Mikey C How I ended up watching a clichéd Disney produced film at two in the morning is anyone's guess. How I persevered after the first fifteen minutes is an even more puzzling question. The opening of this film is truly diabolical; bad lines, bad acting, totally derivative, the characters nothing but stereotypes. There's also what feels like dozens of people introduced within the first five or six scenes, which is never good. The hero (anti-hero) was pretty much a carbon copy of Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club; and of course, the guy from the wrong side of the tracks falls for the rich girl, dad warns him off, but it all comes right in the end.To my surprise it picked up, and I even had a smile on my face by the end, which is surely the point of these sugary tween movies. The highlights were the two hipster indie kid sophomores, played by the very promising Cameron Monaghan and Nolan Sotillo. The banter was funny, they had great chemistry with each other, they acted great and looked the part. No reason they shouldn't go far in the future, and I believe Monaghan has already established himself in television. The rest of the cast were serviceable if a little less memorable.As for the plot and writing, it was all of course hopelessly predictable, and some of the lines will have you laughing for the wrong reasons, but somehow it was almost refreshing to watch a film where I knew there would be a happy ending. Grown up Hollywood has a tendency to feel their film won't be considered 'serious' or 'artistic' if they don't end it with tragedy, which leads to many an inane and pointless death to close out a movie. Here, the good guys get together, lessons are learned, and there are enough nice little sweet moments like the candy necklace (no pun intended) to feel your intelligence hasn't been insulted too much by sitting through a movie that really anyone over thirteen will have seen many times before. It helped that the soundtrack was excellent, especially the M83 and Passion Pit songs. Films like this are a great way for tweens to find music other than what is promoted on the radio or music channels.There are many worse films than this, although I can't think of many worse opening few scenes.

Murli I had resisted watching Prom for the longest time, as I'd seen the low rating and read more of the unflattering reviews. I needed space on my PVR so I decided to get it over and done with...kind of like pulling the band-aid off a knee in one quick motion. Turns out that the motion didn't hurt as I thought it would, and underneath everything was normal.Prom is like that- surprising. Yes, there are a fair bit of cheesy dialogue, clichéd moments and stereotyped characters. But it could have been worse...The Wayans brothers or the Farrelly's could have directed this as either a spoof or a gross out teen school comedy. What you get for 100 minutes is a semi-sweet semi-interesting story that's unlike your own high school days...with a few exceptions of course.Even though the movie starts by quickly introducing several cast members the only one the movie really concentrates on is Nova, the nice, super involved class president trying to get the perfect Prom event organized, until a fire destroys her efforts till date and she's got to start all over again.The downside to the movie is that Nova's story is not really that interesting. The only side plot that's worth following is that of Lucas, who pines for the cute Simone. Thankfully, this is underplayed so that we get snippets of their story as the movie unfolds, allowing us to empathize with Lucas and, perhaps reminisce about our own crushes. Even the tall nerdy Lloyd's efforts of trying to land a prom date at the last minute is worth a smile or two. But the rest of the cast are not that interesting. To be fair the script never really gave enough attention to them. Did I feel bad for Jordan? Briefly. She got over it quickly. Jesse's character is too one dimensional and superficial...the misunderstood bad boy rebel that we've seen in practically every teen movie, spoof or not. The oblivious preppie friend was more original! What was interesting at least was to find out just why Nova puts so much effort into the Prom...and we get to see her misguided sense of one night that really represents the last day of adolescence, and onto the forage into adulthood. According to Nova Prom represents the togetherness, the camaraderie that four years of high school has developed. Poor, naive Nova. In the real world, that may the view of some but it's just a minority. For most it's a night to party, drink, have sex, and stick it to four years of high school hell. No one cares about the shiny decorations or the tuxedos. Thankfully, the movie doesn't drag too long or over elaborate the plot any more than necessary. When it ends, it ends. As does this review.Verdict: it's worth watching. It'll surprise you, cause you to smile, roll your eyes, and even reminisce about the "good" old days...

edwagreen This is certainly not one one of those silly high school movies with nerds, foolishness and mayhem. Instead, it is a serious look at the coming of age among graduating high school students and what prom means to them-not only the fun associated, but it is certainly a coming of age film.Of the variety of stories told among the seniors, the most poignant, of course, is the one involving Nova and Jesse. She is the top student and he is looked up with disdain. When circumstances bring them together, she is able to bring out the better qualities that he does possess.This film is intelligently done and an absolute pleasure to watch.This film is also a coming of age of maturity and even those who might be nerd-like find their way in this very interesting film.

JaniceNicole "Prom" is about a group of high school seniors who are preparing for their prom and the problems they encounter. The decorations are destroyed in an accident and class president Nova has to find a way to remake them in time. As punishment, notorious bad boy Jesse is forced to help her. There are two couples that have difficult decisions to make before prom and perpetually single Lloyd desperately tries to find a date. I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It was of course very cliché and exaggerated, but that's to be expected with a Disney movie. It was actually quite funny and not at all childish like I went in thinking it would be. Some of the characters are juvenile, but not enough to be off- putting. I think this is a film that people of all ages can enjoy.