SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

sol1218 ***SPOILERS*** Somewhat far fetched, in just how naive those in it are, made for TV movie about these three girls in their early 20's taking a trip to the notorious San Diego Mittner Cove for spring brake where anything goes who end up getting themselves good and smashed. And in the case of pretty 22 year old 2nd grade school teacher Emma Norman, Odette Annable, video taped supposedly doing it, having wild and crazy sex, with a number of the students partying there. It's later back home in Prairie Minnesota that a tape of the action is seen on the Internet with Emma looking both drunk and high on drugs moaning and groaning on the beach with an unidentified, his head is turned from the camera, and seemingly very happy and aroused young man.In no time at all Emma's life is turned upside down losing her job as a teacher as well as having her boyfriend David the Fireman, John Baker, cut off all communications, on the phone & Internet, with her. Among Emma's other problems is her dad's business is torched and she' stalked by this degenerated who after seeing her on the net and how hot she is, and by thinking that she's easy, trying to get very friendly with her as well as getting into her jogging sweat pants. Feeling that she was set up in all this by a group of horny guys back at Mittner's Cove Emma tries to get proof that she in fact is not the girl having sex on the internet porno movie. Something that's so obvious in seeing that it's her head not her body, that's seen having sex on the video, on the tape that it can be proved by anyone not just photographic computer and video tape expert Mr. Raviphamai, Colin Mathura-Jeffree, that she traveled all the way to L.A to have him analyzed.****SPOILERS*** With no one willing to help her Emma goes on her own doing a little detective work in tracking down those who video taped her without her consent to not only bring them to justice but clear her good name as well. In the end Emma gets justice in her own way but most of all convinces herself that she was a victim not a willing participant in the mess that she got herself into. Even though she had to break the law and an apartment filled with computers video and tape splicing machines to do it.P.S The movie sadly depicts what's become so common in this computer and technical age in how easy it is to invade someone's privacy and use that information to be spread across the globe via the internet which knows no boundaries and, in those illegally using it, respects no laws.

vchimpanzee Emma is a second-grade (or third-grade, depending on which character you believe) teacher in Minneapolis. She is fresh out of college and her methods are unconventional, but effective. Nevertheless, the establishment doesn't like change.Emma's boyfriend David is a firefighter in Prairie, four hours away, where Emma's father and sister still live (her mother is deceased). It's a small enough town to be called a small town, and yet it has a professional fire department.Emma's friends Lorraine and Stephanie want to go to Spring Break in San Diego. Emma wants to go camping with David, but those plans fall through, so it's off to Mitner's Cove, where everyone is having a wild time. Lots of bikinis, dancing, partying.The girls meet Greg, who has a cameraman who would like to film their adventures. ALL of them. And just in case they don't do anything sleazy enough (trust me, though, most of what they do without drugs looks bad in certain contexts), Greg has a drug he can use. The girls' behavior seems innocent enough, though they do take off their bikini tops. For the benefit of those watching on broadcast TV, breasts are either facing away from the camera, or they are behind other bodies. That's okay. These girls have already looked plenty hot. And then there's Emma's impression of Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally", which of course Meg did much better. Emma's not bad.Emma goes home to find David doesn't like her new attitude, and their relationship is in trouble.She does win an award for her teaching. The kids do like her a lot, though we don't really see much from them (probably just as well; that might attract kids too young to see this movie).And then word gets out about the hot new porn video. Emma's job, her relationship with David, her father's printing business ... not to mention the pervert who stalks her.The ending isn't what one might expect, but cleverly written and well performed by Odette Yustman. Somehow it still satisfies.The main point of this movie: don't do anything you wouldn't want seen on the Internet or on video. And for goodness sakes, don't do it when a camera is around. The law will not protect you ... or will it? I don't want to give too much away, but Professor Richardson and the lawyer she contacted both do a good job of explaining why it's pointless to even try to get justice. With time running out.Odette Yustman is quite pretty with clothes on (with sunglasses she reminded me of Sandra Bullock), and really hot looking in a bikini. She's not that good an actress, but she's not bad.The actor playing the porn distributor has a good but brief performance. Not quite what I would have expected.Another standout performance, very brief, comes from the fat woman cleaning up the beach ... after.The second graders (or third graders, depending on who you believe) who appeared in the movie should not watch it until they get much older. They wouldn't believe what their teacher was doing with David! It's actually worse than anything she did in Mitner's Cove.The movie is not sleazy. Once Spring Break is over, it's about a woman who has to learn to be strong to overcome adversity. Notice I said learn to be strong. Emma takes a while. But she gets there.It's entertaining enough.

