Teen Movies: The Class Of 2013
From the Prom Couple to the Most Likely To Succeed, let's look back at the best and worst of this year's graduating class.
Most Hardworking: The To Do List
Rather than a loose sex comedy, The To Do List felt as uptight as it’s main character Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza). Brandy has just graduated high school, taken a job at a pool for the summer and decided she wants to be more sexually experienced before hitting college. She tackles this task with her usual neurotic zeal: lists, books and eventual organised practice.
Alongside Plaza, The To Do List stars Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg, Donald Glover, Adam Pally and FNL favourites Scott Porter and Connie Britton. I had hoped it would be the Wet Hot American Summer for today, with a teen comedy edge. Unfortunately, its ham-fisted early ’90s nostalgia lacks the incidental humour of that classic. Inverting the teen sex comedy genre to focus on the girl’s virginity and sexual experience is always welcome, yet it felt too forced, more stiff than fun (no puns…okay, well maybe a pun).
Accordingly, as hard as it tried, The To Do List belly flopped like a fat kid into a pool. With no local theatrical release, it’s available on DVD.
Coming Up: 2013 Honour Role…