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I can't say that I was exactly harboring the biggest of expectations to the 2024 comedy "Prom Dates" from writer D. J. Mausner and director Kim O. Nguyen when I stumbled upom it by random chance. And with it being a movie that I had never heard about, much less ever watched, then of course I opted to sit down and give the movie a fair chance.

The storyline in the movie was adequate. It was, however, a somewhat generic storyline. It wasn't as if writer D. J. Mausner was reinventing the young adult comedy genre here with this movie. That being said, don't get me wrong, becuase "Prom Dates" certainly was a watchable and entertaining enough movie, if you happen to like this particular genre of movies.

"Prom Dates", however, was somewhat devoid of comedy, and I wasn't brought to laughs a single time throughout the course of the 86 minutes that the movie ran for. So, as for this movie being a comedy, well, no, not so much really. This was more of a movie about coming of age and a movie about friendships.

I wasn't familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list, except for actor John Michael Higgins. The actors and actresses did good jobs in bringing their characters and the storyline to life on the screen.

This is not a movie that will find its way back to my screen a second time, as the movie was a bit too generic for my liking, and the lack of comedy just was somewhat disappointing.

My rating of director Kim O. Nguyen's 2024 movie "Prom Dates" lands on a five out of ten stars.

So I gotto admit I'm the occasional sucker for teenage comedies. Hence, once in a while I check some out. This one did not particularly stand out, but it was one of these nights where you just wanna have some dumb fun.

Storywise, we are faced with two teenage girls who made a pact to have prom dates. Sounds even dumber when you spell it out.

Well, the leads were instantly likable and had great chemistry. Other characters did not stand out in any way (with the exception of maybe Vodka Heather...), but were kind of hyper stereotypes. Quite strange in the context of this particular coming of age story.

The movie did not look cheap. The acting was fine. The editing was tight and followed genre conventions. So from a practical perspective, solid movie work.

In summary, a really silly coming of age comedy with enough quirkyness to keep you entertained.

Being a Disney movie, I find it weird though to contrast queer themes with employing hyper stereotyped characters and resolving conflicts with a little good hearted violence. Nevertheless, I had fun. Enjoy!

Best friends, Hannah (Julia Lester) and Jess (Antonia Gentry), made a pact at 13 to have a great prom with their dates. They are now high school seniors. Jess finds her boyfriend cheating. Hannah's boyfriend is too clingy and she comes out of the closet. The two best friends suddenly find themselves dateless just 24 hours before prom.

The girls are well into their twenties. That's my first impression and the lasting one. I can't ignore it every time they're on the screen. Most of these 'kids' are well into their twenties. Otherwise, this is a fine raunchy teen comedy. It has a lot of the familiar humor. A lot of it works well except these actors are too old. Maybe there are child labor laws involved. Still, they need actors who look like teenagers.

The 2018 blocker's movie was way funnier and had a better cast.

Prom Dates: The Movie is a complete disaster from start to finish. The plot is incredibly cliché and predictable, featuring all the usual high school stereotypes and overused tropes. The acting is wooden and unconvincing, making it hard to feel any real connection to the characters. The dialogue is cringe-worthy and filled with cheesy one-liners that fall flat every time. The pacing is slow and uneven, leaving viewers feeling bored and disinterested. Overall, Prom Dates: The Movie is a forgettable and poorly executed film that offers nothing new or exciting to the teen romance genre."

Definitely the worst film ever, apart from the sequence, that was restaged others. Acting is dreadful, camera work amateurish, reflecting the impoverished, quite boring waste of time and money at triple speed to watch the film so repulsive, it actually looked away at times, short-sighted, trivial, tasteless, lengthy and nonsense, pointless, tiresome, terrible, senseless, precisely another commercial that been sponsored by stupid tobacco & drugs company, do nothing just smoking only, so naive & childish, if don't know how to make a film, just donate money to people, minus ten for rating. Recommend Coco Ferme & Hilma, better than this one a lot.

I always watch movies till the end even if its bad but this movie was the worst thing ever it's like they torturing you watching this movie it was horrible i just want to say even if you want to waste your time don't watch this waste your time doing something else the whole story acting actors were bad they could choose better acters atleast it was so bad just waste of money to make this horrible movie.

It doesn't even worth to be rated 2 starts in the past they made the best comedy prom movies ever the new generation is just ruined we are down coming instead of improving what the hell is wrong with this generation.

I'm sure we all have watched at least of of these kind of movies, let's say Booksmart ? Or Plan B ? Well that doesn't matter - we are up for a ride on the same rollercoaster, baby !!

The story is about two high school girls and them finding someone to go to prom with, Hannah and Jess are typical annoying confused teens and they are coming out of their adolescence. Female friendship, silly cringe comedy, coming out of age are the major themes.

See, this movie is not some deep cinema or whatever, it is a silly little movie with silly jokes and it is really fun to watch at girls' movie nights, sleepover or by yourself when you need a silly movie to rewind.