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Sleepover
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG thematic elements involving teen dating, some sensuality and language
Starring
Alexa Vega,
Mika Boorem,
Scout Taylor-Compton,
Kallie Flynn Childress,
Sam Huntington,
Jane Lynch,
Jeff Garlin,
and
Sara Paxton
In an attempt to cast off their less-than-cool reputations once and for all, Julie (Vega) and her three best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against their "popular girl" rivals. (MGM)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Elisa Bell
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Joe Nussbaum
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 23, 2004
Video: November 23, 2004
Theatrical: July 9, 2004
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| RUNNING TIME: |
97 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
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.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Empowers its 14-year-olds and comes through with a Cinderella story sure to charm every girl who isn't part of the cool clique.

63
USA Today
Staff (Not Credited)
Sleepover might appeal to 11- and 12-year-old fans of slumber parties, but it likely will leave their parents stifling a few dozen yawns.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A lazy attempt to snare some preadolescent allowance money, Sleepover earns little more than a few bored yawns.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Stephen Cole
Think of Sleepover as a girl gang movie with training wheels.

50
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
Forgettable teen piffle.

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
There's a dollop of charm and a deluge of formula in Sleepover.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
A good-hearted 'tween comedy hampered by uneven direction and a misguided plot twist.

50
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
As an up-to-the-minute representation of the specifics of the teen universe, Sleepover lacks authenticity.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
That a detente between the cliques is unthinkable, that they could never eat at the same table, is one of many assumptions that makes Sleepover such a downer.

50
Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
A sweet, effective installment, an often bright and efficient repository for the slapstick laughs and cutesy sentiments so beloved by this age group.

50
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
A wispy pubescent comedy.

50
Washington Post
Sara Gebhardt
Not overwhelmingly original or funny.

40
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Devotes too much time to a shrill, unfunny security guard who's pursuing the girls, but he does stage some zippy sequences, from the red-clad Julie's skateboard dash home to witty bits involving an energy-depleted electric car.

40
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
In terms of a pre-teen instructional, Sleepover offers throughout a laudable emphasis on the importance of friendship, but parents may rightfully flinch at a protagonist who is ultimately rewarded for breaking all the rules.

40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
That points to the problem at Sleepover's heart: It buys into the caste system it ostensibly flouts.

40
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Essentially sleepwalks its way through a strictly by-the-numbers premise.

40
Variety
Joe Leydon
A frenetic, featherweight trifle aimed at tweener femmes.

30
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
The only memorable moments in the entire film come courtesy of three supporting characters, dopey skateboarders (Evan Peters, Shane Hunter, Hunter Parrish) who blindly follow Julie around.

30
Village Voice
Kris Wilton
Nussbaum's attempt to capture the 'tween zeitgeist fails: The Spice Girlsinfused soundtrack is dated, and the feel-good progressiveness forced.

30
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Alexa Vega, having graduated from the "Spy Kids" franchise, seems too poised to be vulnerable but too young for all her makeup.

30
Dallas Observer
Melissa Levine
Highly commercialized teenybopper fluff, likely to please the tweenie girls but sorely lacking in anything original or even interesting.

30
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
It wants us to believe that being popular and getting the cutest guy in school really is the key to happiness. Like, how totally last century is that?

25
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A lame and labored comedy.

25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Viewers of that age may overlook the contrived situations and the awful acting, which consists mainly of frozen grins. Nobody else will.

25
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
The film is probably not evil incarnate, but it's so irritating you wish it -- and just about everyone in it -- would just shut up and get out of your room.

20
Empire
Anna Smith
This is poorly shot, edited and scored, while any acting talent feels wasted.

0
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
If ever a movie could be charged with imperiling the morals of a minor, it's probably Sleepover, a sleazy, PG-rated sex comedy that's apparently aimed at 8- to 10-year-old girls.

0
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown
Yes, it's all a harmless lark. Which is why the only thing that could redeem this sour patch of candy-coated crud would be a final shot of Earth exploding.


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