Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

TxMike Basic story, a politician in the Carolinas is about to campaign for office and wants his unmarried daughter and her love-child son of 14 out of the way to avoid distraction. He pays for their subsistence, so he sends them on a road trip, to live in Wyoming until the election is over. There the mom and son find a new kind of life. (Note: actually filmed in Canada.) Jennifer Jason Leigh is the 30-someting mom, Lydia Callahan, and she insists that her son call her Lydia, not mom. Bug Hall is her son, Sam Callahan. Sam is a good kid, bright, reads a lot, and in fact is an aspiring author. But Sam is very naive about life, and especially about sex.One morning while having a romantic dream Sam wakes up to find some messy stuff on his abdomen. Doing what any 14-yr-old boy would do, he goes to mom and tells her he must be very sick, but she explains that he is just going through puberty and what he experienced is normal.By this time Sam had made a friend with 14-yr-old Mischa Barton as Maurey Pierce and, as any 14-yr-old boy might do, explained to Maurey what happened. Sam and Maurey have the type of friendship where they can talk of anything without thinking a topic might be off-limits.All of this brings about the major events that shape the rest of the story. Maurey decides that she wants to learn what sex is all about before she is in love and has to be good at it. She has a boyfriend, but wouldn't think of having sex with him, but asks Sam if he will help her, have sex with her so she can figure it out. Sam of course is taken aback but liking Maurey as more than a friend gladly goes along.Later they casually tell Lydia about what they are doing, with no hint in their minds that it may not be an acceptable activity for teenagers, and Lydia unexpectedly tells them to have their fun, but be sure and stop when Maurey starts her period. So that they won't have a baby, as Lydia did 14 years ago.|The rest of the story involves Lydia taking up with various men in her loose lifestyle, but actually falling for a local Blackfeet native American, Michael Greyeyes as Hank Elkrunner. Plus of course Lydia's dad, old drill Sergeant R. Lee Ermey as Caspar Callahan, shows up to give them orders for their next move.Saw it on Netflix streaming, in spite of the subject it is done very nicely and I enjoyed it.SPOILERS FOLLOW: As time goes by and Sam and Maurey keep up their friendship and experiments with sex, at some point she starts to feel "different". Lydia asks when her last period was, she says she never has had one. She is pregnant, first considers an abortion, but when she gets there finds her own mother there, as a result of an illicit affair with a school teacher. Maurey leaves with Sam and Lydia, moves in with them, and has the baby, a cute little girl. Sam refuses to go to military school as Caspar wanted, instead they stay in Wyoming, Lydia gets a job at the restaurant, Hank moves in with them, they end up one big, happy, very unusual family.

van_dijk_anne I was watching this movie with my roommate on one of those i-have-nothing-better-to-do-evenings. I was really surprised to find out i actually liked this film. Other people have commented on this movie by saying it was to far fetched. But to be honest i don't get that. I know that this film is somewhat surreal, but reality isn't that far behind. I mean teen do get pregnant and when they lack good sex education (so to speak) they do experiment and pregnancy is the logical result. The film is sort of happy go lucky but it didn't bother me. I really liked the fact that it talked openly about pregnancy's among young people. I also thought it was rather sarcastic. Especially the last comment "welcome to the modern American family". I don't think that was serious but really sarcastic. I think it's save to say this movie was really cool. I recommend it to anyone who has an open view on such matters.

dbellmyer I ran across this quirky little film, and decided to take a chance on it because of the cast: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Jason Lee, and Michael Greyeyes. I wasn't familiar with the younger actors, Misha Barton, Bug Hall, and Brad Renfro, but they do a great job in the film. Although some of the subject matter is a little uncomfortable, you laugh so much that it doesn't seem to matter. Basically what happens in this movie is that they address some serious life-changing subjects with a lot of humor in order to get their message (sex requires responsibility,etc.) across. At times, the kids seem more mature than the adults. Jennifer Jason Leigh is mind-boggling as the sexy, spoiled, southern single mom. Drew Barrymore's part is small, but she is memorable as a tantalizing temptress. Michael Greyeyes exudes strength and masculinity as a handsome Blackfoot rodeo cowboy. I would advise parents to watch the film before showing it to their kids. However, I also think it would be a good film to use in broaching the subject of sex and its consequences, etc. to family members entering puberty.

Robert Vann Smith I have enjoyed Bug Hall and Mischa Barton for a while now as child and teen actors and to see them together in somewhat of an enjoyable "sleeper" was rather nice.As the title of the movie portrays, you have two kids at the point in their lives where they're just learning about sex --- but it's mostly mechanical. They seem to enjoy exploring each other and having sex with each other but the boy's mother doesn't help much. She gives them advice on certain ways to enjoy it but skips certain parts -- like wearing condoms or the fact that if you don't wear condoms it can lead to a surprise pregnancy.It's a nice flick, nonetheless, though.