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Better Than The Book, And That Says A Lot!
I am a huge fan of the book, however, I always hated the ending. The story is about Lola, an aspiring young actress who moves from New York, where it is possible for all of her dreams to come true, to New Jersey. She auditions for the school play against the most popular girl in school, Carla, causing a feud. Lola ends up telling lies to Carla, so Carla tries to expose Lola as a fraud. In the end of the book, Carla dosen't get what she has coming to her. Disney's take on the film gives the audience the satisfaction that you end up wanting to see. The rest of the film remains completeley true to the book, but ends up being more funny due to a lot of physical comedy. Lindsay Lohan is a great actor and the charactor she plays in this film is very different from Anna in "Freaky Friday." Another great part of the film is Lola's visions of the lies she tells. They are hilarious and hard to describe because I have never seen anything like them in a film before. You will love "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" is you liked "The Princess Diaries" and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie." The storylines aren't that similar, but it plays like those kinds of movies.

Lindsay Lohan shines, but deserves better script.
Lindsay Lohan is a splendid actress who made the remakes of THE PARENT TRAP and FREAKY FRIDAY really special. She tries with her same talent and charm in this, but can't save the movie from being ultimately just a bit stupid. One hopes this doesn't represent her wave of the future. Hopefully she'll go on to get better roles rivaling those first two mentioned. This movie just dwells a little too much on the obsession of her age group with a band called Siddarthur, that is breaking up and causing everyone to think their world is ending. Siddarthur is a fictitious band, I suppose. Is it meant to be a pun on Siddharta? Anyhow this films features Lohan's character's and her friend's adventures as they roam New York City trying to get to Siddarthur's last concert. Meanwhile, back in her suburban school, Lohan's character is trapped in a grudge match with the school bully as to who will play the lead in the class play. Some things work themselves out in various ways, but some opportunities are missed, and a bit too much of it is more silly than entertsaining.

Mood Lifter that is good to eat food and lounge too.
Oh yes, when you are tired and feeling particularly lazy on a Sunday afternoon this movie is an instant mood lifter that lends itself to eating ice cream Sundays and talking on the phone while you are watching because you don't have to pay particular attention to plot or character development in order to enjoy the pretty outfits, hilarious scenes and absolute truth of this glaringly brilliant psychodrama about a 15-17 year old girl who recently changed high schools.

First off, Lindsay Lohans confidence and pretty outfits ease the audience by reminding them that her family will never come under financial straights (note the extreme fortune one would have to possess in order to carry on such an imense wardrobe) during the movie so you don't have to worry about a tedious commentary on class structure.

Second, the physical maturity and the borderline R rated behavior and theme of the movie coupled with the simultaneous innocence and clandestine sexuality of the main characters put the teenage characters in a chronological limbo whereby the audience cannot dicern and give evidence to support the exact age of said characters. This allows male members of the audience to oggle the preponderance of mammary tissue exhibited by the protagonists with impunity because the characters are sexually mature(17) while the female audience can right off the innocence and naivete of the protagonists as being the result of young age (15).

Thirdly, the relaitionship of the protagonists as portrayed by allison pill and lindsey lohan is absolutely entertaining, right on, pitch perfect and brilliantly scripted. In effect this becomes a buddy movie which preaches that no one in the high school hiearchy is down-trodden or abused if they have their own group of friends who support them and interact with them in a respectful manner. Lindsay lies to Allison, but when Allison confronts Lindsay about her trespass in verity Lindsay respectfully apologizes and they become stronger friends as a result which is what happens in real life.

Fourth, Adam Garcia is absolutely awesome as the lead singer for Sidarther, because he is a really funny dudley mooresque drunk who deserves more wide acclaim.

Fifth, the bright colors, hot outfits, fit girls and healthy complexions make this a great movie in which to forget the dark colors of the night, your drabby clothes, sagging waistline and aging skin so you can just munch the night away and bask in the glow of a well made trip back into the carefree wold of adolescent teenage girls.

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