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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: A common criticism of the movie is that the hard hitting issues it attempts to cover don't get properly built up to or developed making the movie come off as emotionally manipulative more than anything.
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* CultClassic: Especially for Britney fans!
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Well ''she''. While Britney's performance was criticized when it first came out many critics and audience members have re-evaluated her performance and concluded that, with what she was given, Creator/BritneySpears did a fine job in the movie, especially after the Free Britney Movement.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Since the Free Britney movement a sizable amount of people have come out in support of the film to the point it became popular enough to be re-released in theaters two decades after it had come out.
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* IdiotPlot: Lampshaded that they got in a car with someone they thought killed a man.
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* UncertainAudience: Britney Spears reportedly wanted a film her tween fan base could enjoy, but also a serious drama that dealt with hard-hitting issues. Thus you get a film that deals with TeenPregnancy, date rape, ParentalAbandonment, and losing one's virginity - but has to sanitize said topics to make them palatable for tweens. Thus you get a movie that is too mature for younger viewers, but too [[SweetnessAversion twee]] and [[ClicheStorm cliched]] {{cliche|Storm}}d for older people who'd be able to appreciate its messages.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In retrospect, many actually do appreciate what the film was trying to be -- a ChickFlick with a harder edge that doesn't shy away from serious social issues -- but feel that the execution was lacking, to say the least.
* UncertainAudience: Britney Spears reportedly wanted a film her tween fan base could enjoy, but also a serious drama that dealt with hard-hitting issues. Thus you get a film that deals with TeenPregnancy, date rape, ParentalAbandonment, and losing one's virginity - but has to sanitize said topics to make them palatable for tweens. Thus you get a movie that is too mature for younger viewers, but too [[TastesLikeDiabetes twee]] and [[ClicheStorm cliched]] for older people who'd be able to appreciate its messages.
* UncertainAudience: Britney Spears reportedly wanted a film her tween fan base could enjoy, but also a serious drama that dealt with hard-hitting issues. Thus you get a film that deals with TeenPregnancy, date rape, ParentalAbandonment, and losing one's virginity - but has to sanitize said topics to make them palatable for tweens. Thus you get a movie that is too mature for younger viewers, but too [[TastesLikeDiabetes twee]] and [[ClicheStorm cliched]] for older people who'd be able to appreciate its messages.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: While it still has some fame as Music/BritneySpears' only film starring role, nowadays there's probably as many, if not more people who know it as one of Creator/ZoeSaldana's -- and, to a lesser extent, Taryn Manning's and Anson Mount's -- first roles.
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** ''Two'' peoplewho know it as one of Creator/ZoeSaldana's -- and, to a lesser extent, Taryn Manning's and Anson Mount's -- now famous for their roles in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise had their first roles.major film role in this film: Creator/ZoeSaldana and Creator/AnsonMount. Ironically Mount was such a cipher in this film the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]] rather cruelly cited him as "whatever-his-name-was" when he and Spears were nominated for Worst Screen Couple.
** This was also an early film for Creator/TarynManning who would go on to star in ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.
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** This was also an early film for Creator/TarynManning who would go on to star in ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ThePowerOfFriendship and BeYourself is played into this movie, extensively...
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* UncertainAudience: Britney Spears reportedly wanted a film her tween fan base could enjoy, but also a serious drama that dealt with hard-hitting issues. Thus you get a film that deals with TeenPregnancy, date rape, ParentalAbandonment, and losing one's virginity - but has to sanitize said topics to make them palatable for tweens. Thus you get a movie that is too mature for younger viewers, but too [[TastesLikeDiabetes twee]] and [[ClicheStorm cliched]] for older people who'd be able to appreciate its messages.
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* AwesomeMusic: Most of the music is good...the fan-favourite part though is when Britney sings freestyle and soulfully to Ben while in the shack with the piano in Arizona.
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* ShaggyDogStory: All three girls set out with a specific goal in mind; Lucy to reconnect with her mother who abandoned her, Kit to visit her fiance and Mimi to pursue a singing career. [[spoiler: Lucy's mother tells her she was a mistake and never wanted her, Kit discovers her fiance cheating and not only is Mimi upstaged by Lucy's superior voice, but she also loses her baby.]]
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Kit. Did Mimi ''really'' think she would become famous in spite of being heavily pregnant simply because she had a good voice?
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* CriticProof: Granted, mostly this was on account of it having such a low budget, but it made just short of $65m worldwide on a $12m budget, in addition to strong sales of the accompanying soundtrack, making it a very profitable venture despite the bad reviews.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Most of the music is good...the fan favourite part though is when Britney sings freestyle and soulfully to Ben while in the shack with the piano in Arizona.
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