History Film / Crossroads2002

* {{Fanservice}}: Britney in her underwear.

** Mimi is Choleric
** Kit is Phlegmatic

* HoistedByTheirOwnPetard: Kit's mom sent her to fat camp to become more attractive, but now resents that her daughter is more beautiful than she is.
* HollywoodNerd: Britney Spears playing a nerd, a damn pretty nerd at that

* IdiotPlot: Lampshaded that they got in a car with someone they thought killed a man.

* LawOfDisproportionateRetribution: Ben went to jail for taking his abused little step-sister across state lines.

'''Crossroads''' is a 2002 comedy-drama roadtrip film directed by Tamra Davis and starring American recording artist Music/BritneySpears, Zoe Saldana (Went onto do Film/{{Avatar}} with Creator/JamesCameron) and Taryn Manning (Also in Film/EightMile with Music/{{Eminem}}).

Written by Shonda Rhimes, the film tells the coming of age story of Lucy (Spears) and her childhood best friends Kit (Saldana) and Mimi (Manning) as they take a cross-country road trip, finding themselves and their friendship in the process. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd (From ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'') as Lucy's father, Kim Cattrall (From ''SexAndTheCity'') as Lucy's mother, and Anson Mount (From ''Film/AllTheBoysLoveMandyLane'') as Ben.

* LawOfDisporportionateRetribution: Ben went to jail for taking his abused little step-sister across state lines.

* AbusiveParents: Lucy's dad smothers her, Mimi and Kit's parents aren't mentioned, but don't seem to be particulary good. Ben also takes a kid away from her phyisically abusive father.

* AdultsAreUseless: Justified as they are all adults and older teenagers, saying that alot of this coulda been avioded had people spoken more often as humans.
* AlphaBitch: Kit plays into this at the start with the scene in school.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Henry outright states this, this is why he has to lose his virginity before going to collage.

* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents are flewed, but human.
* OverprotectiveDad: Lucy, to the ninth degree.
* LawOfDisporportionateRetribution: Ben went to jail for taking his abused little kid friend across state lines.
* RapeAsDrama: Lucy almost gets raped till Ben stops it.

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Kit's]] fiance turns out to be a major cheater.

'''Crossroads''' is a 2002 comedy-drama roadtrip film directed by Tamra Davis and starring American recording artist Music/BritneySpears, Zoe Saldana (Went onto do Film/{{Avatar}} with JamesCameron) and Taryn Manning (Also in Film/EightMile with Music/{{Eminem}}).

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* LawOfDisportionateRetribution: Ben went to jail for taking his abused little kid friend across state lines.

The script for the film was developed specifically for the singer by herself and her team. Filming began in March 2001, taking place in Spears' home state, Louisiana, as well as Los Angeles, California. Britney wanted "a movie with meaning which didn't talk down to her peers and dealt with real issues" and no one can doubt it deals with real issues, pregnancy, cheating, running away, runaway parents to name a few. It's also subtly written enough that her younger fans around the time could understand it.

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Kit's]] fiance turns out to be a major cheater.

* AWorldwidePunomenon: The Title, they come at a crossroads in the movie in their lives, being young adults, who are intelligent, and talented and have the world at their feet but have one or two personal problems which stop them from achieving or following a set path for them. They have to make the choice to go down one road or another.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Because having two Aesops is not enough, this is the most Anvilicious Aesop never the less.

* DawsonCasting: Anson Mount may have been an example of this. He was about 30 when this film was filmed.

* HeyItsThatGuy: ZoeSaldana (has been rather successful, particularly ''Film/{{Avatar}}'') and Taryn Manning (worked with Music/{{Eminem}} on ''Film/EightMile'') are Britney's friends, and Justin Long (Apple ads, ''[[Film/DieHard Live Free or Die Hard]]'') is Brit's first boyfriend.
** Britney's parents are Dan Aykroyd and [[SexAndTheCity Kim Catrall]].

Written by Shonda Rhimes, the film tells the coming of age story of Lucy (Spears) and her childhood best friends Kit (Saldana) and Mimi (Manning) as they take a cross-country road trip, finding themselves and their friendship in the process. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd (From ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}) as Lucy's father, Kim Cattrall (From ''SexAndTheCity'') as Lucy's mother, and Anson Mount (From ''Film/AllTheBoysLoveMandyLane'') as Ben.

