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Pretty Cool

  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
558
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Pretty Cool (2002)
ComedySci-Fi

A high school senior, whom everyone sees as a loser, gains the ability to read people's minds and control their thoughts. Things quickly get out of hand, especially when a mind swapping devi... Read allA high school senior, whom everyone sees as a loser, gains the ability to read people's minds and control their thoughts. Things quickly get out of hand, especially when a mind swapping device comes into play.A high school senior, whom everyone sees as a loser, gains the ability to read people's minds and control their thoughts. Things quickly get out of hand, especially when a mind swapping device comes into play.

  • Director
    • Rolfe Kanefsky
  • Writer
    • Rolfe Kanefsky
  • Stars
    • Will Burke
    • Alexis Thorpe
    • Gerard Karsenty
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    558
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • Writer
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • Stars
      • Will Burke
      • Alexis Thorpe
      • Gerard Karsenty
    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Will Burke
    Will Burke
    • Howard Duckell
    Alexis Thorpe
    Alexis Thorpe
    • Tiffany Granger
    Gerard Karsenty
    • Chuck Simpson
    Amy Brassette
    Amy Brassette
    • Paula Duckell
    Cecilia Bergqvist
    • Mrs. Parker
    Summer Altice
    Summer Altice
    • Stacy
    Cindy Campbell
    • Bambi
    Holly Sampson
    Holly Sampson
    • Ms. Perkins
    Jake Waldinger
    • Mitch
    • (as Jake D. Waldinger)
    Robert Donavan
    Robert Donavan
    • Wilford
    Shauna O'Brien
    Shauna O'Brien
    • Dr. Maggie Henson
    Lyle Skosey
    Lyle Skosey
    • Phillip Henson
    William Frederick Knight
    William Frederick Knight
    • MacArthur
    • (as William Knight)
    Brandy Miller
    Brandy Miller
    • Becky
    Sandy Wasko
    • Debbie
    Stacy Burke
    Stacy Burke
    • Samantha
    Sandrine Amsellem
    • Vanessa
    Darby Daniels
    • Crystal
    • (as Darby O'Riley)
    • Director
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
    • Writer
      • Rolfe Kanefsky
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    10dechha1981

    Good 80's throwback

    It's about time they made more movies like this. I don't know about you but I'm sick of horror movies with no nudity. Paris Hilton was doing a striptease while camping near a town run by a family of serial killers and there STILL wasn't any nudity! Bloody hell! There, got that off my chest. Now...

    This movie is so similar to the old 80's teen sex comedies that you almost forget it wasn't made in the 80's until you see/hear a few modern references. They even used Sound FX from "Zapped".

    The main character in this movie possesses the ability to both read minds and to control other people's minds. Anything from simply making them think about something to making them fart to forcing them to adopt a different personality.
    7jhkim-5

    Juvenile but still amusing

    OK, so this is a low-budget take-off of eighties teen sex comedies like Zapped and Weird Science. But if you can accept sometimes painfully hokey lines and antics, then there are nice comic bits in this movie along with some nice eye-candy girls. There are also many groan- inducing comic bits as well, which is I guess part of the package. It at least keeps moving, and has a variety of different types of mental powers gags, rather than dull repetition.

    Amy Brassette is great though underutilized as Howard's nagging older sister, with occasional bits like an amazing run of impressions in a single take. Cecilia Bergqvist was hokey as the supposedly-plain-but-clearly-hot teacher, but she made up for it by being hilarious as a teenage boy in her body (particularly the hilarious shot in the bathroom). The others are mostly mediocre.

    Incidentally, the DVD I got was loaded with stuff for such a low-budget production -- I'm not sure how they managed that.
    7i_derbyshire

    Wish we had a trilogy.

    This movie was great, alot better than its sequel but I love the idea and originality. Wish we had a third movie and other similar stories. Rolfe did a great job on this.
    4Uriah43

    Somewhat Crude and Cliched

    "Howard Duckell" (Will Burke) is an ordinary high school student who dreams of being irresistible to women. But on one particular day this becomes a problem when he wakes up late and realizes that he is about to miss his high school graduation. So, upon hurrying out of the house he literally runs into a pretty girl by the name of "Tiffany Granger" (Alexis Thorpe) and knocks her over. Apologizing profusely, he then barely makes it to his ceremony only to realize that his grades weren't quite good enough to graduate and in order to obtain his high school diploma he will have to attend summer school. Naturally, this conflicts with his plans to get to know Tiffany better so he decides to break into the high school principal's office to change his grades on the computer. However, upon doing so he accidentally hacks into a top secret Eastern European computer program which transfers psychic powers into his brain which gives him the power to read people's minds and control their every word and deed. Needless to say, he is initially delighted to have such abilities, but he begins to have second thoughts when things get totally out of control. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I thought this film had promise but quickly became a bit too crude and clichéd for my tastes. That is not to say, however, that there weren't some humorous moments here and there but overall, I didn't think it quite fulfilled its potential and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
    1shawn-laasch

    trash, even for a B movie

    It's impossible for me to remember a worse movie than this. I fast-forwarded the stupidest parts of the movie, but the rest was still just awful. Plain awful. Awful and stupid.

    The sex scenes were not interesting or compelling. The supposedly funny scenes were not.

    The fact that it was re-cut and re-released under a completely different name should give you a clue as to the movie's worth.

    The fact that they put the actor who voices the Chief on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex in stockings and a garter just makes me want to cry.

    Avoid this movie at all costs. You will never regain any time wasted watching it.

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    • Trivia
      Rolfe Kanefsky said all of the actresses loved the fact that they were able to participate in the physical humor instead of just sitting around looking pretty and/or stripping naked like they usually do in their other roles.
    • Quotes

      Howard Duckell: [Looking out the window at Stacy and Bambi, who are sunbathing] Hi ladies. You know, you girls would get a much better tan without those nasty little tops on.

      Bambi: [to Stacy] You know, I hate tan lines.

      Stacy: Me too.

      Howard Duckell: [the girls start pulling their bikini tops off] Yes... yes...

      [the girls finally cast the bikini tops away, revealing their boobs]

      Howard Duckell: YES! Wooo! Boobies boobies boobies! Boobies boobies boobies! I'm seein' boobies, they're in my own back yard! Boobies boobies boobies!

    • Connections
      Edited into Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle Pie (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Stay With Me
      Written by Joe Hutchinson

      Performed by HUTCH

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    • Release date
      • 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Hope Street Entertainment
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Это классно!
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hope Street Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
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