Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!
- Sara Sugarman
- Rick Kush
- Bruce Speyer
- H.H. Cooper
- Dyan Sheldon
- Gail Parent
Rating: 5.7/10 by 891 users
Alternative Title:
Journal intime d'une future star - FR
Confesiones de una típica adolescente - AR
Confesiones de una Tipica Adolescente - SV
Bekenntnisse einer Highschool Diva - DE
Exomologiseis mias efivis - GR
Bekenntnisse einer High School-Diva - DE
Country:
Germany
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 29 minutes
Budget: $15,000,000
Revenue: $29,331,068
Plot Keyword: high school, new york city, concert, new jersey, rock star, female friendship, rivalry, spotlight, eccentric, teen movie, suburb, audition, pygmalion, divorced mother, woman director, mother daughter relationship, aspiring actress, teenager
Decent watch, might watch again, and can recommend. Ultimately this movie is fun: cheap teen girl drama fun, but fun. Lindsey Lohan has some competent cast to share the load in this, particularly Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Cooties), an under rated actress, and Megan Fox (Jennifer's Body) playing the Rachel McAdams (Meangirls) of the movie. I understand that location shooting can get expensive, but the movie looks over all well produced, and while the premise is rather annoying, the writing looks fairly solid, if character driven: not a bad thing, but it usually makes for more interesting tidbits as opposed to an epic a plot line, which was....different depending upon what angle you take. There are good technical things, great character things, and decent story things here: it's not a bad movie, it's just not one I'm going to tell you to go see over so many other titles.
I actually quite liked it for the first half, but by time the credits arrived I was very much awaiting the end. 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' has a few things going in its favour. Lindsay Lohan is very good, she definitely makes her character more interesting than she probably would've been without Lohan. You also have Megan Fox in her first sizeable film role, it's actually kinda odd seeing those two together onscreen for some reason. Away from them, I enjoyed the editing and cinematography for the most part. I'm not saying it's anything insane or memorable but it's better than I would've predicted. The premise isn't the most clearly defined, at least in terms of its execution; it starts to drag from the midway point. It hits a fair amount of clichés too, though does avoid a few also; Lola (Lohan) doesn't instantly befriend Carla (Fox), for one. Nothing dreadful, it just got boring as it went on; despite a low run time of 89 minutes. Lohan the star.