Crossroads (2002)

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Made way before Brittany Spears, lose her mind in 2007. She made one of her first biggest mistake in 2002 by trying to act in a 'coming of age' movie. Her role as Lucy Wagner, a young doe-eyed high school graduate who begins an essential journey of self-discovery with her off and on again, friends, Kit (Zoe Saldana) & Mimi (Taryn Manning) on a road trip received mostly negative. However, I don't believe, all the hate by the critics, is deserved. The movie isn't bad. It's just a run-of-the-mill female driven road movie, audiences have seem, before, and done, better, in similar films like 1995's 'Boys on the Side' & the master hit, 1991's 'Thelma and Louise'. It just doesn't stand out, much. It's surprising, because the film, deals with some really emotional heavy themes, like teen pregnancy, rape, and abandoned issues. If anything, these things, should had made this movie, a lot more interesting than it was! So, what went wrong!? Well, one is bad-marketing. While, the film was still targeted toward pre-teens that make up, Britney's audience at the time. None of the trailers, really focus much, on the emotional depth of the story. Instead, it play up, the comedy and music of the film, which in truth, the film has little of. No wonder, why audience felt like, they got their money, stolen. The viewers really thought, they were going to see, a light-hearted comedy film, similar to 1997's film, 'Spice World'. Instead, they got a seriously downer drama like they were watching 1988's film, 'Beaches'! Even, if the audience got their light-hearted musical comedy, like they ask for. None of the jokes in the film was funny. If anything, the short sequences of humor, really took me out, of the film. About the music, the way, the writer, Shonda Rhimes, introduced it, was also pretty jarring. A good example is the unrealistic karaoke bar scene. Honestly, what was the chances of a karaoke bar in the middle of nowhere, tipping singers so well during one night, that the three of them, has enough to fix a yellow 1973 Buick Skylark convertible and find parts!? It doesn't even seem real. It's a huge stretch. I'm sorry, I can't suspense my disbelief, here! If the movie had female 'balls'. They would had, the characters, steal the money from somebody, or have one of the character sell herself or something more mature-driven like that. It's seem like the characters are dodging all the worst possibilities, unrealistic because the film is PG-13. The most infamous of this, is the convenient blue bottle and miscarriage scene. Without spoiling it, too much. OMG! It's really lazy screen writing! The idea that one of the rational character, can tell, that another character rape her, by him, holding a blue bottle is one of the weakest point of the film. It's not like, Bud-Light is popular. Another thing, I think the film would had been stronger, if the character went through, with having a real-life abortion or keeping the baby for the sake of the child. Instead, of having her, lose the child, as a write out, as luck. It's a bad example. I also hate, that don't even, moan the death of the baby, for that long, before they end up, going to the audition. It's really, really horrible. Anyways, like I said before, it's nothing, too bad, to get, work up, about. The story was just, not well-written. The acting, on other hand, isn't that bad. Taryn Manning is by far, the strongest actress of the three, in this film, while, Zoe Saldana isn't given much to stand out, besides, being a bitch, in the beginning. Her character, kinda dies out, as the film goes along. As for Britany Spears. She isn't the worst pop singer turn actress in the world. She did impressed, some critics, with her stints on guest spots on televisions shows like 'Saturday Night Live', 'Will & Grace' and others. However, without spoiling the film, too much, her role in this film, was a bit disappointing. The movie spend so much time on her delivering fan service, that it's hard to take her character's seriously. Honestly, if the movie cut scenes of her singing in her underwear and short-shorts, then maybe; people would rethink, her performance. As, for now. It's below standards, because she basically playing herself. As, for the other supporting cast like Anson Mount, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Long and Kim Cattrall. They were alright. Once again, I have, saw them, in worst off films than this. Overall: I have to say, this movie from director, Tamra Davis could had been better. However, the badly written story, combine with shameful product placement, made this film, hard to watch. In the end, this road is better off, being closed off, until it can be, once again, repaired.

Out of pure boredom I decided to watch this movie on Netflix. Maybe I was expecting way too much for a teen road-trip movie but this was just bad i.m.o. It starts off with a group of girls, who are "bff's" burying a box and making a pact to come back years later and dig it back up. It goes right to "eight years later" and all of a sudden the girls are no longer friends without any type of explanation as to why. They go dig up the box and the pregnant girl says "hey I'm going to California on Sunday" and they all decide to go even though they just hated each other in the previous scene and the whole point of the trip is that the pregnant girl is going to audition for a record company, although you basically never hear the girl sing. At the end, Britney is the one who ends up singing at the audition, which makes no sense really if you're going by what the plot is supposed to be. I'm rambling. Bad acting, Britney is not a good vocalist, and the movie is just boring and pointless. Zoey Saldana and Dan Akroyd couldn't even make this movie enjoyable. The plot jumps all over the place and...I just want the 90 minutes of time I spent watching this movie to be given back.

I absolutely HATE how I see so many negative reviews on here and elsewhere. I remember when I was 4, Britney Spears was the hottest artist on the planet. When she released "Crossroads", it was super popular. But slummed after bad reviews.My older sister and I, had God knows how much Britney merchandise. We absolutely loved this movie. We used to watch it with our neighbor all the time. I love this movie, in my opinion. It's a great chick flick for the early 2000s and ultimately is a musical.Although Britney went loopy years later, in my eyes, she ACED that movie.

OK so I was sitting around bored out of my mind while I was house-sitting for a friend when I came across the title "crossroads." I then thought to myself, "hmm isn't that the really crappy movie Britney Spears made before she went complete bat S**t??" so then I decided since the NFL network isn't showing anything of relative importance, id give this film a look. After I watched the full 93 minute movie from beginning to end, I couldn't help but think "Well this isn't THAT bad." Yeah, it is really cheesy in some sorts and kinda dim-witted but it wasn't that bad of a movie. I know the thought of the incredibly hot Britney Spears playing a shy, valedictorian, good girl is kinda odd to see but hey its Hollywood. I thought it was kinda odd seeing Chris Evans playing two marvel characters in the human torch and captain America but like I said its Hollywood. Well anyway back to Crossroads, this movie wasn't that bad. I was entertained and I thought the ending was kinda good. I've seen a lot worse movies than this like "Glitter" and From "Justin to Kelly" for example and Crossroads was noway as worse or worser than those abominations.