Prom Review
Are you going to prom? Who are you going to prom with? These are popular questions during the spring season, and the answer varies from student to student. However, they all have one goal in common….they all want to go to prom. In this movie we see several interconnecting stories at a high school in Waverly, MI. The stories range from; the characters organizing the prom, the students deciding where to go to college, the high school friendships and the romance dilemmas, to the prom King and Queen. With each story there’s a little drama and a little fun, however, the stories all revolved around one big event…..PROM!
Rating: Three out of five buckets
Release Date: April 29, 2011
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 10+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild, “h%$l” is said a few times.
Drugs and Alcohol Content: None
Talking Points
Prom is a movie you can send your tween to, and feel perfectly comfortable. It is an innocent Disney movie, with tween girls as the target audience. In the movie we see teens of all types; they have some insecurities and fears about leaving their safe life in high school, and approaching independence. In one scene a senior boy was giving a sophomore boy advice about handling certain issues in high school.
One thing I really liked about this movie is that it is set in Michigan, there’s talk of some students attending The University of Michigan, my alma mater….Go Blue!
The characters are very likable. Nova (Aimee Teegarden), is the class president who’s also organizing the prom; she’s a very hard-working, driven girl. Though she falls for Jesse (Thomas McDonell), the “bad boy,” she’s a good girl, and wants to have the perfect prom.
I thought the movie was a little corny and cheesy, and the acting was just okay. However, the kids in the theater seemed to have really liked it, and most importantly, it’s an appropriate movie, which parents will like.
Sexual Content: Mild
• This was a refreshing movie. There were some kissing. While some movies focus on drinking and sex during proms, this movie is more of a fairy tale, focused on romance and friendships.
Violent Content: Mild
• There was a fist fight in one scene.
Crude/Profane Language: Mild
• They say h*#l once or twice.
Some comments from girls after the movie:
“I thought is was so cute and funny,” said a 13-year-old girl.
“It was a wonderful fairy tale,” said a 17-year-old girl.
“I liked it, though it was a little corny,” said a 13-year-old girl.
Like I said before, this movie is a little corny, though it’s a cute movie for tween and teenage girls. It highlights what’s important about a prom. It doesn’t matter if you go alone, with your friends or with your true love. Prom is an important part of high school, something you’ll always remember. After all, the boy who I went to prom with, set me up with my husband ten years later, you never know what can happen.
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