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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Year: 2004 Classification: Feature Film Family Actors/Actresses: - Lindsay Lohan - Megan Fox GREAT MOVIE!!! When I watched Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen I loved it! It was definately one of my favorite movies EVER! It was worth paying $ to see! It is a movie about a girl named Mary Elizebeth Cep(Lola) who lives in new york city and has to move to Dellwood(Deadwood), New Jersey and she thinks she going to die! She is definately a drama queen! Lindsay Lohan is SO talented. She is a good singer and a good actress! I DEFINATELY think that anybody who hasn't seen this movie should! A disappointing teen comedy but will America's teens notice? I was thinking that maybe Hillary Duff's mother had script approval for "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen," as a way of explaining why Lindsay Lohan's new movie fails on so many levels, but I think screenwriter Gail Parent is going to have to take the rap on this one. Based on Dyan Sheldon's book, this 2003 film stars Lohan as Mary Elizabeth Cep, who insists on being called Lola. At the beginning of the film we have Lola's imaginative revision of what happened when her mother dragged her away from her beloved New York City to live in the wasteland that is Dellwood, New Jersey. Lola arrives at her new high school in full flair (and on an orange bike), intent on becoming a star. In short order she meets Sam (Eli Marienthal), the nice boy, Carla (Megan Fox) the snobbish rich girl who rules the school, and Ella (Alison Pill), the nobody that becomes Lola's best friend and partner in teenage angst. Lola and Carla are competing for the lead role in the school's production of an updated musical version of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmallion" (wow, a musical version of "Pygmallion"; there is an idea). Lola sings a song by her favorite ground, Sidarthur. Is she a better singer than Carla, who assumes the leading role is her birthright? The question is moot because we do not get to hear Carla sing; we only get to find out the decision of the drama teacher, the eccentric Miss Baggoli (Carol Kane). Besides, Lola and Ella are traumatized by the news that Sidarthur is breaking up (fortunately they have crushes on different band members). The group is doing one last concert and getting to go is now the most important thing on earth, except for going to the party afterwards. Carla will be there (her dad is the band's attorney, despite living in Dellwood, New Jersey), and the competition between the two girls is probably even more important than hearing their beloved band's last gig or having Lola meet her idol, Stu (Adam Garcia), "the greatest poet since Shakespeare." Of course there will be a series of comic misadventures, blatantly telegraphed, as the girls travel to the big city. However, the big moment in the film comes when Carla outs Lola as a drama queen. Yes, there is the irony that Lola is being called out on something about which she is telling the truth. The problem is that except for one big lie about her father, and one little lie about her name, Lola has not been a real drama queen. We know she is one because her mom (Glenne Headly) says so, but this film should have done more than let the title serve as a label to prove the point. There must be more examples from the original book that could have been worked into the script, especially given how important they would have been to setting up the big moment, but they just are not here and a major reason why this film does not work. Maybe on the DVD we will see evidence they at least shot additional scenes, even if they decided not to use them (as well as scenes that justify Sam's presenc If the title intrigues you... So there are these two 15-year-old girls who've wandered into the bedroom of a party-hearty rock star, right? And they've just come in from the rain and their clothes are soaking wet, so they have to change. And there's a big party going on downstairs. What do you think happens next? That's right: The girls, giddy with delight, jump into the musician's bed -- and jump up and down on the mattress. Then they fool around with his... guitar collection! And when they change their outfits... well, it happens off-screen and the rocker is nowhere in the vicinity. That's a taste of the thoroughly wholesome flavor of "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen," a perky vehicle for Lindsay Lohan of "Freaky Friday" fame. It's set in a world where the streets of New York's Soho neighborhood are startlingly kid-friendly, police stations are squeaky-clean, and even garbage bags come in pastel shades. A word to the wise: If you find the title tantalizing, you'll probably love the film. Gail Parent's screenplay at least offers a few witty lines and some fresh twists on some standard situations, and the irresistibly lively Lohan gives her fans their money's worth, singing, dancing and clowning around cheerfully. She's nicely teamed with Alison Pill ("Pieces of April"), who puts her own distinctive spin on the timeworn wallflower-waiting-to-bloom role. Lohan plays aspiring actress Lola -- her real name is Mary, but that's not exotic enough to suit her -- who is mortified when her mom (Glenne Headly) decides to transplant the family from Manhattan to Dellwood, N.J. A shared love of the band Sidarthur brings Lola together with Ella (Pill), a kind but socially awkward type. Lola and Ella scheme to crash Sidarthur's farewell concert in New York and the exclusive after-show bash, for which their archrival Carla (Megan Fox) already has secured an invitation. What sets "Drama" apart from the run-of-the-mill teen tale is its surprisingly even-handed approach to its characters. Instead of being forced to sneak into the city to see the show, Lola and Ella actually work out a mutually acceptable compromise with their parents, who are not portrayed as useless neurotics or stern disciplinarians. Even Stu Wolff (Adam Garcia), the hard-drinking Liam Gallagher type Lola idolizes, is not drawn as an egomaniac or a louse -- and, aside from throwing donuts at the police, he's certainly a perfect gentlemen around the girls, even when he's sauced. Lola's obsession with Stu is also very PG and pretty amusing as well. Stalking him through the streets of New York, she tells Ella, "Except for the garbage and the cars, it's just like following Heathcliff out on the moors!" Later on, an incident will drive our heroine into what she calls "a depression only Hamlet would recognize." Like the Hayley Mills films of the 1960s or the Jodie Foster comedies of the 1970s, "Drama" continues Disney's tradition of creating silly yet endearing movies with Buy Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen Search with the Priority Search Engine on Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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