Beyond Clueless

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Exploring diverse coming-of-age experiences through vignettes inspired by over 200 films, delving into physical, emotional, and psychological transformations.Exploring diverse coming-of-age experiences through vignettes inspired by over 200 films, delving into physical, emotional, and psychological transformations.Exploring diverse coming-of-age experiences through vignettes inspired by over 200 films, delving into physical, emotional, and psychological transformations.

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6.2/10

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- 2 nominations total

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Fairuza Balk

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- Charlie Shackleton
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- Charlie Shackleton
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3/10

Disappointing, Could Have Been Much More

"Beyond Clueless" is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics.

Unfortunately, this "documentary" consists of nothing more than plot summaries. No actors or directors talking about the films, no film critics trying to analyze them. Just Fairuza Balk talking over the top of film clips, apparently sharing the opinion of one writer (though even this is unclear).

It was great to see such films as "Idle Hands", "Ginger Snaps" and "Doom Generation" appear beyond the more mainstream high school films. Even "Jeepers Creepers", which has little to do with high school at all. (Though they are spot on to call out the gay theme.) So that was nice, even if the film as a whole is rather worthless.

And why the focus on the 1990s? There is something to be said about teen movies of the 1990s, to be sure. But this film never made it clear about how they differ from the 1980s, 1970s or any other decade. What was the point of this selected focus?