20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Britney Spears shows outstanding acting ability!, June 30, 2002
CROSSROADS, a movie about three teenage girlfriends who have drifted apart quite a bit throughout the four years in high school. At the time of the movie the three girls, Lucy (Britney Spears), Mimi (Taryn Manning) and Kit (Zoe Saldana) meet back up at a special spot, and later begin a long journey across America. On this trip they discover something that they used to know, but had lost track of...their amazing friendship. This movie really is a good film about friendship and some of the most important things in life, that many take for granted. Britney Spears, along with her co-starring girls and Anson Mount (Ben) do an incredible job of portraying young girls (and guy) learing their way to adulthood. We all knew that Britney Spears could dance and sing extremely well, but did we know that she was such a great actress? Well, if there were any doubts about the extent of this girls talent, it seems that it's endless. Spears shows an extreme passion for acting and does it very well in the role of Lucy. It would be great to see Spears acting even more in the future. The movie also brings in some great appearances by Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall, who play Lucy's parents, Pete and Caroline. If ever in the mood for a fun, campy movie that's a little bit comedy and a little bit drama, turn to CROSSROADS and your multi-talented girl, Britney Spears.
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22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Okay acting, but what exactly is it promoting?, April 11, 2003
This movie is about three girls who were best friends as children but have grown apart. They are graduating high school and trying ot figure out their futures. Lucy is supposed to go to college in Georgia with a double major in biology and chemistry. Being the perfect child. Mimi has no plans for her future, but she's 5 months pregnat. Kit wants to marry her boyfriend who goes to college in California.
So, MImi says she's going to an audition in LA and taking a roadtrip out there. The next morning Kit and Lucy decide to go along for the ride - Kit to see her boyfriend, Lucy to find the mother who abandoned her when she was three. Lots of singing, lots of skin showing to be "sexy" (shoot the movie starts with Spears in briefs and singing in bed).
Surprisingly, the acting was fairly good. All the actors/actresses do a good job of portraying teenagers who are in between immaturity and maturity. And they do a great job showing how old friends can become friends once more.
However... everything else? Assuming this movie is aimed at Spears' followers, the audience was probably preteens to teens. At the beginning of the movie, it pretty much bashes virgins and that a guy who's a virgin can't make it in college because of the harassement. Spears wants to lose her virginity just cause. Lucy pretty much just runs away from her dad. Mimi's friend Ben, who is driving the car... nobody seems to know anything about him yet they're hitching a ride with him anyway? Everybody thinks he's a murderer, and three teenage girls just hop in the car for a 3000 mile roadtrip!? While on the trip, seatbelts are rarely, if ever, worn. At one point the girls are standing in the backseat singing. The girls get drunk one night, and although Mimi doesn't drink, the movie doesnt seem to be promoting abstaining from alcohol. Then, Lucy and Ben get together after only knowing each other like a week.
Granted teenagers do this stuff all on their own, but do we really need a movie advocating it? Because Spears is such an idol to so many young kids, do we really need her promoting these ideas?
And plotwise...come on, three girls going across the country for no particular reason at all? Lucy is going to see a mother who pretty much doesnt give a darn about her. Why not CALL her?? Kit is going to visit a boyfriend who doesnt seem to give a darn about her... why not CALL him?? and Mimi is just off to go audition - like you can't audition anywhere in Georgia. Ben..well he just likes California.
Anyway, although the acting is okay, the rest of the movie just seems to be about nothing in particular but showing off every wrong thing a teenager can do.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
gonna be a classic for the years to come, October 28, 2002
This movie has everything you could ever wish for to become an Academy Award Winner. With each passing minute, the plot thickens and leaves you wondering what will happen next. "What happens after Britney sees her long-lost mom? Who's the real father of the baby? Why did Britney give up her virginity to that guy and not to the other one?, etc." Such issues would have a profound impact on how the viewers would look at their own lives and would make them reflect on what they have been doing for the past 1.5 hours of watching this film. Indeed, the issues presented in this movie such as getting deflowered, getting pregnant without the guy knowing, running away from home to discover oneself and then found by dad and then to run away again to be with the boy who popped her cherry, etc. are very unique and settled in a very appropriate and convincing way as the viewers are treated to a finale of a croaking, whining, earwax splitting vocal spectacle which drills into the minds of the viewers that we should always remember to treat Britney as someone special; not a girl, but not yet a woman. Britney drives home the message that she's a little girl trapped in a woman's body; which of course makes pathetic, lifeless, looser men like me want her more. It's like reaching out to something so near yet so far away but then I just can't keep my eyes off her navel. I'm sure that Britney would surpass her mentor Mariah Carey in terms of acting talent and would get the recognition she deserves. With her starry-eyes transfixed on everything and everyone at the same time, she makes acting look so easy and dumb. Of course, it's not surprising because it seems so natural for her to look like that. All said, this film thrives on Britney's charm and persona, and nothing else, which is enough to make me patronize every move she makes and consequently, pour more money into her deep pockets so that she could pay her house, while I watch her from my trailer.
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