'''Crossroads''' is a 2002 comedy-drama roadtrip film directed by Tamra Davis and starring American recording artist BritneySpears, Zoe Saldana (Went onto do {{Avatar}} with JamesCameron) and Taryn Manning (Also in EightMile with {{Eminem}}).

Written by Shonda Rhimes, the film tells the coming of age story of Lucy (Spears) and her childhood best friends Kit (Saldana) and Mimi (Manning) as they take a cross-country road trip, finding themselves and their friendship in the process. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd (From GhostBusters) as Lucy's father, Kim Cattrall (From SexAndTheCity) as Lucy's mother, and Anson Mount (From AllTheBoysLoveMandyLane) as Ben.

* {{Adorkable}}: BritneySpears being well, BritneySpears uses this to her advantage
* AlphaBitch: Kit plays into this at the start with the scene in school
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Henry outright states this, this is why he has to lose his virginity before going to collage.
* AtTheCrossroads: and HOW x 4!
* BeYourself: an idea subtly played into the movie
* CoolLoser: Lucy and Mimi are this.

** {{Lampshaded}} by the song title: Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Mimi has this after they get to LA

* FanService: Britney in underwear.
* FollowYourHeart: Worked in with the Lucy plot

* HeyItsThatGuy: ZoeSaldana (has been rather successful, particularly ''Film/{{Avatar}}'') and Taryn Manning (worked with {{Eminem}} on EightMile) are Britney's friends, and Justin Long (Apple ads, ''LiveFreeOrDieHard'') is Brit's first boyfriend.
** Britney's parents are DanAykroyd and [[SexAndTheCity Kim Catrall]].
* HollywoodNerd: BritneySpears playing a nerd, a damn pretty nerd at that
* IJustWantToBeFree: Lucy mentions this being her reason for running away the first time and her reason for asking to leave the second time.

* PowerOfFriendship: Because having two aesop's is not enough, this is the most Anvilicious aesop never the less.

* SexAsARiteOfPassage: Lucy's lab partner treats it all as this and it's played as this for Lucy at the end of the movie
* TagLine:

* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Lucy-Doctor or Singer, Mimi + Kit-return to hometown or settle in LA, Ben-continue relationship with Lucy or leave her be as she's younger then him
* TeenPregnancy: Mimi
* TheUnfavourite: Straight as you can get since Carolyne had tells Lucy to her face that she never wanted to have her and that she was a mistake, abandoning her the moment she was born. She later had two sons to another man who she did not leave.
* TravelMontage: Being a travel movie yes
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Kit's]] fiance turns out to be a major cheater.
* AWorldwidePunomenon: The Title, they come at a crossroads in the movie in their lives, being young adults, who are intelligent, and talanted and have the world at their feet but have one or two personal problems which stop them from achieving or following a set path for them. They have to make the choice to go down one road or another.

* HeyItsThatGuy: ZoeSaldana (has been rather successful, particularly ''Film/{{Avatar}}'') and Taryn Manning (worked with {{Eminem}} on EightMile) are Britney's friends, and Justin Long (Apple ads, the fourth ''DieHard'') is Brit's first boyfriend.

* AllStarCast: BritneySpears for a start,
** Zoe Saldana (In the movie {{Avatar}} and has been rather successful), Taryn Manning also worked with {{Eminem}} on EightMile
** Britney's mom and dad are played by GhostBusters and SexAndTheCity alumni.

** Sanguine is Choleric

* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Lucy-Doctor or Singer, Mimi./ Kit-return to hometown or settle in LA, Ben-continue relationship with Lucy or leave her be as shes younger then him

The script for the film was developed specifically for the singer by herself and her team. Filming began in March 2001, taking place in Spears' home state, Louisiana, as well as Los Angeles, California. Britney wanted a movie with meaning which didn't talk down to her peers and dealt with real issues and no one can doubt it deals with real issues, pregnancy, cheating, running away, runaway parents and more...

* AWorldwidePunomenon: The Title, they come at a crossroads in the movie when they get to Arizona, and they are all at crossroads in their lives going into collage or getting married or having a child and have to make the choice about which way to go after the movie is over again, and they have discovered the truths about their situations, Their is alot of crossroads and write and wrong choices in this film.

---> ''This time, we didn't make any wishes for the future. We said goodbye to our past. Now, none of us has any idea where life's gonna take us, 'cause what we have is now. And right now, we have each other...''