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Sleepover
- Review Date: November 21, 2004
- PG
- Genre: Comedy
- 2004
Common Sense Media says
Not for younger kids, despite its PG rating.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie is filled with the kind of parental concerns that aren't factored into the MPAA's rating system. The main characters -- young teenage girls -- sneak out of the house after promising not to. They make a date with a man they met on the Internet with the plan of getting him to buy one of them a drink. They then sneak into a club and drink alcohol. One girl secretly watches a boy undress (from the rear, nudity off screen). They vandalize property, imprison a security guard, drive without licenses, make an overweight girl feel bad about herself. Many characters lie, including adults. One of the girls loses a boyfriend by refusing to "hook up" with him but apparently brags to her friends that she did. There is also some bathroom humor and intrusive product placement.
What's the story?
SLEEPOVER is the story of Julie (Alexa Vega of Spy Kids) and three friends who participate in a scavenger hunt with a significant prize -- the favored "power" lunch spot for the whole school year. To win, Julie and her friends have to get a man they meet on the Internet to buy them a drink, put their clothes on the mannequins in the Old Navy store window, and steal a security guard's car decal and the boxers of the boy of Julie's dreams. They promise not to leave the house but sneak out anyway. At the club, it turns out that the Internet mystery date is none other than the girls' nerdy teacher. Once that gets sorted out, they continue their quest. They climb on a roof, run away from a security guard and lock him up, hide in a shower stall while a boy takes off all his clothes and then steal his boxers, and drive without permission or a license. Bottom line? They cause a lot of damage for which they take no responsibility.
Is it any good?
Sleepover is supposed to be a touching, lighthearted PG comedy, but these 14-year-old girls violate every rule they agreed to. While the movie pits the nice girls against the mean girls, by the end of the movie it's frankly hard to tell them apart. They lie, cheat, vandalize, steal, sneak out of the house and into a bar, order a drink with a man they met on the Internet, and sneak into a high school dance by telling the girl taking tickets she has to let them in so they don't turn into a lonely loser like her.
Vega and the other girls are appealing performers, especially Mika Boorem as Julie's best friend and Sara Paxton as snooty Mean Girl Stacie. The "why can't you understand I'm growing up" and "how can I survive if my best friend moves away?" themes will ring familiar with the intended audience, but the movie's irresponsible portrayal of extremely risky and destructive behavior and its distorted notion of girl power make it very iffy for tweens and eevn young teens.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether any of the characters in this movie can be considered a positive role model. Why or why not?
What kinds of consequences do you think the girls' behavior would have in real life? Why aren't those consequences fully shown here?
Why do you think Julie and Stacie stopped being friends?
What can
parents and young teens do to get used to the idea that kids
are growing up?
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Kid, 12 years old
July 20, 2011
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Best Movie Ever!
I love this movie. It's a fun, light-toned, enjoyable comedy for tween sleepovers. Has a hint of drama and action along with romance and scenes of friendship. Was suprised that this movie was rated for teens! But would defiently watch this feel-good, laugh-out-loud comedy again for our sleepover.
I am eleven and love this movie! Don't watch this unless you are a girl at a sleepover.
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i love this movie!
I love this movie! Normally I agree with CSM but this is just crazy. off for 13? I saw this movie when I was really little and I saw a 9 year old there and she loved it! There's nothing wrong with this movie.
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LOVED ITT
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!! great for sleepovers.! i watched it like 15 times already
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10+; its not that innapropriate.
This movie's good- I watched it when I was 10, and i thought that it was awesome (though that's not what i think now, now it's boring) and i think that all ages can watch it.
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NOT for tweens. JUST for teens and above.
I thought this was a great movie. It's all about how these friends have fun during their summer time, competing in order to have the 'lunch spot'. The part about this film that isn't appropriate for younger kids is how the main character has to break into her crush's house to steal his boxers. He was in his shower at the time, so it was kinda weird. And in the end there's some making out. There are NO good role models in this film because the girls break the rules just so that they can have the best lunch spot.
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I good flim for tweens.....
Now.....if your 12 and up, you PROBERLY won't like it. If your under, PERFECT! It is all tweens would like to do. Have a good time. I didn't really like this, but i would watch it in a sleepover.
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Kid, 12 years old
June 7, 2011
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MY FAVE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
best. movie. ever. yeah, so the lead girl steals a guy's boxers. so she orders an alcoholic drink. even kids know about that! I saw this when I was 7 and have probably seen it about 5 times since. its so fun and funny! it really gets inside a girl's life, from boys to girl-drama to just plain having fun. the main character really shows strength in dealing with the mean girl. if you want a good, fun, feel-good, makes-you-want-to-do-it-too movie, then really, WATCH THIS!!!!!!!
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OK for mature tweens and teens
Overall, Sleepover isn't a drop dead amazing movie. It was simply OK. The actors weren't that great, and the plot was sort of unrealistic.
I would rank Sleepover somewhere between PG and PG-13. the things that really shocked me is that a 14 year old girl sneaks into a club with instructions to get a guy to buy her a drink. This drink just happens to have a racy name, as aforementioned ... Another thing that shocked me is the particular "shower scene". She's seen sneaking into a guy's shower (He's not in it), and this scene implies nudity - only shows neck to the lower back and nothing else- but before he hops in the shower he hears a noise, and goes out of the bathroom - with a towel on- to check it out, where she promptly steals his boxers (note: everything she does is because some girls made a list for her and her friends to follow. after her mother told her not to leave the house) There's one use of the H word and some making out, references to "hooking up", and omigod but no actual cuss words. Another thing is that she's disrespectful to her mother a lot. All in all, it's an OK movie that's fine for mature pre-teens and teens, but not my first pick =)
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Kid, 11 years old
June 27, 2011
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great
i watched this last nigh and loved it.there is one use of the h word and some iolder kid content
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| Topics: | friendship, high school |
| Studio: | MGM/UA |
| Director: | Joe Nussbaum |
| Cast: | Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Scout Taylor-Compton |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 90 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | July 9, 2004 |
| DVD release date: | November 23, 2004 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | thematic elements involving teen dating, some sensuality and language |
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