Not Another Teen Movie

"They served you Breakfast. They gave you Pie. Now we’re gonna stuff your face."

2001 1h 29m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 2,385

Comedy

Synopsis

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On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.

“They served you Breakfast. They gave you Pie. Now we’re gonna stuff your face.”

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Cast

Chyler Leigh
Janey Briggs
Chris Evans
Jake Wyler
Jaime Pressly
Priscilla
Eric Christian Olsen
Austin
Mia Kirshner
Catherine Wyler
Deon Richmond
Malik
Eric Jungmann
Ricky Lipman
Ron Lester
Reggie Ray

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joel Gallen
Writers: Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Phil Beauman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joel Gallen, shot by Reynaldo Villalobos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steve Welch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Chyler Leigh and Chris Evans and Jaime Pressly carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They served you Breakfast. They gave you Pie. Now we’re gonna stuff your face.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joel Gallen directs. Reynaldo Villalobos behind the camera. Theodore Shapiro scores. Steve Welch cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
325 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Joel Gallen, shot by Reynaldo Villalobos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Steve Welch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Chyler Leigh and Chris Evans and Jaime Pressly carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "They served you Breakfast. They gave you Pie. Now we’re gonna stuff your face.".
9IMDB entry: tt0277371 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 25 themes, including "underdog", "high school", "cheerleader", "kiss".
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Reynaldo Villalobos
Original score: Theodore Shapiro
Editing: Steve Welch
Production design: Joseph T. Garrity
Costume design: Florence-Isabelle Megginson
Makeup / hair: Merribelle Anderson
VFX supervisor: Van Ling
Sound: Greg Orloff
Stunt coordinator: Eddie Yansick
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $16,000,000
Box office: $66,468,332
Return: 415% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

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Gimly2018-09-07
★ 4/10
I absolutely did not like Not Another Teen Movie, but even I have to give it props for how it absolutely disassembled everything in the genre up to the point of its creation, and absolutely set the tone for everything in the genre that came after it. That doesn't stop it from being crass in the worst possible way, or completely uncomfortable. Or completely unoriginal... although I guess you could argue that part is by necessity... Look, what I'm saying is, credit where credit's due. It's like, fuck Transformers, what a garbage bunch of films those are, but at the same time, it's hard to knock a billion dollar gross earning. Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.
Andre Gonzales2023-07-21
★ 8/10
This movie is so hilarious. It will be a lot more funny to you if you seen all the movies that this is making fun of. I can't remember all the movies off the top of my head, but I know it's Varsity Blues, American Beauty and Bring It On to name 3 at least.
JPV8522024-01-01
★ 6/10
Okay spoof movie that made me laugh quite a few times at least. Nothing great and like most of these if you haven't seen the movies its spoofing, doesn't work as well. I did like Chris Evans before he was famous who shows his comedic talents. Not as good as Scary Movie but far exceeds the other dreaded "Movie" movies, not a high bar I admit. 2.75/5