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Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

Drama · Fantasy · Comedy · 2011

Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

Movie details

Teen Spirit

“From geek to chic in one week? Her afterlife depends on it!”

2011 Drama · Fantasy · Comedy 1h 21m

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Teen Spirit?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gil Junger

Written by

Bob Young · Kathryn McCullough · David Kendall

Cassie Scerbo

Cassie Scerbo

Amber

Lindsey Shaw

Lindsey Shaw

Lisa

Chris Zylka

Chris Zylka

Nick

Rhoda Griffis

Rhoda Griffis

Vesper

Katie Sarife

Katie Sarife

Selena

Paras Patel

Paras Patel

Raj Kukuri

Andrea Powell

Andrea Powell

Gillian Pollock

Court is in session

Put Teen Spirit on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.