Beyond Clueless (2014)

Beyond Clueless: Directed by Charlie Lyne. With Fairuza Balk. Beyond Clueless is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics.

“I saw this at Branchage in Jersey and was very disappointed. I was expecting behind the scenes footage, interviews with actors, directors and writers. Instead, we got hit with the plot and supposed subtext of each film, most of which were obscure and crap. I even thought they might link back to the classic teen films that actually had value but no, they stuck with the crap like Cruel Intentions 3.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst off, giving subtext to films that have no subtext is a futile exercise i.e. Sheu0026#39;s All That has nothing interesting to say at any point, the characters are as deep as a paddling pool, it was crap then and its even worse now. Itu0026#39;s about vanity, we get it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe next thing is discussing subtext that is actually the context i.e. Josie and the Pussycats. The plot revolves around brainwashing to sell things, for the 2 people (I think I was one of those) that actually saw the cinematic release we got this. We donu0026#39;t need you to tell us that again, it was painful enough the first time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Qu0026amp;A with the director informed us that most of the budget was spent on lawyers in LA authorising the clips, they must have been rubbing their hands when you came a-knocking.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAvoid unless you wrote any of the crap films used in this doc so you can have a good laugh as they over-complicate your one-track stoner comedy/girl takes off glasses and is now hot/girls being out of order to each other/jocks having a sensitive side screenplay.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMean girls is a good movie though.”