YMMV / Sleepover

• Base-Breaking Character:
  • Staci. Some find her to be a genuinely bitchy character who works well as an antagonist, others think she's more Sour Outside, Sad Inside, not mean enough to work as a villain, and has more Hidden Depths than the main characters.
  • Also the main characters aren’t sympathetic when they find out Staci’s a virgin (despite being 14).
• Cliché Storm: The movie is a by the numbers teen angst story.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Hannah. Even many critics who didn't like the movie singled out her performance as a good one.
• Heartwarming Moment: Staci giving SpongeBob a chance at the end.
• Hollywood Homely:
  • Summer Glau, of all people, plays a nerdy girl who couldn't get a date for the dance and is reduced to working as a ticket girl.
  • SpongeBob and his friends, although they at least, unlike Julie and co., have several personality quirks.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • This movie is almost worth watching due to this (and it has increased through the years).
  • You've got Sue Sylvester, Michael Scott, Tate Langdon, Envy Adams, Silas Botwin, Jeff Garlin, Jimmy Olsen, Laurie Strode, and Quicksilver. And you even have Mads Rybek and River Tam in bit parts.
• Squick: The girls have just finished 8th grade (that is, 13-14). Their male love interests are heavily implied to be high school upperclassmen.
• Tear Jerker: Jules having to say goodbye to her friend Hannah who has to go back home and finish packing for the move. Jules is in tears through the goodbye.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: Staci can be mean, no doubt about it, but being harshly dumped and stranded in the park at the beginning for not wanting to have sex with her boyfriend and her Give Geeks a Chance interactions with SpongeBob make her more likable than she's meant to be for most. In his review of the movie, Roger Ebert even referred to her as "The girl we're supposed to hate."
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Some fans finds Julie to be a bit condescending at times, such as in her Rousing Speech to Summer Glau's character, and when she's inviting over Farrah.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: It's rated PG and had a junior novelization released by Scholastic. Despite this, it's chock-full of hardcore teen partying, underage drinking, and suggestive material. There are references to hooking up and making out, and a brand of alcohol called "Sex on the Beach" is mentioned by name. Common Sense Media even rates the movie as 15+.

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