Prom (2011)

This is really not a bad movie. And it shocks no one more than me for me to say this. Actually, Prom is a pretty good film. Granted, I’m saying this on the terms that it’s a good teen romance and is a mile better than High School Musical, but, granted, so are 86% of films released today (that number was made up). The movie blends the classic John Hughes formula with the Valentine’s Day formula. And by that, I mean that the movie concerns a lot of plots and different characters. And while I have not seen the entire film Valentine’s Day, what I have seen is much worse than this movie is. But I have some of the same problems here that I did with Valentine’s Day, this being that the characters we like don’t seem to get enough screen time, and the ones we hate seem to get too much. And due to the fact that Prom is basically a movie with multiple stories that revolve around one night and the preparation for that night. So let me put down my ratings for the storylines of the film, without going into too much detail (if I’m gonna go over the 1000 word mark again, it’s gonna be a movie I’m passionate about). Nova and Jesse-8.5/10 Lucas and Simone-9/10 Tyler and Jordan-5/10 Lloyd-8.5/10 Mei and Justin-4.5/10 Rolo and Athena-4/10 Other assorted storylines-7/10 (NOTE: I did not remember all of these. Thank God for Wikipedia). A lot of these stories work while a lot of them don’t. The film really is a mixed bag. The ones that work do so because they are earnest, thoughtful, and true. The ones that don’t do not because they are lazy, studio-produced pieces of filler. But when something works in the film, it works perfectly. Because it is something that might actually happen. Some of these people look like people who were in high-school. Some of them don’t, but some do. And the events are somewhat realistic. The movie is a bit too cheesy and fluffy for my taste, but-trust me. There are much worse movies out there than Prom.
7.5/10