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ehhh i dunno i saw the movie a few times actually and every time i see It i just don't understand it. I mean i understand what its trying to do but i don't understand how everyone is always having so much sex. I graduated high school in 2002 and went to so many parties in high school and in college and i have never seen a party or a girl or guy have so much sex in such a little amount of time all the time. In this movie every party was a sex party you had girls and guys having sex and people even watching this. hahaha i just cant get over the person who would even write this. I personally like this type of movie but this is just so un realistic and it seemed like the entire school ended up with syphilis. give me a break.. So everyone in the school was sleeping with each other?. wow it still has me baffled.....

It's not the best movie I've ever seen, but I disagree with a previous user who dismissed it all as totally unrealistic. A lot of sheltered students in some high schools may view it as totally ridiculous, but this kind of thing is in fact happening. The movie managed to take every bad situation and cram it into a two hour span, which makes it seem absurd, but it's not completely out of the realm of truth. Take the documentary "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" which is possibly an inspiration behind this movie. The teens interviewed in that were as jaded and nonchalant about their actions as many characters in "She's too Young." Worse, even. It's not like every high school in the country has students like this, but it's going on, and there's no denying it. "Young" merely tells a single story of one set of teens' fictional experiences. I agree however that the way the school handled it was unrealistic. I think that a school probably would mail home those syphilis notification letters, not pass them out to embarrassed, angry students. The long line of students waiting to be tested in clear view of the whole school seemed unnecessarily humiliating and wrong. I get the feeling it's not really like that. I sure HOPE not. Anyway, just my five cents.

Well, this couldn't be a great film, or it could. The thing is, it is made, although very professionally, for TV, and no everyone gets to see these TV films. I don't wanna put "TV Films" like in a category (although they are), because they sometimes can be really good, and can show reality, sometimes. I'm sorry for all the "sometimes" but it is important for the description of this very interesting project, done with a lot of work.

The movie deals with events, so, you know, when everything has come to a boiling point, don't expect anything else, because that's were the journey ends (and I'm not saying it in a bad way). The whole piece has strong and convincing performances from all the cast, and a very realistic and powerful issue to mess with. What would happen if your beloved and outstanding daughter screwed up, badly? As a parent, probably you would freak out, but think about your daughter's position. She has all the right to speak, I mean, you have trusted her for so long, and she has done everything correctly, but now...The thing is, she knows what you're going to say, and she's ready to stand against it: She has been doing everything you asked her for! The characters come as real as they could. You have all types of persons, dealing with different things, but, somehow, at some point, something is going to unite everything, to one only problem; and that could be the biggest one. I mean, you have this 14-year old girl, who says to be a "sexpert". You couldn't believe this as soon as you heard it, but it could be true; and she's not the only one. There's a main storyline, yes. But it is, in some way, the whole thing. What's going on? The camera takes you on a reality tour, to high-school parties and private reunions, stealing, drug selling (and buying, of course) and, how to forget, again, sex. This camera seems to move fast, and it's very well done, because it has many things to show. In many parts, the camera changes; colors, frames, style. It's well handled.

Performances are strong, and convincing, I said. And it was wonderful to see Marcia Gay Harden in this kind of role. She makes it so believable. She plays the kind of mother that wants to let go, but is afraid to, and is constantly worried about her child. She has that concern in her eyes, the whole time. Just watch her.

This could be defined as a double-faced world. It is reality, yes. But one face could be hell; I think I have already explained it. Hannah, the main character of the film, gets inside of this hell, and explores. She could like it. Then there's Tommy, her best friend and possible love. He loves her, and wants to keep her away from the bad things ("hell"). But he's not going to oblige her.

He's waiting...That could be heaven.

