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Summary: "Sleepover"
Review: "Steve is so plush," says 14-year-old Julie (Alex Vega of "Spy Kids"). The image- obsessed, eye-rolling girls in this juvenile comedy all talk as if they are reading from Teen People. Julie and three slumber-party friends figure the way to cool status at school is joining a scavenger hunt. But this requires them, omigod, to disobey their parents and leave the house. DVD extras: gag reel, two featurettes, commentary, actress profiles.
Rating: 
Summary: HIDDEN EASTER EGG
Review: Directed by Joe Nussbaum, Sleepover revolves around one of the hallmarks of female friendship: the all-important slumber party. In hopes of shedding their not-so-cool reputations during the summer before their freshman year, best friends Julie (Alexa Vega), Hannah (Mika Boorem), Yancy (Kalli Flynn Childress), and Farrah (Scout Taylor-Compton) decide to host the sleepover of their lives. Far from a mere pillow-fight-laden girl talk-fest, this sleepover includes an intense scavenger hunt against the most simultaneously loathed and envied young women they know: the infamous "popular" clique. Along the way, the girls manage to hijack a car, sneak into clubs, engage in a first kiss, and learn more than a little bit about themselves and their capabilities - all while evading the watchful eyes of Julie's mother
As to the easter egg, here is how to find it:
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highlight "Ready, Set, Action!" on the Special Features Menu and pressing left
contains another 3-minute gag/highlight reel, as well as congratulations from Alexa Vega for finding the Easter Egg.
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This is not a big deal hidden easter egg as what is shown is the same stuff shown in some of the other special features
BUT,the nice thing is as soon as you are taken to this hidden extra, Alexa does congradulate you for finding this, as I mentioned allready.
ENJOY!
Rating:
Summary: FUN!
Review: I liked it because it's just about some best friends having fun playing a dare scavenger hunt. Plus there's a cute guy in it. I rated it a four because it's a little corny. sometimes you say "Oh that would never happen." but that makes it funny. Perfect to watch at SLEEPOVERS! dehr!
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Summary: 35 years old and I watched it 3 times in one week!!!!
Review: Last week I watched this movie because my friend's twelve-year-old daughter who I was watching wanted to see it. I thought I would "suffer" through. I LOVED IT!!!! I convinced my 42-year old husband to watch it and he thoroughly enjoyed it although I had to drive him crazy to get him to watch it. Then, last night, before I had to return it to the video store, I watched it with another 12-year old whose parents are close friends.
Why I liked the movie:
First of all, it's cute and it moves at a great pace. It pokes fun at the adults enough to be genuinely funny and not overdone. And the portrayal of the oblivious dad, the overprotective mother, and the big brother who comes through in the end is soooo accurate in my experience.
Second, while the snot girls are mean, they aren't heartless and they get their coming-tos in the end. Also, the main one, Stacey, has enough character development...finding out what older guys CAN be about and being disappointed, etc. that she is not a completely unsympathetic character.
My favorite two characters are Julie and Yancy. Julie because she's got spunk and Yancy because she is such an honest character. I also loved that Yancy's character is bolstered, let down and bolstered again. My favorite subplot has to be the celery vs. brownies theory...what a great point to be made for girls who are bigger or struggle with other physical self-esteem issues...find someone who is interested in you as you are, not as they might want you to be!
Also, I loved the fact that the closest it came to swearing of any sort was "For the love of carbs!"...there wasn't even any euphemistic stuff like "freaking," etc. Now, I am not a prude, believe me...I am a recovering alcoholic and have been in therapy for seven years. I started "going around the block" at about Julie's age and so, yes, I have ISSUES :). However, it is sooooo refreshing to watch a movie that isn't violence, sex, and swearing and just makes you feel good for everyone in the end! (even the snotty girls...at least they still have each other...Hannah moves away).
Another thing I was impressed with is the scene where Steve figures out from the yearbook who Julie is and says she grew up "nice"...instead of focusing on T & A...he lists her school activities...debate, basketball, and her hobbies...skate boarding, etc. In other words, it's not all about shallow stuff...he's attracted to her physically sure, but his real interest is piqued when he finds out a little about WHO she is not WHAT she is. His character does this again by the fountain when he compliments her not on her looks but on her laugh. These are great messages for both adolescent boys and girls!!!!
