October 27, 2011

Prom (2011)

2/5

Prom is a vapid, innocuous, forgettable piece of Disney Channel entertainment. The plot follows the disparate lives of random high school students in the month leading up to senior prom. There aren't really any characters so much as there are a smattering of overused, two-dimensional archetypes: the jock who cheats on his girlfriend, the straight A student who falls for the rebel punk, the nerdy guy who can't seem to ask a girl out. The writing was standard high school fare, chock-full of overdone voice-over and moments of obvious epiphanies, albeit with a few quality lines and situations that made me smile or laugh. The acting was middle-of-the-road, which is more than I expected coming into this movie. The bubblegum romance is good enough for a quickie, but not mature enough for a relationship. To put it simply, this is a mindless movie, but it was an innocent and fun waste of time.


IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1604171/