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Reel Works: Beware of God

American Teen Movie Review

directed by Nanette Burstein

Available on dvd

I fucking hated this movie. Not only one of the worst documentaries Ive seen this year but one of the worst movies in general. Actually calling it a documentary is a stretch. This movie was more set up than a fat chick on match.com. I dont care if some of the things were "recreated" for theatrical effect, cuz if they didnt admit to doing that, then it is a disgrace to this genre. For example there is one scene early in the movie where one of the main girls makes a phone call to someone that is not even one of the "stars" of the movie. But of course the camera is showing both peoples point of view. There are several bullshit scenes like that in the movie. Even if I was able to overlook that it still didnt matter. All the characters were annyoing whiny little fucks. I didnt give a fuck about any of them. The nerd was a real loser, the cheerleader was a bitch. Hannah the "rebel" was a crying little cunt, and the prom king was a douche. Actually the basketball player kid was tolerable even though he was pretty boring. The movie was edited horribly, too many characters, and the animated montages were cheesy. I really cant find any positives for the movie. If you are into Mtv's The Hills then I can see this appealing to you but for everyone else I cant even recommend it in the slightest. On a scale of 1-10 I give this a 'recreated text message break up' 2.3 out of 10.

If you want more insight on this movie check out The film junk podcast #179, minute 52 is the review. While I didnt agree with their final scores they brought up a lot of the same points.

Heres is a post from someone claiming to be from that same High School. Take it for what it's worth but I believe it could very well be the truth.

As a member of Warsaw Community High School, I can tell you this is fake
by calistocoon (Tue Jul 22 2008 19:55:06)
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They, pretty much forced these kids to date certain people, say or do certain things and they bought them alcohol at parties and encouraged them to stir up some kind of drama whenever they can. Not to mention they pretty much ruined the educational value of our senior year, classes became film studios with camera men and boom mics, it was all very annoying and ruined my senior year. I along with many other WCHS Seniors in 06 are protesting this movie due to it's fake nature and shady and unethical styles of film making. Help us by doing what you can, do not go see this movie, do note buy the DVD. We can't encourage this kind of behavior.

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