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Rebel Jesse (Thomas McDonell) enjoys a shake with overachiever Nova (Aimee Teegarden) in “Prom.” |
From Joe Nussbaum, the director who gave us the clever cult film short “George Lucas in Love,” comes one of the least clever, culty motion pictures to come out of the Walt Disney Studios.
But give it credit. It has miles of cute.
As a student named Lloyd puts it, “Prom! That soul-crushing mistress!”
The succinctly titled “Prom” brings together a dizzying ensemble of 14 young actors (among them Hinsdale student Danielle Campbell) in what should be advertised as an ultimate parents’ fantasy high school movie.
At Brookside High School, the perfectly diversified student body has yet to become acquainted with sex, drugs, abuse or alcohol.
The scary, anti-authority rebel (you can tell he’s a rebel because he wears a leather jacket and drives a motorcycle) turns out to be a misunderstood sweetie.
The students apparently don’t need — at least they don’t get — any serious face-time or useful guidance from Dad and Mom. (One dad gives it a poor stab.)
And Brookside High has no class or social divides. Students live for the prom, or, as one student puts it, “All of us together in this one perfect moment!” (Read more…)