I am watching this movie right now, on the night that it premiered. I believe this movie deals with real issues that need to be handled. I am a Teen myself, and I know it all happens. While all of this happens, I am not so sure as to the extent that it happens. In the film, Hannah does things with an older guy, which results in her getting a sexually transmitted Disease. (STD) The entire community of Teens ends up with it because it's just some game to the males, and the females think they wont be able to get a date unless they do it. While I don't know why the 14 year old girls need to have dates, I do know they need a security, and obviously aren't getting it anywhere else. The nice guys in the film are called gay. This all seems unreal, as if it doesn't happen in real life, but it does, and I don't want to sound like a preacher, but I felt it might help to say what I think on the film, and I think it was a good, if not excellent way to try showing parents what goes on in most high schools, even though everything seems normal. At the end of the film, the main character, Hannah, comes on screen and says 1 in 5 girls have sex before they turn 15, and 35% of all females experience pregnancy before the tender age of 20. This is an excellent film if you want to be prepared to know what happens to your family members or friends that are in high school, and while it doesn't happen to everyone, it does happen, so being prepared for it can never hurt.

Hey Everybody,

This movie was painfull to watch. Partially because it is true that this is happening around the country. It's sad that STI ( sexually transmitted infections) can spread so easdily. I think that the plot of the movie was pretty good-but there were somethings that weren't.

I think the movie was a bit too long. It was hard to sit through the whole thing because it just kept going on and on. I believe it could have been cut. Marcia Gay Harden was okay-not her best role. The young girls were okay-I think the lead was the best though.

Pretty much all the character played teenagers with problems real well, which is what they are.

I think the movie got it's point across though--If you are going to have sex do it intelligently with protection, and wait untill you are old enough.

Hey Everybody,

This movie was painfull to watch. Partially because it is true that this is happeneing around the country. It's sad that STI ( sexually transmitted infections) can spread so easdily. I think that the plot of the movie was pretty good-but there were somethings that weren't.

I think the movie was a bit too long. It was hard to sit through the whole thing because it just kept going on and on. I believe it could have been cut. Marcia Gay Harden was okay-not her best role. The young girls were okay-I think the lead was the best though.

Pretty much all the character played teenagers with problems real well, which is what they are.

I think the movie got it's point across though--If you are going to have sex do it intelligently with protection, and wait untill you are old enough.

This was the best tragic mess of a film that I ever had to sit through in Health class

She's Too Young is a story about a 14 year old girl who gets involved with the wrong crowd and, gets syphilis. Yeah, syphilis. OK buy it really is a good movie and Miriam McDonald (Degrassi: The Next Generation) gives an outstanding performance unlike Marcia Gay Harden (Welcome To Mooseport) who gives a HORRIBLE and completely cheesy performance.

The reasons why I gave it a 7 (and not a 10)- Marcia Gay Harden is a HORRIBLE actress, & it is a weaker version of Oscar Nominee THIRTEEN.

The reasons why I gave it a 7 (and not a 1)- Miriam McDonald gives an amazing performance and it has a good plot.

Watch the movie, you won't regret it.

Grade: B+

This is the worst over-the-top, hilariously cheesy excuse for a movie I have ever seen in my life. Being a 17 year old, I think I can also say with confidence that it is not realistic in the most forgiving sense.

The first thing I noticed is the strong bias against MEN that this movie has, no surprise since its a LIFETIME movie. I felt like every time a man came onto the screen, he says something dumb or acts irresponsibly. Even when the dad came on screen, he would just crack open a beer, say "Oh I don't care about our daughter, I'm watchin da game!", and walk off-screen. And all the guys at her high school were Neanderthals who wanted sex and nothing more. The only exception was her gay friend at school. Yes, he's gay.

Now to the bulk of the movie. I could just picture what this sad excuse for a movie was going to be like before I even watched it. A bunch of arrogant Hollywood writers 'exposing' what dangerous, sex-filled American teen life is like. It is nothing like the movie portrays. Yes, people have responsible sex before they are married. Yes, there are 'sluts' who have sex with many partners. No, girls don't 'put out' or act so sexually aggressive as they do in the movie. And they're 14 in the movie. No way.

The movie is also very cheesy. Some of the quotes sound like they come right out of an abstinence textbook. "Look if you do it you'll fit in" "Cmon don't you wanna be popular?" To which the girl instantly replies 'yes' and they have sex. These people act nothing like real humans, and that is why its so funny.