caa821 I would give this turkey 2*, because it does have the capability of enabling a viewer to recall some of those words we seldom use on a day-to-day basis, but which have a place in our vocabulary:VACUOUS - Stupid; senseless. INSIPID - Tasteless; dull. MORONIC - Foolish; stupid. VAPID - (also...) Tateless; dull.We could add several others, but these pretty-well sum-up all which is necessary to describe this flick.I caught this on a Friday mid-day, with a friend who wanted to continue viewing it more than I - but I was frankly fascinated also by its awfulness..I'd rather have Forrest Gump or Goober from Mayberry teaching a child of mine than the airhead lead actress here. Even when she supposedly was being serious in her effort and being lauded by her superiors, there wan't anything in her persona to evoke the least bit of empathy or interest - zilch! I'm sure the writers/producer/director intended her fiancé to be portrayed a "hunk" -- try "nerd" instead, and see definitions above.The guys who perpetrated the supposedly scandalous tape, and who I'm sure the director intended to be nefarious and clever, were as idiotic as the rest of the cast, about as believable, The group of guys and gals in "Porky's" portrayed characters who seemed "deep" compared with those here -- and their performances were closer those one might expect, say, from Brando, Olivier and Bette Davis by comparison.As far as the ending and all of the scenes following "spring break," who-in-the-hell could possibly give a tinker's damn??The most interesting thing I have from this film, and the only thing which provides anything worth subsequent discussion is this (and I feel provides a somewhat interesting dilemma).Which was worse? The lead actress' performance on the video tape where she was faking an orgasm for the others on vacation, or her actual performance in this opus?

Kimberly ***Contains some spoilers. Don't worry, this movie sucked, so go on and read. Under no circumstances should you actually watch this movie.Yes, I watched the whole thing. I knew better, but did it anyway. I have a hard time not finishing what I've started. Well, if you're reading this, hopefully you haven't made the same mistake I have.How stupid was Emma? For an adult, she had some horrible judgment. Going on Spring Break and having some fun is fine, but come on! Learn some common sense. Never take drinks from strangers! What an idiot. She knew they were filming her! They never hid the camera. It was professional equipment, not some camera-phone. She was soooo stupid not to expect to land on the internet. No, she never could have expected to be in a porno, but for God's sake, she took off her top with the cameras right there! When she got back, she kept saying she didn't do anything. Well taking off your top and faking an orgasm is something. Doing that on film is enough to get a teacher suspended/fired, I'm sure (not that I agree with that, personal life should stay personal, that's just the way it is).Also, it was really... low budget and... hypocritical of them not to show more of the actual film. They showed everything else, including a steamy sex scene between Emma and her boyfriend/fiancé. They were just trying to avoid having to show how her head could possibly be juxtaposed on another woman's body believably. Plus, if it was another woman's body, there would be no point in drugging her and filming her while she slept. If it's that easy to take the footage of her head and attach it to someone, that extra step wouldn't be necessary.The rest of this movie was just garbage. The ending sucked and made no sense. Her little narration at the end was so cliché. I'm not saying she brought it on herself, but she has to take some responsibility for her actions. I'm really ashamed Lifetime put this movie on. It doesn't send a good message for women. It's just a lecture disguised as a movie... a terrible movie. Ugh, I'm just disgusted with it. Avoid at all costs.