The movie is extremely superficial, showing nothing but High School Stereotypes. The cute virgin, the slut, the mean depressed stoner-boy with his good-at-heart best friend. The teacher who creeps up on the hot girls in his class. There are absolutely no surprises, at the end, the out-of-control kid risks his life, the teacher finds another young girl to hit on, the nice girl and the nice boy get closer. Here and there the film tries to dig a little deeper into the characters but it always comes off extremely pretentious and not genuine.
There are good parts though: James Franco acts well, as always, Emma Roberts looks great, and the soundtrack is good.
There are good parts though: James Franco acts well, as always, Emma Roberts looks great, and the soundtrack is good.