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-->''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...''

'''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}}).

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.

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.


!Tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Britney Spears being, well, Britney Spears uses this to her advantage.
* AlphaBitch: Kit plays into this at the start with the scene in school.
* AtTheCrossroads: And HOW x 4!
* BeYourself: an idea subtly played into the movie.
* ComingOfAgeStory: And how for all those involved.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the song title: "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Mimi has this after they get to LA.
* CoolLoser: Lucy and Mimi are this.
* EasterEgg: The DVD features Easter eggs in the form of diary entries/talking to yourself moments for Lucy and Ben, which are used as trailers for the movie.
* {{Fanservice}}: Britney in her underwear.
* FollowYourHeart: Worked in with the Lucy plot.
* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** Lucy as the Realist
** Ben as Apathetic
** Mimi as Optimistic
** Kit as Conflicted
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Mimi is Choleric
** Kit is Phlegmatic
** Lucy is Melancholic
** Ben is Sanguine
* HollywoodNerd: Britney Spears 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.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Henry outright states this, this is why he has to lose his virginity before going to collage.
* MayDecemberRomance: Played with the Lucy-Ben plot.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Because having two Aesops is not enough, this is the most Anvilicious Aesop nevertheless.
* RapeAsDrama: Lucy almost gets raped till Ben stops it.
* RebelliousSpirit: Mimi is depicted as being this at school.
* {{Sex As Rite-of-passage}}: Lucy's lab partner treats it all as this and it's played as this for Lucy at the end of the movie.
* {{Tagline}}:
** Dreams change. Friends are forever.
** What we have is now. And right now, we have each other
* TeenPregnancy: Mimi.
* TravelMontage: Being a travel movie, yes.
* 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 than him.
* 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.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Kit's]] fiance turns out to be a major cheater.