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I can't say that I was exactly harboring the biggest of expectations to the 2024 comedy "Prom Dates" from writer D. J. Mausner and director Kim O. Nguyen when I stumbled upom it by random chance. And with it being a movie that I had never heard about, much less ever watched, then of course I opted to sit down and give the movie a fair chance.

The storyline in the movie was adequate. It was, however, a somewhat generic storyline. It wasn't as if writer D. J. Mausner was reinventing the young adult comedy genre here with this movie. That being said, don't get me wrong, becuase "Prom Dates" certainly was a watchable and entertaining enough movie, if you happen to like this particular genre of movies.

"Prom Dates", however, was somewhat devoid of comedy, and I wasn't brought to laughs a single time throughout the course of the 86 minutes that the movie ran for. So, as for this movie being a comedy, well, no, not so much really. This was more of a movie about coming of age and a movie about friendships.

I wasn't familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list, except for actor John Michael Higgins. The actors and actresses did good jobs in bringing their characters and the storyline to life on the screen.

This is not a movie that will find its way back to my screen a second time, as the movie was a bit too generic for my liking, and the lack of comedy just was somewhat disappointing.

My rating of director Kim O. Nguyen's 2024 movie "Prom Dates" lands on a five out of ten stars.

So I gotto admit I'm the occasional sucker for teenage comedies. Hence, once in a while I check some out. This one did not particularly stand out, but it was one of these nights where you just wanna have some dumb fun.

Storywise, we are faced with two teenage girls who made a pact to have prom dates. Sounds even dumber when you spell it out.

Well, the leads were instantly likable and had great chemistry. Other characters did not stand out in any way (with the exception of maybe Vodka Heather...), but were kind of hyper stereotypes. Quite strange in the context of this particular coming of age story.

The movie did not look cheap. The acting was fine. The editing was tight and followed genre conventions. So from a practical perspective, solid movie work.

In summary, a really silly coming of age comedy with enough quirkyness to keep you entertained.

Being a Disney movie, I find it weird though to contrast queer themes with employing hyper stereotyped characters and resolving conflicts with a little good hearted violence. Nevertheless, I had fun. Enjoy!

Best friends, Hannah (Julia Lester) and Jess (Antonia Gentry), made a pact at 13 to have a great prom with their dates. They are now high school seniors. Jess finds her boyfriend cheating. Hannah's boyfriend is too clingy and she comes out of the closet. The two best friends suddenly find themselves dateless just 24 hours before prom.

The girls are well into their twenties. That's my first impression and the lasting one. I can't ignore it every time they're on the screen. Most of these 'kids' are well into their twenties. Otherwise, this is a fine raunchy teen comedy. It has a lot of the familiar humor. A lot of it works well except these actors are too old. Maybe there are child labor laws involved. Still, they need actors who look like teenagers.

The 2018 blocker's movie was way funnier and had a better cast.

Prom Dates: The Movie is a complete disaster from start to finish. The plot is incredibly cliché and predictable, featuring all the usual high school stereotypes and overused tropes. The acting is wooden and unconvincing, making it hard to feel any real connection to the characters. The dialogue is cringe-worthy and filled with cheesy one-liners that fall flat every time. The pacing is slow and uneven, leaving viewers feeling bored and disinterested. Overall, Prom Dates: The Movie is a forgettable and poorly executed film that offers nothing new or exciting to the teen romance genre."

I'm sure we all have watched at least of of these kind of movies, let's say Booksmart ? Or Plan B ? Well that doesn't matter - we are up for a ride on the same rollercoaster, baby !!

The story is about two high school girls and them finding someone to go to prom with, Hannah and Jess are typical annoying confused teens and they are coming out of their adolescence. Female friendship, silly cringe comedy, coming out of age are the major themes.

See, this movie is not some deep cinema or whatever, it is a silly little movie with silly jokes and it is really fun to watch at girls' movie nights, sleepover or by yourself when you need a silly movie to rewind.

I always watch movies till the end even if its bad but this movie was the worst thing ever it's like they torturing you watching this movie it was horrible i just want to say even if you want to waste your time don't watch this waste your time doing something else the whole story acting actors were bad they could choose better acters atleast it was so bad just waste of money to make this horrible movie.

It doesn't even worth to be rated 2 starts in the past they made the best comedy prom movies ever the new generation is just ruined we are down coming instead of improving what the hell is wrong with this generation.

I love teen comedies. American Pie is one of my favorite movie ever and so is Superbad. I also am someone that do not care one bit about recycled ideas. If something is cool, i don't mind other writers/directors doing their spins on it and making something similar, as long as i am entertained. You can call it the "Clone concept" or whatever.