Another bright spot of the movie is how they portray the main 'player', the guy who gets all the girls and spreads syphilis. He doesn't care about infecting people, wants just sex, and they show him watching porn to make him look like a bad person. People in the class thought this was particularly funny. You see him on an XXX site and he's instantly a bad dude. Who woulda known so many people were evil in high school.

To sum it up, this movie sucks and its not realistic at all. I hate to imagine what middle aged soccer moms think when they see this movie. "OH THATS HOW IT IS MAH KIDS BE HAVIN SEX EW!" Well, let me tell you, this movie is the farthest thing from reality I've ever seen. A joke.

I have a soft spot for crappy Lifetime movies so I saw the commercial for this and decided to watch it. Plus, it had Emma from Degrassi so I thought, man, how bad could it be? Little did I know it would be AWFUL.

As an 18 year old female who is just about to finish highschool and go off to college, I feel that I do have enough backround to critique this. It was completely unrealistic. Yea, highschool kids are having sex and being INCREDIBLY unsafe about it, which is incredibly alarming and disturbing. Kids are contracting STDs and HIV like colds now adays. Older guys are sleeping with freshman and spreading diseases.There is definatly pressure to have sex. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS. There are no sex parties. Teenagers aren't stealing porn from video stores like they show in the movie, then taking them home and having orgies with there freinds while watching it! Sex is definatly happening at parties, but it's not like this AT ALL.

This movie dramatisized the issue of teen sex like nothing I have ever seen before. Of course there are outbreaks of STDs in highschools, but they are not handled like this. And in all honesty, it is very rare that you find a nerdy band girl whose friends with the school sluts in actual highschool settings. Its sad, but totally true. Marcia Gay Harden was the only good actress in this entire film. The woman who portrayed the aid from Health Services was awful. The two permiscuous girls were terrible. And the actor who played Nick was AWFUL! Plus, he wasn't even that good looking. BAD BAD CASTING. Yea, this is a serious issue, but this was soooooooooooo overly dramatisized that it's almost funny.

the first person who left a comment about this movie obviously grew up in the 50's. i mean come on! ya at the high school i went to girls weren't more popular because they had sex, but at a grade school down the street some of the girls were charging for heads. This is reality folks as much as we want to deny, it is. they mite as well lower the drinking age because its apparent that no one follows it, however to those ppl who do more power to you. pressure is definitely one of the key factors and i think this movie tried to to really portray that. having sex at a young age is scary but the truth. i went to an all catholic all girl high school, and everyone seemed like good girls, but on the inside there was a party at least every weekend and ya drinking went on, i don't no about promiscuous sex but ya sex was there over all i would say this movie was good but thirteen was a million times better. and some of the younger actors could use a little work.

This is a made-for-TV film about the problem of teenage sex in American culture. Like "KIDS" 10 years earlier, SHE'S TOO YOUNG mostly consists of a series of scenes showing unsupervised teenagers playing out a parent's worst nightmare. Like KIDS, the director is looking down his high and mighty nose at his audience half-asking, half-demanding "are you watching this -- you better be, because I want to say to everyone: See, I told you so!"

However, wheras KIDS was boring, SHE'S TOO YOUNG is unintentionally funny. This film is brimming with 14 year old upper middle class school girls who have oral sex with 20 guys -- two at a time if given the chance. Online chat gets boring after a few hours, so why not go over to little Tammy's house and join in tonight's all night teen orgy?

When they are not giving oral sex to the basket ball team, the girls are up all night coaching each other to improve their oral pleasuring skills. Very giving, they are.

The only intentional high point was when the girls got together and did a send up of the first cheer from BRING IT ON.

SHE'S TOO YOUNG is unintentionally interesting.