Of course, Ren, the Patrol-Tec guy, and "Sponge-Bob" give the movie lots of extra hoots and interplay.
This is just a great movie, period. I am probably going to buy it...for myself :). It goes on my list with 10 Things I Hate About You, Never Been Kissed, and Miss Congeniality as a keeper for cute movies that give you warm fuzzies and move at a pace that keeps it interesting!
Compliments to the writer of this script, the actors who made it real and the director and producer who pulled it together seamlessly. Yes, I would give it an Oscar if they would make a category for well done youth films...books have awards for Children and Adolescent literature...maybe movies should too and we'd see some better quality in PG and PG-13 movies!! Just my humble opinion.
OK, I am done now :).
Heidi Rosin, 35
Sioux City, IA
Rating: 
Summary: alrighttt.....
Review: over all i dont really kno what happened considering i fell asleep during the movie..if any movie makes me fall asleep, its reall bad then. ps-the nap was good though!
Rating:
Summary: Great for young teen girls!
Review: Sleepover is a great movie for young teen girls, especially if they are having a sleepover! I have 5 & 6 year old girls and they found it entertaining as well - tho they didn't understand a lot of it.
This is a movie about Julie (Alex Vega), a Junior High student entering the summer before her Freshman year of High School. Julie is dealing with the reality that her best friend is moving away and she will face High School without her. A sleepover is planned at Julie's house for Julie, Hannah (Mika Boorem), Gabby (Jane Lynch) and Stacie (Sara Paxton), however Stacie is now part of the "in" crowd and cannot make it to the sleepover due to a dance she will be attending with her older boyfriend. As Stacie disses Yancy (Kalie Flynn Childress) in front of the rest of the girls, Julie hands Stacie's invitation to the slumber party to Yancy.
Stacie ends up not attending the dance and decides it would be fun to plan a scavenger hunt. Stacie teams with a group of "popular" girls (and a driving permit) against Julie & the gang. Winner takes all! (The best seats for lunch next year at school! - the seats NOT next to the garbage dumpsters!) Without a permit or a vehicle it seems a cinch that Stacie and her friends will win, but wait! Yancy has a plan!
This is a cute movie full of exciting twists & turns during the scavenger hunt - especially since the girls were not to leave the house! There is also a "first crush" love story here.
Cute movie! I recommend it!
Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable
Review: This is a fun movie. It's not great, but it's above average for a tween movie. The best part is that it isnt ruined with some big star. The girls have fun on their scavenger hunt, and Sleepover is 90 mins of stupid fun. Carell could've been better, and isnt given enough to act upon.
Rating:
Summary: A fun 'Sleepover'.
Review: This is one of those fluffy movies that you just can't bring yourself to admit you enjoy. I thought the plot was on the cheesy side, but it was still interesting to watch how everything went all the way up until the end. I think Alexa Vega is a great actress, I've never seen her in anything before this. She's a fresh face.
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Summary: Great Sleep Over Movie
Review: This movie is pretty good. I mean, it is good for the girls at least. I think it is a great idea for girls to watch during your own sleep over. Anyway, the movie is basically about Julie, after graduating from junior high and is about to enter the world of high school, which, according to this movie, has different lunch spots, so the girls that's in the sleep over decided join in a scavenger hunt to win the 'fountain' lunch seats. The girls went through some obstacles in order to get what the 'list' needed them to get and of course, there's a happy ending.
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Summary: These teen pictures are really annoying
Review: Well, this year there have already been several teen pictures made and they seem to get more annoying all the time. This one was the worst of all. Five teen girls all trying to get their hands on the one guy of their dreams, and we the audience regretfully have to watch this movie where there is not one likeable person in the bunch. They sound and act like shallow yuppies from a rejected episode of the Gilmore Girls. Kind of hard to have a movie when you have no sript, and this had no script.
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