Three female friends, tight since grade school, support each other during a weekend college scholarship retreat where they learn how tough it is to pursue a dream, and how much easier it is ... Read allThree female friends, tight since grade school, support each other during a weekend college scholarship retreat where they learn how tough it is to pursue a dream, and how much easier it is when you have your friends there for you.Three female friends, tight since grade school, support each other during a weekend college scholarship retreat where they learn how tough it is to pursue a dream, and how much easier it is when you have your friends there for you.
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The movie is so great it's my second favorite movie.It was exciting,funny,excellent,and interesting!But,before it came out I knew it was going to be entertaining since Keshia Knight Pulliam was in it!It was a fascinating movie!
I love the different roles of parenting that were portrayed. The various personalities in the friendship were awesome. Most of all I applauded the many issues that were presented in the movie: from peer pressure, family relations, to accountability and maturity. I would love to see this in a weekly episode. Our youth need more down to earth (real) - positive sitcoms/movies before their eyes. Great Job!!!!!
I absolutely loved this film. It was a little "hyped-up", but was overall okay. I craved seeing Keisha Knight-Pulliam in something after growing up. She kind of let me down, but she is so beautiful. It was rumored that Keisha Knight-Pulliam was trying to get this to be a weekly series, but I haven't heard or read anything else about that. I would watch this show religiously. It would be great for UPN's Tuesday's lineup. PLEASE TURN THIS MOVIE INTO A SERIES!!!! Give Keisha another chance for popularity. Maybe the crew can bring in Raven to make cameo appearance. She is doing great on her series and a Cosby show reunion would be great for this show.
Okay, first off, I'm so relieved to find that this was one of those "ABC AfterSchool Movies" and wasn't like a 'real' movie, because it was awful. I mean, not awful enough to make you vomit or something cool like that, not ridiculous enough to laugh at it's myriad of shortcomings and not over-the-top enough to laugh with the performers just trying to have some fun.
But it is awful enough to lament despite the grace one might otherwise bestow on a proverbially bland 'made-for-tv' movie.
Sadly, the worst problem of the movie may be it's primary attraction (at first glance, anyway): former 'Cosby Show' child actor all-grown-up Keisha Knight Pulliam anchors this pathetic cinematic offering, but one co-star (Angell Cowell) is better looking and the other main co-star (Monica McSwain) dances circles around the other two in terms of performance.
My wife didn't like it and she normally loves this kind of thing..and I didn't care for it either.
But it is awful enough to lament despite the grace one might otherwise bestow on a proverbially bland 'made-for-tv' movie.
Sadly, the worst problem of the movie may be it's primary attraction (at first glance, anyway): former 'Cosby Show' child actor all-grown-up Keisha Knight Pulliam anchors this pathetic cinematic offering, but one co-star (Angell Cowell) is better looking and the other main co-star (Monica McSwain) dances circles around the other two in terms of performance.
My wife didn't like it and she normally loves this kind of thing..and I didn't care for it either.
I remember the hype surrounding this before it premiered on UPN. Part of the reason I watched it was due to Keshia Knight Pulliam's presence. I wanted to see little Rudy all grown up.
Of course, if you're expecting Rudy Huxtable, you'll be sorely disappointed. Keshia plays a very different character, the conflicted Temple, who goes along with her best friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain) on a weekend college scholarship retreat. Here, the girls slowly but surely begin to learn how tough it is in college, which is no joke.
Keshia's role as Temple was pretty well done. The character's spaciness during some key moments was a little annoying but Keshia worked with what she had. Ironically, it's Angell Conwell as Alex that takes the cake as the street-smart, tough, and pretty girl in the trio. Monica McSwain plays Breena, though I'm not sure if it's her or her character that's a little emotionally over the top. But hey, I've known people like that.
Also part of the cast is Riley Weston, who plays Sydney, a girl that pretends and assimilates the over the top personality of the stereotypical "black girl from the hood" in order to fit in, which eventually puts her at odds with Alex. Alexis Fields is once again playing the Bad Girl and takes the role of Doreen, the personal nemesis of Temple.
This made-for-TV movie is pretty simplistic, teaches life lessons, is pretty light overall, and is something the whole family can sit down and enjoy. It is by no means a dramatic masterpiece, but it still gives you one of those feel-good moments near the end of the movie when each of the girls overcome their personal troubles and stick together as friends. This could have worked as a TV show. Perhaps even the successor to Moesha. No idea why UPN didn't convert it into a series, but at least it makes a good TV movie.
Of course, if you're expecting Rudy Huxtable, you'll be sorely disappointed. Keshia plays a very different character, the conflicted Temple, who goes along with her best friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain) on a weekend college scholarship retreat. Here, the girls slowly but surely begin to learn how tough it is in college, which is no joke.
Keshia's role as Temple was pretty well done. The character's spaciness during some key moments was a little annoying but Keshia worked with what she had. Ironically, it's Angell Conwell as Alex that takes the cake as the street-smart, tough, and pretty girl in the trio. Monica McSwain plays Breena, though I'm not sure if it's her or her character that's a little emotionally over the top. But hey, I've known people like that.
Also part of the cast is Riley Weston, who plays Sydney, a girl that pretends and assimilates the over the top personality of the stereotypical "black girl from the hood" in order to fit in, which eventually puts her at odds with Alex. Alexis Fields is once again playing the Bad Girl and takes the role of Doreen, the personal nemesis of Temple.
This made-for-TV movie is pretty simplistic, teaches life lessons, is pretty light overall, and is something the whole family can sit down and enjoy. It is by no means a dramatic masterpiece, but it still gives you one of those feel-good moments near the end of the movie when each of the girls overcome their personal troubles and stick together as friends. This could have worked as a TV show. Perhaps even the successor to Moesha. No idea why UPN didn't convert it into a series, but at least it makes a good TV movie.
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- ConnectionsFollows CBS Schoolbreak Special: What About Your Friends (1995)
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