À la dérive

This film is perhaps one of the most viewer friendly accurate description of teen life. There were strong performances all the way around. Alexis Dziena shines bright as the lead character in this film. This film takes an unparalleled view of teen sex but it also takes a view at teen curiosity in general. This is a very important film for not just all parents to watch but teens also, since it is about them. It is important for teens to know what is going on inside and outside of their high school. At the same time it is alarming to see how many sexually active teens there are presently today. Even though I've been out of high school for only 3 years, I know it has changed significantly since I've attended. Another good reason to view this film is for individuals to see that high school isn't as sugar-coated and "G" rated as "Saved by the Bell" and many of the teen shows from the 90's make it out to be. Teens becoming sexually active with more than one individual is real. It's time for us to start watching more movies and shows like this that alarms us of this matter.

Wow, I remember highschool as an extremely dumb time in everyone's life. This movie cemented that for me. I've been removed form that particular atmosphere for about 2 years now and I already feel like I was never there. The behavior of these kids are ridiculous and you just wanna slap them. "You have to sleep with Tommy to be popular mom! Like, duh!" It's such a middle class movie, it makes me wanna puke. I'm middle class myself, but nothing bothers them til inner city problems affect them. What about inner city kids who face this problem all the time? "Oh, they're just like that. Not my Jane. She's a good kid". Yea? Janey's got syphillis. She's a GREAT kid. The premise is that a young girl is sucked into doing sexual things to gain popularity because that's the way of her school. You forget that you used to think that way in highschool. Anyway, she gets syphillis and returns to normal after her mother decided she's gonna handle things. She's learned from her mistake apparently. And of course, the sex rings at parties continues. Just makes you wanna slap kids and tell them to grow up, but you know it's the way our society has raised them. We tell them to be older by studying for SATs in 5th grade and they'll be older in other things too. I liked how they showed the little sister following the same cycle. But the issue should include everybody. Not when a middle-class mom gets p*s*e*. Still, a good movie to show the consequences of being popular.

ehhh i dunno i saw the movie a few times actually and every time i see It i just don't understand it. I mean i understand what its trying to do but i don't understand how everyone is always having so much sex. I graduated high school in 2002 and went to so many parties in high school and in college and i have never seen a party or a girl or guy have so much sex in such a little amount of time all the time. In this movie every party was a sex party you had girls and guys having sex and people even watching this. hahaha i just cant get over the person who would even write this. I personally like this type of movie but this is just so un realistic and it seemed like the entire school ended up with syphilis. give me a break.. So everyone in the school was sleeping with each other?. wow it still has me baffled.....

its soo weird to see miriam mcdonald in this type of a role. she plays a 14 year old girl who gets an std and has slept w/ 15-20 guys. its far from her degrassi role but so far she has played it wonderfully. one of my problems w/ this movie is that they had a 26 year old playing a 16year old boy and it was obvious that the kid was not 16. the whole movie is about making the choice to have sex or not and the emotional and physical consequences of sexual actions. its a very important topic and if you ask me this is would probably be a good movie to show to sex education classes. even though it is set in a highschool enviroment, it doesnt just apply to those who are in highschool. this is a really good movie. i recommend it to everyone especially those who have daughters or people who are or thinking about having sex. this movie has a good message and should be shared w/ everyone. it shows that no sex is the way to stay safe but it also lets you know that if you choose to have sex make sure that your safe and know who your with.

I have a soft spot for crappy Lifetime movies so I saw the commercial for this and decided to watch it. Plus, it had Emma from Degrassi so I thought, man, how bad could it be? Little did I know it would be AWFUL.

As an 18 year old female who is just about to finish highschool and go off to college, I feel that I do have enough backround to critique this. It was completely unrealistic. Yea, highschool kids are having sex and being INCREDIBLY unsafe about it, which is incredibly alarming and disturbing. Kids are contracting STDs and HIV like colds now adays. Older guys are sleeping with freshman and spreading diseases.There is definatly pressure to have sex. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS. There are no sex parties. Teenagers aren't stealing porn from video stores like they show in the movie, then taking them home and having orgies with there freinds while watching it! Sex is definatly happening at parties, but it's not like this AT ALL.

This movie dramatisized the issue of teen sex like nothing I have ever seen before. Of course there are outbreaks of STDs in highschools, but they are not handled like this. And in all honesty, it is very rare that you find a nerdy band girl whose friends with the school sluts in actual highschool settings. Its sad, but totally true. Marcia Gay Harden was the only good actress in this entire film. The woman who portrayed the aid from Health Services was awful. The two permiscuous girls were terrible. And the actor who played Nick was AWFUL! Plus, he wasn't even that good looking. BAD BAD CASTING. Yea, this is a serious issue, but this was soooooooooooo overly dramatisized that it's almost funny.