best spoof movie ever.

Spoofs a lot of teen movies very effectively...still not very good, but better than the rest of the "fill-in-the-blank Movie" series.

I will watch this movie anytime. It is so funny.

A real curate's egg, this one. Some of the spoofing of John Hughes' movies is spot on, with situations and characters lifted wholesale from his movies (even including a cameo by Molly Ringwald at the end) - they even name the school after him. The st... (read more) A real curate's egg, this one. Some of the spoofing of John Hughes' movies is spot on, with situations and characters lifted wholesale from his movies (even including a cameo by Molly Ringwald at the end) - they even name the school after him. The story is soooo typical of this genre of teenage angst, it doesn't really matter any more. What lets it down in parts is the gratuitous grossness (e.g. spraying everyone with excrement) which just isn't funny - I am absolutely sure they could have made these scenes funnier if they just hadn't been so lazy! The master himself, John Hughes, never sunk that low.

What's nice, however, is that, although they are spoofing these movies, it does seem to be out of genuine "love", or, let's say, fondness.

This is one of those cult comedies that always seemed to get a good reaction from people, but I never ended up seeing until recently. I think I kinda overlooked this one, because it's easy to mis-categorize this movie into the hordes of horrible and ... (read more) This is one of those cult comedies that always seemed to get a good reaction from people, but I never ended up seeing until recently. I think I kinda overlooked this one, because it's easy to mis-categorize this movie into the hordes of horrible and horribly unfunny spoof movies like Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, and all that crap. Not Another Teen Movie is considerably more savvy than those films and I never really gave it much of a chance before my buddy Alex convinced me it was worth watching.

I think the thing that separates Not Another Teen Movie from the other spoofs of late is that it doesn't generally allow its humor to fall back into simple allusion. By that I mean, simple imitation of a movie doesn't make it funny. But Not Another Teen Movie knows that and works to twist around the basic teen movie conventions in a way that honestly comments on the genre. Or at least attempts to. The jokes don't always work, but the ones that fall flat are at least trying something.

Chris Evans shines in an early role here, and he brings his trademark wise-ass charm to a character that was explicitly built to be a stereotype, and that's no small feat. I will say, however, that a prominent dark spot for me was the wannabe character played by Samm Levine. I understand the basic idea of taking the wannabe white kid character and making him talk with an Asian accent instead of a Black accent, but I don't really see that much that's funny about it, and it took quite a while for me to realize what the joke was in the first place. I don't feel like I'm particularly sensitive about my racial identity, but I did feel vaguely insulted.

I think above all, it's clear that the people that made this movie really truly love the movies that they're making fun of. And that makes the whole thing feel more good-natured. I was surprised, but I enjoyed this spoof.

Totally genious. Since I hate teen movies with a passion this was a real kick for me. It really reminded me of the Zuckerberg brother's with all the outrageous humour, but it had some really smart comedy as well. I just loved how the script exposed a... (read more) Totally genious. Since I hate teen movies with a passion this was a real kick for me. It really reminded me of the Zuckerberg brother's with all the outrageous humour, but it had some really smart comedy as well. I just loved how the script exposed all of those ridiculous archetypes and stereotypes found in teen movies. Hilarious movie, worth watching.