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Jerell RosalesKamera:
Christina Alexandra VorosMusik:
Tim O'KeefeBesetzung:
James Franco, Paulina Singer, François Arnaud, Julia Jones, Lana Condor, Tyler Alvarez, Ashley Aufderheide, Denisa Juhos, Julian Elijah Martinez (mehr)Inhalte(1)
When 17-year-old Kelly (Singer) hits the town for a wild time with her friends, she isn't expecting to meet Hollywood's hottest "it" guy, Christian Booth (Arnaud). After a night of intense flirting, Kelly assumes that she'll never hear from him again, but she is happily surprised when Christian begins texting her. Despite their age difference, Kelly is smitten with her new crush. Even after Kelly's father, Rick (Franco), discovers their relationship and forbids Kelly from seeing Christian, nothing will stop her from being with him. But soon Kelly discovers that Christian's adoration is turning into a dangerous obsession as the truth about his past slowly comes to light. (Lifetime Television)
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I can’t seem to understand why James Franco would even star in such a hodgepodge of a movie, because High School Lover is just plain obnoxious. The premise is about Hollywood teenagers who concern themselves with such bull crap that you wish you could slap them all. James Franco’s character might be the only remotely normal one. Everyone else is annoying as hell.
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I thought it was going to be a lot grittier. The interesting stuff starts to happen after about an hour into the film, when you get to know the characters, who are not particularly interesting. However, there's a wonderfully functional family dynamic where it doesn't matter that the girl lies to her parents because they love her deeply and always take care of her. I enjoyed Franco's performance here, although I find him entertaining almost anywhere.
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