Sometimes you're just in the mood to watch a really really, really really really bad movie. You know the kind that you can watch while doing laundry, putting on a hideous facemask and doozing off. But how to choose a bad flick in a huge pool of awfulness? Keyword: Hilary Duff. Admit it, in shame when no one else is around, it's always fun to watch good old Hil skipping around town, being a total geek and suddenly turning into Cinderella and other really important stuff. But even more fun than watching Hilary being a good girl, is Hilary Duff being a bad girl. Fine feature: Greta.
Greta introduces a 17 year old confused and suicidal girl who makes her mothers live miserable and gets send off to her grandparents for the summer. She meets a boy and falls in love. So far so good. It's a simple story that might work out good if this movie wasn't trying so hard. It's just one cliché after the other and totally over the top. For example, Hilary acts real hard to be this dark, sinister girl but it's totally not believable. Too much eyeliner, Gothic tees and foul language has to convince the audience that this girl is trouble. She want to shock her poor grandpa and grandma with all things possible and it helps that her love interest is of African-American descent and, even worse, an ex con.
Now where have we seen this before? Ah yes, Crazy/Beautiful starring a lovely Kisten Dunst and hansome Jay Hernandez. Same storyline, except that this movie is actually good. Kirsten really is a troubled teenager who destroys everyone and everything around her, and most important herself. Her father can't handle her and wants to send her to bootcamp. Jay as Carlos is the love of her life and tries to get her on the right path. Kirsten and Jay have major chemistry and the acting is great. Greta just made me laugh all the time, the movie is a big parody on itself.
So pretty please Hilary, stay away from 'dramatic' movies and stick to the genre that made you a star, simple romcoms with a hint of Lizzy.
Greta introduces a 17 year old confused and suicidal girl who makes her mothers live miserable and gets send off to her grandparents for the summer. She meets a boy and falls in love. So far so good. It's a simple story that might work out good if this movie wasn't trying so hard. It's just one cliché after the other and totally over the top. For example, Hilary acts real hard to be this dark, sinister girl but it's totally not believable. Too much eyeliner, Gothic tees and foul language has to convince the audience that this girl is trouble. She want to shock her poor grandpa and grandma with all things possible and it helps that her love interest is of African-American descent and, even worse, an ex con.
Now where have we seen this before? Ah yes, Crazy/Beautiful starring a lovely Kisten Dunst and hansome Jay Hernandez. Same storyline, except that this movie is actually good. Kirsten really is a troubled teenager who destroys everyone and everything around her, and most important herself. Her father can't handle her and wants to send her to bootcamp. Jay as Carlos is the love of her life and tries to get her on the right path. Kirsten and Jay have major chemistry and the acting is great. Greta just made me laugh all the time, the movie is a big parody on itself.
So pretty please Hilary, stay away from 'dramatic' movies and stick to the genre that made you a star, simple romcoms with a hint of Lizzy.