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Comedy

Senior Year

- High school has changed. But she hasn't.

A thirty-seven-year-old woman wakes up from a twenty-year coma and returns to the high school where she was once a popular cheerleader to finish her senior year and become prom queen.

Release Date : 2022-05-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PlayersBroken Road ProductionsCamp Sugar

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Rebel Wilson

Character Name : Stephanie Conway

Original Name : Rebel Wilson

Gender : Female

Sam Richardson

Character Name : Seth Novacelik

Original Name : Sam Richardson

Gender : Male

Zoë Chao

Character Name : Tiffany Blanchette-Balbo

Original Name : Zoë Chao

Gender : Female

Mary Holland

Character Name : Martha Reiser

Original Name : Mary Holland

Gender : Female

Justin Hartley

Character Name : Blaine Balbo

Original Name : Justin Hartley

Gender : Male

Chris Parnell

Character Name : Jim Conway

Original Name : Chris Parnell

Gender : Male

Angourie Rice

Character Name : Young Stephanie Conway

Original Name : Angourie Rice

Gender : Female

Molly Brown

Character Name : Young Martha Reiser

Original Name : Molly Brown

Gender : Female

Zaire Adams

Character Name : Young Seth Novacelik

Original Name : Zaire Adams

Gender : Male

Ana Yi Puig

Character Name : Young Tiffany Blanchette

Original Name : Ana Yi Puig

Gender : Female

Tyler Barnhardt

Character Name : Young Blaine Balboa

Original Name : Tyler Barnhardt

Gender : Male

Jade Bender

Character Name : Britney 'Bri Luvs' Balbo

Original Name : Jade Bender

Gender : Female

Avantika

Character Name : Janet

Original Name : Avantika

Gender : Female

Joshua Colley

Character Name : Yaz

Original Name : Joshua Colley

Gender : Male

Jeremy Ray Taylor

Character Name : Neil Chudd

Original Name : Jeremy Ray Taylor

Gender : Male

Michael Cimino

Character Name : Lance Harrison

Original Name : Michael Cimino

Gender : Male

Brandon Scott Jones

Character Name : Mr. T

Original Name : Brandon Scott Jones

Gender : Male

Tiffany Denise Hobbs

Character Name : Dr. Jean Johnson

Original Name : Tiffany Denise Hobbs

Gender : Female

Lauren Halperin

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Lauren Halperin

Gender : Female

Alicia Silverstone

Character Name : Deanna Russo

Original Name : Alicia Silverstone

Gender : Female

Lucy Taylor

Character Name : Lydia Conway

Original Name : Lucy Taylor

Gender : Male

Merrick McCartha

Character Name : Principal Young

Original Name : Merrick McCartha

Gender : Male

Ruby Frankel

Character Name : Drunk Person

Original Name : Ruby Frankel

Gender : Male

Steve Aoki

Character Name : Steve Aoki

Original Name : Steve Aoki

Gender : Male

John Crow

Character Name : News Anchor

Original Name : John Crow

Gender : Male

Mimi Gould

Character Name : Movie Goer

Original Name : Mimi Gould

Gender : Male

Vance Kanell

Character Name : Usher

Original Name : Vance Kanell

Gender : Male

Joel Ray Ishman

Character Name : Chemistry Teacher

Original Name : Joel Ray Ishman

Gender : Male

Vee Bhakta

Character Name : Janet's Dad

Original Name : Vee Bhakta

Gender : Male

Leonard R. Butler

Character Name : Mr. Beenbaum

Original Name : Leonard R. Butler

Gender : Male

James Millar

Character Name : Stoner Student's Dad

Original Name : James Millar

Gender : Male

Darrell Snedeger

Character Name : Deanna Russo's Husband

Original Name : Darrell Snedeger

Gender : Male

Alyssa Mae Clark

Character Name : Young Deanna Russo

Original Name : Alyssa Mae Clark

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-09-05

**A very good comedy and generally palatable to almost everyone.** I just finished watching this movie with a friend of mine, and we were both pleased with what we saw. The film is an excellent comedy that manages to reach two different audiences: today's youth and their parents, who were young twenty years ago, because it makes direct allusions to various cultural elements that were very familiar to them. Personally, I was still very young in 2002, I was about to enter adolescence, but I was also touched by some nostalgic aspects. The script is reasonably simple, but it works well: it all starts with Stephanie, and the way she decides to become popular and accepted after being snubbed at school. Things go well, and she becomes the archetype of the perfect teenager: sexy, blonde, cheerleader, sexually expedite, with an enviable boyfriend and a promising future. The icing on the cake was going to be her election as High School Prom Queen, and a massive after-party, complete with loss of virginity. It didn't happen: in an elaborate dance choreography, and by the work of a rival, she falls and ends up hospitalized, in a coma, for twenty years. In 2022, at last, she wakes up to a horrible reality: her body has changed, life has passed, her boyfriend married her rival, she is not the same and has nothing of what she wanted. So, she decides to go back to the High School, finish what she started and be Prom Queen… but the School has abolished that! The script seeks to include a series of cultural allusions to the 90s and 2000s, ranging from films and series (_Sex and the City_, _Deep Impact_, _Aly McBeal_, _Clueless_), songs and musical artists (Britney Spears, Madonna, Mandy Moore) and objects of fashion and mass culture (the Tamagotchi, for example). We, who saw ourselves as teenagers between 2000 and 2010, know these things well, they were our fads and fashions. The film also criticizes the way today's youth view social and environmental causes, virtual life and social networks. In fact, it is easy to lose sight of reality when we have Instagram and Facebook full of thousands of friends and followers, and the film criticizes the young people who spend most of their time on these networks and the “influencers” who earn a lot of money at the expense of them, in addition to making jokes about the insincere way in which many young people face environmental and ecological causes, which they follow out for fashion and not because they are really aware of their importance. The film is very inclusive, and there are several characters that are of diverse ethnicities or homosexuals, explicitly or implicitly. This is something that Hollywood have been insisting on a lot after the Me Too movement and the Oscar boycott by black actors a few years ago, and I understand, although I don't like to see films used for political and social activism. The cast has a powerful Rebel Williams in the lead role. She is not a rookie actress and has already shown us what she can do in other comedies like _Hustle_ or in dance movies like _Pitch Perfect_, and I daresay she is one of the most promising faces of Australian comedy this year. time. The film also features excellent guest appearances by Justin Hartley, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Mary Holland and Chris Parnell. They each did their work very hard, and Chao, Richardson and Holland deserve special praise. As for the younger cast, I would highlight the good performance of Angourie Rice and also Jade Bender. The film also has a cameo by Alicia Silverstone, who has made similar films in her past, as we all know. Technically, the film appears to be very low-key, overall. The cinematography is regular, there are no major visual gimmicks and the camera opts for a conventional shooting style. Filmed in Georgia but set in Maryland, the film chose its filming locations well and builds many of its sets over green screen, in high-quality, expensive CGI animation. The soundtrack makes good use of popular pop songs, in recognizable voices, and there are some very good dance routines where Williams shines.