Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging: Marvey!
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager. - IMDB
An adorable movie about what it was like to be immature and boy crazy, it certainly stirs up the kid in you. The movie invites you to Georgia's universal journey from being a kid with a snogging scale, to being head over heels for your very own SG (Sex-God). By the end, nostalgia will have gotten to you as you and your friends gush about the same pathetic experiences of boy stalking and superficial obsessing.
For movie goers, don't expect an Oscar winning "Juno" look-a-like. Rather, come in with a bright and open mind. It is really a light-hearted movie more than anything else and I was glad I decided to go in and indulge my inner teen because this was a fabbity-fab laugh and a half. I came into this movie with low expectations and came out raving about it with my sister. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. But then again, I always am with director Gurinder Chadha (the mind behind Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice).
The movie also comes out with some amusing performances from the leads Georgia Groome (as Georgia) and Aaron Johnson (as Robbie). I'd even go to the extent that they are more adorable than the Michael Cera and Ellen Page tandem of Juno (sorry, hard not to draw comparissons, but I couldn't help myself!). Johnson from fresh from his Nearly Famous fame gives us a loveable and utterly gorgey boy next door who can make any girl go phwoar! And the coincidentally named Georgia drags us through the ups and downs of being a self-obsessed teenager with the vitality and sheer gumption that seem to fuel all teenagers with a certain boy in their sights. Together, they make you go "awww" with pulsing empathy for the young love that is less than the cookie cutter variety.
I came out with a sense of fulfillment that one can only get from watching a "well-worth-the-entrance-fee" movie. I know I'll want to get the DVD when it comes out. But the crowning glory of the movie has to be it's amazing soundtrack. With songs like the addicting Ultraviolet by The Stiff Dylans, She's So Lovely by Scouting for Girls and Toothpaste Kisses by The Macabees, you can't help but smile every moment of the movie.
Click to viewAn adorable movie about what it was like to be immature and boy crazy, it certainly stirs up the kid in you. The movie invites you to Georgia's universal journey from being a kid with a snogging scale, to being head over heels for your very own SG (Sex-God). By the end, nostalgia will have gotten to you as you and your friends gush about the same pathetic experiences of boy stalking and superficial obsessing.
For movie goers, don't expect an Oscar winning "Juno" look-a-like. Rather, come in with a bright and open mind. It is really a light-hearted movie more than anything else and I was glad I decided to go in and indulge my inner teen because this was a fabbity-fab laugh and a half. I came into this movie with low expectations and came out raving about it with my sister. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. But then again, I always am with director Gurinder Chadha (the mind behind Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice).
The movie also comes out with some amusing performances from the leads Georgia Groome (as Georgia) and Aaron Johnson (as Robbie). I'd even go to the extent that they are more adorable than the Michael Cera and Ellen Page tandem of Juno (sorry, hard not to draw comparissons, but I couldn't help myself!). Johnson from fresh from his Nearly Famous fame gives us a loveable and utterly gorgey boy next door who can make any girl go phwoar! And the coincidentally named Georgia drags us through the ups and downs of being a self-obsessed teenager with the vitality and sheer gumption that seem to fuel all teenagers with a certain boy in their sights. Together, they make you go "awww" with pulsing empathy for the young love that is less than the cookie cutter variety.
I came out with a sense of fulfillment that one can only get from watching a "well-worth-the-entrance-fee" movie. I know I'll want to get the DVD when it comes out. But the crowning glory of the movie has to be it's amazing soundtrack. With songs like the addicting Ultraviolet by The Stiff Dylans, She's So Lovely by Scouting for Girls and Toothpaste Kisses by The Macabees, you can't help but smile every moment of the movie.