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Teen Spirit

2011 · 81 min

A frothy, feel-good teen comedy with a supernatural twist, offering easy laughs and a gentle moral about popularity.

Directed by: Gil Junger
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring: Cassie Scerbo, Lindsey Shaw, Chris Zylka

Tagline: From geek to chic in one week? Her afterlife depends on it!
Overview: Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

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Directed by: Gil Junger
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring: Cassie Scerbo, Lindsey Shaw, Chris Zylka

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
friendship
redemption
family
Places: school
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama, fantasy, comedy, tv movie
Directed by: Gil Junger
Written by: David Kendall, Kathryn McCullough, Bob Young
Starring: Cassie Scerbo, Lindsey Shaw, Chris Zylka, Rhoda Griffis, Katie Sarife, Paras Patel, Andrea Powell, Travis Quentin Young
Music: Richard Gibbs
Cinematography: Dave Perkal
Runtime: 81 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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