used the yancy subplot to educate so well on body image and body positivity but they had to throw in some stupid fat jokes and stick her with an older “chubby” guy 🙄
The sad part is that this wasn’t bad by president he early 2000s standards.
This was years before body positivity became prevalent in pop culture
@@falling07riot very true, it was much more rare to hear about it, but there were Disney shows at the time as well like that’s so raven that talked about body image, I wish they would’ve taken that route instead of the generic popular “haha let’s make fun of the chubby girl”
The "why did he just tell the dog he was gonna kill him??" Part has me losing it, oh my god there are tears in my eyes
"Yessss! Summer break! I'm going to.... sit at home."
Yeah, that sounds perfect to me.
Plot twist: a group of emos take over the fountain next year and nobody can sit there or they’ll be cut
emos would cry. punks would kick ass.
HaHaAhA sO fuNnY bEcAusE eMoS cUt tHemSeLvEs
@@fa-shizzle-a-lizzle7142 Both start to dissolve in water. So a fountain is undesirable territory for either one.
Me, being a 14 year old who looks 11, who was home schooled, believing that going into high school was really gonna be this wild.
👁 👄 👁
Me too lol😂😆
I got into this movie on a child’s ticket, as in less than 12 years old, when I was GODDAMN 24!
I randomly saw this movie in the theater, in the afternoon, with my then-new-boyfriend’s mother. (Now my mother-in-law!) It was a bonding day of lunch, shopping, a movie, and her telling me not to dare break her son’s heart. Anyway, as I said, I was 24 years old. The ticket person glanced at us and said “One adult, one child?” And we just squeaked “but of course!”
I think it was the combination of the type of movie, the time of day, who I was with, the fact that I’m tiny, and that I was wearing a Girls XL Care Bears t-shirt.
Now, at 40, I look back in that moment as even more of an achievement.
I was 11 when this came out, and I was convinced that skateboarding can't be that hard because of how easily Alexis Vega just jumped on that board so I was so disappointed that I couldn't even fucking stand on one. It's how I knew movies were LIES.
drew AND nick ripping on this movie? im living
Literally my first thought, LOL
i knew i just watched someone else watch this!! lmao
Another way they could have incorporated the skateboarding is Julie saying when she saw Steve or whatever his name is and was talking about how much she liked him something like “and we both love skating we’re perfect for each other” or something like that it’s not that hard
And that would be so much more believable because that’s the logic of many a teenage crush 😂
@@ayannabranchcomb7535 I feel called out lol
Being a teacher-I've seen 14 year old kids leave for summer teeny tiny, and come back a ft taller and thinking they're grown. So this is like... 'aaaaah, they genuinely know nothing of the wider world.' wrapped up in appearance and fancying anyone who seems 'mature' and pushing boundaries. They all go through a phase of hating me, when they get to Yr 10 and 15, they're super chilled and seem to be on the same wavelength as me. Xxxx
Nick is the only person on TH-cam that has actually made me laugh.
31:48 the song is a remix of "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle, not "Heaven" by DJ Sammy.
41:21 I think Evan Peters' character dropped the scavenger hunt list, not Julie.
BUT- LOVED the Commander by Kelly Rowland spot!!
is it good? Not really. Have I watched it SEVERAL times? Yes.
I always assumed the characters were supposed to be way older because of the situations they're put in. I HATE IT.
I never saw this movie as a kid so I don’t have the nostalgia factor, so watching this with Nick is deeeeeply disturbing
@@ayannabranchcomb7535 I'm shocked by the stuff Hollywood gets away with. This is super inappropriate.
Honestly as a former 12 year old girl we did all kinds of whack shit at sleepovers that made no sense lmao
My best friend tricked me into eating a dog treat. Yay slumber parties
During the disturbing bar/teacher scene I can't stop hearing 🎶 "I find it hard to believe, I'm eleven" 🎶 This movie was so disturbing, and you made me laugh involuntarily so many times. You're the best. 👍
Did you actually just introduce Sara Paxton without mentioning her legendary lead role in Darcy’s Wild Life
I loved this movie and comatose Evan Peters lol
Lmao comatose Evan Peters 😂