After fooling around with one of her customers, a teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys.After fooling around with one of her customers, a teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys.After fooling around with one of her customers, a teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys.
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- TriviaHoward Stern was offered the chance to be a producer on the film but he turned it down.
- GoofsAbout midway through, when Melissa is working on her essay, she has typed, "Too often in this times...." The correct usage is, "Too often in THESE times...," the plural of both nouns. Similarly, you would say, 'these boots,' not 'this boots.'
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Melissa Brown: [talking about babysitting in class] Make any money?
Shirley Lyner: Yeah.
Melissa Brown: How much?
Shirley Lyner: Two hundred dollars.
Melissa Brown: Jesus, Shirl. What'd you do, suck Mr. Beltran's cock?
- Alternate versionsTwo versions are available. Runtimes are: "1h 28m (88 min)" and "1h 30m (90 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)".
- SoundtracksThe New Science
Written by David Wingo
Performed by Ola Podrida
Courtesy of Plug Research
By Arrangement with The Orchard
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So much more than I expected
Stuck at home and recovering from a viral throat infection, I was looking for a couple of nice little cheesy movies that didn't take much brain power. What I found instead, was one utter piece of dross (Black Ribbon, don't bother watching it), and this absolute gem.
Not at all the Debbie-does-Dallas style piece of cheese that I was expecting from the description I had read, I found this film really rather touching and thought provoking. The acting was excellent, especially considering the apparent young age of some of the cast. Katherine Waterston shone as Shirley, and managed to convey all of the awkwardness of her slightly neurotic teenage character, whilst still being completely convincing in later scenes where her inner core of steel shows through. The range of different personalities amongst the girls as a group was excellent, and each character was thoroughly fleshed out. If there was a weak link here, I would say that perhaps there was not quite enough focus on the reactions of the teenage boys to what is going on around them - Scott's reaction to Shirley later in the film appears to come from nowhere. Perhaps a deleted scene?
The sex, whilst somewhat explicit, was never gratuitous, and there were a couple of uncomfortable scenes that had me on the edge of my seat. Whilst I certainly never got involved in anything like this as a teenager, I found I was reminded very strongly of the amoral thing I once was, and rather grateful, in fact, that I was never given the choice that these girls are offered in the film. The lack of any real analysis of their actions only serves to make these teens more convincing in my view - what teenager really considers the consequences of their actions before taking them?
My recommendation: Get hold of a copy of this film, grab yourself some popcorn, and watch it through, and be prepared for some introspection afterwards.
Not at all the Debbie-does-Dallas style piece of cheese that I was expecting from the description I had read, I found this film really rather touching and thought provoking. The acting was excellent, especially considering the apparent young age of some of the cast. Katherine Waterston shone as Shirley, and managed to convey all of the awkwardness of her slightly neurotic teenage character, whilst still being completely convincing in later scenes where her inner core of steel shows through. The range of different personalities amongst the girls as a group was excellent, and each character was thoroughly fleshed out. If there was a weak link here, I would say that perhaps there was not quite enough focus on the reactions of the teenage boys to what is going on around them - Scott's reaction to Shirley later in the film appears to come from nowhere. Perhaps a deleted scene?
The sex, whilst somewhat explicit, was never gratuitous, and there were a couple of uncomfortable scenes that had me on the edge of my seat. Whilst I certainly never got involved in anything like this as a teenager, I found I was reminded very strongly of the amoral thing I once was, and rather grateful, in fact, that I was never given the choice that these girls are offered in the film. The lack of any real analysis of their actions only serves to make these teens more convincing in my view - what teenager really considers the consequences of their actions before taking them?
My recommendation: Get hold of a copy of this film, grab yourself some popcorn, and watch it through, and be prepared for some introspection afterwards.
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- Aug 31, 2008
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- Gross US & Canada
- $44,852
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $23,518
- May 11, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $44,852
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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