Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
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Now when I say teen film I don't mean a film aimed at teens. Oh no! This is a film very much aimed at adults and the older teens. Over here it has a rating of 15 meaning the minimum age a person has to be to see it is 15.Aubrey Plaza plays a teenager that has not had anything to do with sex or letting her hair down at wild parties so her friends take her to one after the class of '93 graduation party. After what happens there she tears out her original 'To Do' list and writes a new one which involves just about everything normal that a teen would know about but is yet to find out about, especially a teen as sexually unknowing as the character is and ends the list with her having sex with the hot hunk she saw at the party. From there on in she goes through various situations from her very open family to not messing things up in her own way and then sorting it all out ....almost! There really should be more comedies like this because seeing the leads played by women and the men in the supporting roles, a reverse from the usual, put a whole new spin and take on things/it! A great comedy that really should be seen!
It's 1993 in Boise, Idaho. Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) has just graduated from high school as the straight laced valedictorian and a virgin. She has a loose older sister Amber (Rachel Bilson), frank mother (Connie Britton) and an embarrassed father (Clark Gregg). Cameron (Johnny Simmons) is her nerdy friend who is in love with her. Fiona (Alia Shawkat) and Wendy (Sarah Steele) are her slutty best friends. She gets convinced by her sister that she needs to lose her virginity before going to college. She wants to lose it to hot guy Rusty Waters (Scott Porter). So she makes a sexual to-do list. She's working at the pool managed by Willy (Bill Hader) for the summer where Rusty, Derrick (Donald Glover) and Cameron are working.This is a fine inappropriate coming of age movie from writer/director Maggie Carey. My biggest problem is actually Aubrey Plaza. She's too old to play a teenager. She also plays very sarcastic which takes away from the character. I think either Alia Shawkat or Sarah Steele would be better fit. They have a more innocent persona which would work much better for the character. Aubrey's whole act is low energy sarcasm. It's a better fit for a sarcastic bitter friend with a heart like 'Parks and Recreation'.
This film tells the story of a young woman who decides to complete a list of sexual things before heading off to college."The To Do List" is a teen film that is so funny. Having an innocent but really bright girl looking through the encyclopedia for terms she did not understand was so hilarious. The two best friends are great too, they provide good advice to let the innocent girl accomplish this task. The obligatory love triangle is convincing and well constructed too. The plot maintains a lighthearted tone, and even the parents are almost bubblegum cheesy. It's a fun teen romance film, I enjoyed watching it.
I didn't expect this to be so rude and "offensive" and some might argue that it tries a bit too hard (no pun intended). But the character Audrey Plaza plays is well defined! Add to that a really stellar support cast (Rachel Bilson, Bill Hader and Agent Coulson ... ah well the actor who became famous playing that "Avenger" crew member that is of course ;) ) and you have a really fine movie here.The jokes might not all hit the spot (and other things miss the spot too, if you catch my drift), but it is overall a satisfying experience, if you have the stamina to go through it all (like a list that is very prominent in this movie). But enough of my puns, if you like your comedy to be rude and don't have problems to talk about sex, you might wanna watch this