This movie is clearly inspired by Superbad. But the twist is they are women. BUT WAIT !! THERE IS MORE !! And i think this is kinda where the movie got all over the place. This movie is a "DEI" wet dream as every decent characters has to either be a DEI character in some form or another, or they have to be "simps/allies" if they are white male. Otherwise they are just the worst of the worst.

I am not gonna spoil it but overall the movie is not "that over the top" in general until you meet some frat boys where it goes litterally into dumb and dumber territories and portray them in the worst caricature type of characters.

Even the female equivalent, "Vodka Heather", is shown as a "strong independant female" despite her bad addictions and her over the top character portrayal.

One of the worst aspect of the movie i felt was the character of Hannah, played by Julia Lester, wich somehow manage to score a bunch of peoples way out of her league with no efforts (they have a crush on her and she barely make a move). Look, i am not against the fat/nerdy/unatractive guy scoring the chick in these movies, but it need to be earned. Same for the female equivalent. They must go out of their way to make the opposite gender fall in love (or at least get attracted) to them.

Take for exemples American Pie The Book of Love, its pretty much the end goal of one of the character who is shown as being THE GUY who can't score at all. Love the movie or not, this character had their journey to the endgoal and it wasn't easy.

Hannah not only start the movie with a boyfriend who is madly in love with her, but she had several characters way out of her league hitting on her after barely even trying. That took me out completely at times, cause unlike Jess wich is considered "decently attractive" by society standard, she is not.

Even the character of Jess, played by Antonia Gentry, got to have her forced "DEI/Woke" moments about her being "black", or to quote Kumar in Harold and Kumar escape Guantanmo Bay, BARELY BROWN, and it feel so forced because its only there to give her some kind of "yeah but i had my issues too" background moment when she seem to be a popular chick in her school.

That said despite ALL OF THIS, the movie is not terrible by any means. I actually was interested in the story and where it was going and some issues with the characters, wich were mirrored from Superbad, were interesting to follow.

There is also a few gags and fun moments in the parties that gave me decent chuckles and i apreciated them.

Not gonna lie, i am a sucker for these movies wich take place in 1 or 2 night and have our characters going into crazy adventures. They don't need to be realistic but simply entertaining. And yes that movie was in these part. I was just annoyed how often it had to remind me of how woke it was.

But i suppose someone would say "but maybe this movie was not made for you, it was made for the LGBTQ peoples". Wich i can say 50% fair enough, but 50% that i am THE demographic for these teen comedies. I watch them all and usually enjoy them, even the worst ones. So my general consensus is the movie could had feature the same characters with the same general ideas, just simply tone down the woke agenda "in your face style" while also keeping it at the core of the story. Hannah could had still be a lesbian. Jess could had still been 1/4 black.

For exemple one of the gags with Hannah discovering she was a lesbian and trying to get another lesbian hookup was funny, but the character involved didn't need to litterally look like a pornstar type of hot. She could had been a way more average looking chick and the story wouldn't had been impacted the slightlest.

Jess boyfriend at the start of the movie litterally look like a male model out of a magazine. Sure he is a rich spoiled brat, but did he needed to be "that attractive"? To me this all felt forced. To empower the 2 main characters beyond what they earned.

What made Mcloving, Seth and Evan so good in Superbad was that they looked like super dorks way over their league. And your first impression is "no way these dudes will score any chicks". And the movie play well with that.

Anyway this review was long enough by itself. Overall i am gonna give Prom Dates a 6 out of 10 because it did entertained me and i never pressed pause looking how much time was left. But it has a bunch of issues that are either cringy or ridiculous wich mean i can't score it higher.

That said, as "woke" as it was, it never even reach close to the level of cringe that Black Christmas 2019 did (on top of that movie simply being a terrible slasher regardless of the woke stuff).

Prom Dates hit Hulu on May 3rd and is a nice buddy comedy to kick off the summer. The movie stars Julia Lester and Antonia Gentry as two best friends who have been dreaming of the perfect prom since they were 13 years old. As fate would have it, they find themselves 24 hours away from the big day dateless and willing to do anything and everything they need to have the prom of their dreams.

I would classify this as a very fun and hilarious buddy comedy. It is filled with over the top and sometimes gross jokes that mostly hit, and I overall enjoyed it. If you are looking for a classy movie that is a contender for any awards, I recommend looking elsewhere because that is not what this film delivers. However, if you are looking for a fun watch with lots of laughs, then Prom Dates may just be what you are looking for.