Four years after graduation Matt (Topher Grace) has graduated from MIT, but is working at a movie store because he doesn't know what to do with his life, unlike his twin sister (Anna Faris). He runs into his high school crush Tori (who he never made a move on) and tells her he's a banker. And there just happens to be a part that same night and Tori is going. With his BFF Barry (Dan Fogler from Balls of Fury) in tow, they head out.
This movie is set in the late 80's which is cool, because even though I was too young to appreciate the 80's, it's still neat to see what it was like back then. Well, the only thing this movie gains from setting it in the 80's is 80's hair, clothes, and music. Put them in modern clothes and it's no longer a period piece. Although I enjoyed the music, having this movie take place in the 80's was totally pointless, kind of just a gimmick used in the hopes that it would set this movie apart. Just look at the movie poster!
Topher Grace was his usual awkward Eric Foreman self, Dan Fogler was his usual goofy self, Anna Faris was actually the stable one, so that was different. Teresa Palmer (from nothing special) plays Tori. In the commercials I thought she was Kristen Stewart, and thought "cool, K Stew is in a comedy". Well, Teresa is a slightly prettier than K Stew with a little bit more personality.
This movie tries too hard to be cool and funny, or maybe doesn't try enough, either way it misses the mark and is just mostly stupid and cliche. It's nothing we haven't seen before. I was kind of disappointed though because I watched an interview with Topher and the director on some Ryan Seacrest thing and they were talking about the movie and Chris Medina (that guy from American Idol whose fiance was in an accident and has brain damage) and the guys gave Chris some money plus promised him a percentage of sales from the movie to go towards the charity for Chris' fiance. I hope you were able to follow that story, the moral is I was hoping it would do well (and be good) because the people involved did a good thing. Unfortunately this movie was neither.
The ending was lazy. Sure, it ends happy enough, but with movies like that you usually expect a funny follow up showing where the characters end up later on, or even some funny scenes/deleted scenes/bloopers while the credits roll. There was none of that. For goodness sake, the song that is this movie's namesake isn't even in the movie or the credits! (Though the soundtrack is a pretty solid mix of classic 80's) The dad is funny enough, and the movie doesn't deserve a Razzie or anything, but it just doesn't have a lot going for it. Nothing special.
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