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The title of this review says it all. Even though she's now released 2 albums and sold out arenas all over the world, I still think this is one of if not the best performance she's ever done. She even wrote the song herself and with the help of some Disney magic, this performance elevates the entire episode. Even if the song wasn't in the episode, it still was pretty solid, but she turned it into something special. If you aren't a fan of the show, but love Olivia, I highly recommend you watch the last 5 minutes of this one.

The biggest flaw with the movie is that this was a teen comedy, yet everybody cast was well over 20. Our main character's movie age was 18 and she was played by a 29-year old. Now, Aubrey Plaza did a fantastic job, but she and her friends were not believable as high school age, IMO.

If you can get past that, however the laughs are virtually non-stop. This may have been the raunchiest teen comedy I've ever seen. I mean, Aubrey's character visibly spits a liquid that you'd expect to see in an adult film. That was shocking for sure.

One other minor gripe was toward the end, it seemed like they were leaning into the American Pie trope of having a dad constantly walking in on sex and lingering in the scene much longer than he should. I'm willing to let that go because the movie was very funny and worth watching for a younger crowd. This probably only works because it's set in 1993. Despite technically being a teen comedy, this movie is definitely made for the younger Gen-X/older Millennial crowd which maybe is why they chose older actors for the roles. I would recommend it especially for those who grew up in this era.

The first season of this show is so bad, I honestly don't know how it got renewed. But if you stick with it, it actually gets better every season.

I only watched because it stars Olivia Rodrigo before she became one of the world's biggest pop stars. Obviously, Disney launched her career and this was the starting point. The show focuses around Olivia's character Paige and Madison Hu's character Frankie who are besties that make videos together and get enough attention to get to work with the big video production company known as Vuugle. While working on their videos they form friendships with people with other channels. The first two seasons of the show feature the now infamous YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul.

Like I said, season one is a complete mess. I can count on one hand the number of times I so much as smiled at the dialog. I almost stopped. But being an Olivia fan, I trudged on and I'm glad I did. I don't know if they changed writers or showrunners or what, but about a quarter of the way through season 2, something changed and some of the shows were actually funny. By season 3, most of the shows were funny and the finale was quite good. Overall, I give the series a 6 out of 10, but if season 1 didn't exist, it would be higher. Season 1 is 3/10, season 2 is 7/10 and season 3 is 8/10.