This film is perhaps one of the most viewer friendly accurate description of teen life. There were strong performances all the way around. Alexis Dziena shines bright as the lead character in this film. This film takes an unparalleled view of teen sex but it also takes a view at teen curiosity in general. This is a very important film for not just all parents to watch but teens also, since it is about them. It is important for teens to know what is going on inside and outside of their high school. At the same time it is alarming to see how many sexually active teens there are presently today. Even though I've been out of high school for only 3 years, I know it has changed significantly since I've attended. Another good reason to view this film is for individuals to see that high school isn't as sugar-coated and "G" rated as "Saved by the Bell" and many of the teen shows from the 90's make it out to be. Teens becoming sexually active with more than one individual is real. It's time for us to start watching more movies and shows like this that alarms us of this matter.

This film was about as annoying as that song that plays three times in the film. The movie does have one of the best line deliveries ever though. "Hey, I have syphillis." Movie is dumb. Reviving Ophelia is way better

So you really think this is too far fetched. You think this is just a morality tale? This really happened!!! If you Google "the lost children of Rockdale County", you'll find the awful truth. A few years ago, this story broke statewide in Georgia. It happened in Conyers, Ga. It's a small town in middle Georgia. This is a documented story about young teenagers competing to have more sex than their peers. The result was a syphilis outbreak among the group of teens in this community. Do the research if you don't believe me. Of course the story could have been exaggerated for the sake of TV but the basic plot line is based on fact. I think every pre-teen in the country should see this movie and find out what happens when you don't think about the consequences of not taking precautions with sex.

This made for television film will be smirked at by most teenagers and possibly misunderstood by most parents. Overall, it does something quite dangerous, it omits to clearly state the dangers of unprotected sex. It reduces the consequences of gross sexual promiscuity to a mere chronic initially mild disease called Syphillis. Yes Syphillis is a dangerous disease - ultimately - but not in it's primary stage unless the person is pregnant where it is dangerous for the unborn infant. The film cures the "virus" (Syphillis is a bacterium, hence it can be cured) with a "vaccine" - penicillin, which is not a vaccine but an antibiotic. I think the producers should have at least picked up a basic microbiology textbook and found out the very basics of Syphillis. The "sores" described in the film are called chancre and are not painful unless infected by bad hygienic conditions. So that too is a mistake on the part of the film. No mention is made of HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis B, which are incurable deadly illnesses.

Regarding the script it is quite bland, the story very puerile and I bet most teenagers will laugh at this film. Parents should be aware that teenage sex occurs but should rather consult more professional sources for help in resolving the relevant issues. This film may be good because it raises the issues of teenage sex to parents but it won't prevent too many teenagers from having unprotected intercourse. To do that some slides/images of patients in the terminal stages of AIDS would be more appropriate. A picture of a cirrhotic liver and/or a bloated, swollen, confused, jaundiced patient would carry the message of hepatitis B across.

So unprotected sex can lead to AIDS, Hepatitis, pregnancy, deadly tubal pregnancy, other sexually transmitted diseases which can cause major body sepsis and death and of course syphilis with ultimate damage to major organs. A simple shot will not prevent these other serious issues and so this film fails to deliver the message of the dangers of sex (at any age).

I'm watching this right now, and it's a laugh a minute!

Forward to the past. I'm a sextugenarian. In other words I'm in my sixties. A co worker once told me I'm sixty now, I said "the sexy sixties?" She complimented me profusely.

Anyway, when I was a teenager VD!was the big fear. "the dirty toilet seat!" watch out for that it'll getcha everytime!" That old program is still in syndication? At school we had lectures or spokes people on the subject free to ask any question it was helpful and education. No! You do not get vd from the toilet seat. (although there other concerns with that) I was into all of the teaching I felt more at ease to talk to others regarding this disease. Ignorance is not bliss. For anything.

This movie has a good plot. But I'll have to say, the acting isn't good, the dialogue isn't that good either, some things that happen are unrealistic, and at times, this movie is just way too slow. I think this movie is good in the sense of showing the dangers of sex, especially at a young age, how people can switch up on you really fast, how others can change you, etc. But I feel like it could've done a way better job at showing this. I definitely saw potential in this movie, it's not like I want them to just throw it away, I just think if they changed a few things, it could've been a lot better.