My goodness this is a silly film. It is very similar to 'Heathers' in its use of hackneyed characters and its development of themes pertaining to similarities between the cruel world of adolescence and the even crueler world of adulthood. However, instead of sticking with its initial parodic tone, the director decided to tack on an oh-so-serious coda, replete with brooding piano score, at the end which, to my mind, seriously undermined the whole tenor of the narrative up to this point. We know the central character is a shit by the end of the film (which a state of affairs not entirely of her own making...diddums) so we don't need this ludicrous moment of self-realisation. Also, I was intrigued by the introduction of a Muslim character at the beginning until I realised that she had only been inserted into the piece as a benchmark of naivety and finally, extremity....poor, very poor indeed!
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