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Sleepover (2004)

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Reviews Counted:93

Fresh:14

Rotten:79

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: 'Tween girls will enjoy this sugar coated fluff, but others will find Sleepover a snooze.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Julie and her friends Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy have a supercharged sleepover on their hands: they've been challenged to a scavenger hunt by "popular" girls Staci, Liz, Jenna, and Molly, and the... Julie and her friends Hannah, Farrah, and Yancy have a supercharged sleepover on their hands: they've been challenged to a scavenger hunt by "popular" girls Staci, Liz, Jenna, and Molly, and the winners get dibs on the coveted cool lunch spot once they start their freshman year in high school at the end of the summer. The losers have to dine al fresco … adjacent to the dumpster, and far from popularity. Staci and her devious pals have built in several snags for Julie's crew. They'll have to undertake such Herculean tasks as sneaking into a "grown-up" nightclub, rearranging clothes on store mannequins at a crowded mall, stealing underwear from the most popular boy in the neighborhood, and somehow swiping the king or queen's crown at the high school dance. With the exuberance of youth and the support of true friends on their side, Julie and her pals must first escape Julie's house. This won't be easy, as Julie's mom, Gabby, has the girls swear to stay indoors while she herself goes out for a night on the town with her own girlfriends. Also, Julie's dad, Jay, is downstairs grappling with a testy faucet while her college brother, Ren, is home and underfoot. Using their wits, a little bit of luck, and a rose trellis, the girls slip out into the night. Before this adventure is over, they will have to outrun dimwitted neighborhood security, learn to drive an impossibly small electric car, create chaos at the mall, invade a posh nightclub (where Julie's mom is dancing the night away!), elude pesky skateboarding dorks, and come face to face with the boys of their dreams. All in all, not bad for the first sleepover of the summer. [More]

Starring: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin

Starring: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin, Sara Paxton, Steve Carell, Brie Larson

Director: Joe Nussbaum

Director: Joe Nussbaum
Screenwriter: Elisa Bell
Producer: Charles Weinstock, Bob Cooper
Studio: MGM/UA

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'This is excruciating,' Stacie tells Liz, which could be said about all of this charmless comedy.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
07/19/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

A less-than-average take on teen life that's been done better. This year, in fact.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
07/18/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

...some may become rather drowsy at this Sleepover...yet another anemic manufactured teen flick...the cheesy sentiment only lasts as long as the aftertaste of a fried Twinkie

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
07/15/04
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

With a derivative, disturbing script that encompasses almost every coarse adolescent comedy cliche and encourages outright lying and deception, it's a lame, tasteless yawn.

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
07/14/04
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

Nussbaum's attempt to capture the 'tween zeitgeist fails: The Spice Girls–infused soundtrack is dated, and the feel-good progressiveness forced.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/13/04
Kris Wilton
Kris Wilton
Village Voice

What begins as a simple sleepover turns into the adventure of their lives.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
07/12/04
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum

A film aimed to entertain 7 to 12 year old girls and no one else.

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
07/12/04
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

A terrible film.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
07/12/04
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Not only a bad flick,but a flick with a bad message.

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
07/12/04
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

We want stomach butterflies, but all we get are soda bubbles.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
07/11/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
07/11/04
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

It may be true that all 14-year-olds desire to be older and strive to appear so, but exploring those wishes and dreams in such a superficial, coarse and insensitive way as this movie does is neither responsible nor good entertainment for anyone of any age

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/11/04
Bridget Byrne
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
07/10/04
Boston Phoenix
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Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
07/10/04
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

A cutesy soufflé that’ll come and go faster than you can say…now what’s the local kiddie lingo?

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
07/10/04
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
N/R

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07/09/04
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07/09/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

Not overwhelmingly original or funny.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/09/04
Sara Gebhardt
Sara Gebhardt
Washington Post

Just when the big screen could use an injection of frothy, giggly girl power -- all in the name of a covert feminist message, of course -- Sleepover squanders that promise with a blah story and even bigger bummer of a take-home message.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/09/04
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

Joe Nussbaum and Elisa Bell's bland teen comedy is a real snooze.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/09/04
Angel Cohn
Angel Cohn
TV Guide's Movie Guide
 
 
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