This movie is pretty surprising, even shocking. For me personally, it’s a surprise to find a Mischa Barton movie post-Lawn Dogs (which was her debut) where she’s actually interesting on screen. On a broader level, this movie is surprising in that it deals with the normality of a lot of things that are usually considered wrong and rare but are actually pretty common – underage sex, the discovery there-of, and teenage pregnancy, and, shock, horror, parents who really don’t know what they’re doing.

It’s not a great movie, but it’s the best movie that could be made with this subject matter. Jennifer Jason Leigh is surprisingly good, reminded me of Shelley Winters in Kubrick’s Lolita – she plays a character so cheesy, so tacky, so unbelievable, that at first it’s tempting to think it’s just a bad performance. But then you gradually realise, my god… that woman is that chessy and tacky and unbelievable, those people exist.

Mischa Barton suggesting she and another guy try screwing “like horses,” has got to be the highlight of the movie…. it just puts the whole ignorance and innocence thing in a nutshell all at once.

Seriously, this movie makes me wonder just how much of life I missed by being the quiet person at school, LOL.

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