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Sleepover Sleepover is very bad, but at least Alexa Vega doesn't sing a song, a welcome relief to anyone who had to sit through Spy Kids 3. Vega stars as Julie - a girl on the brink of becoming a high school freshman who wants to grow up as fast as possible and become one of the cool kids. She has invited some friends over for one last big slumber party before her best friend, Hannah (Mika Boorem), moves away. However, the cool girls clique challenges them to a scavenger hunt, even though they aren't supposed to leave the house. The winners get the best lunch spot in school, the losers have to eat by the dumpsters, and Julie can't let her Mom (Jane Lynch) and Dad (Jeff Garlin) find out they have left the house, or she'll lose a trip to Hawaii. Can this ragtag collection of misfits and wannabes win the big one? Every theater in America should be banned from selling tickets for Sleepover to any person over the age of 14. Where do I begin? First, the scavenger hunt requires the very underage girls to go to a bar and find an unknowing guy to buy them a drink (killing two felonies with one stone, while also sexing up Alexa Vega for those who are depressed over The Olsen Twins and Lindsay Lohan turning 18). Second, the girls must break into a boy's house and steal his underwear (randy fun, but not the kind of thing I would want a 9-year old daughter thinking is fun and innocent). Finally, stupid people do stupid things (especially the men, who are all oblivious and dense in this movie, but I'm not allowed to be offended). Of course, all of the stupid action that wouldn't be committed by anyone with an ounce of sense leads to more hijinx and help for the good girls, our heroes in disobedience. If you have half a brain, you'll see the holes in this one a mile away, and that might be as close as you want to be to the theater. Young girls will like this movie, and they can have it. Every character fits into a stereotype from the insecure overweight friend to the hip-but-tough Mom to the doofus Dad and more. I have outgrown all of this, and many of you have too. It's predictable, requires a huge stretch of the imagination for you to believe any of this could possibly happen in real life (especially the coincidences), and poorly written by Elisa Bell who doesn't attempt to create any meaningful dialogue or develop any of the characters. Relationships between the family members are superficial at best, and the young boys in this movie come off as total dunces (the older men don't come off any better, but we're used to it). Sleepover is supposed to be an adventure, but not for anyone who graduated from high school. 0 Waffles (Out Of 4) Copyright 2004 - WaffleMovies.com
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