Crossroads (2002)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I remember in 2002 when I went to go see this movie just to laugh at it. It's honestly not funny. I mean yeah the first half is FUN, but then stuff gets deep and messed up. Of course hindsight is 20/20 and it's now 2018 and we know this was written by Shonda rhimes, so it HAD to be messed up, right? It's been 16 years. Can we get over the fact it's a Britney movie and finally admit it's not half bad, and honestly kind of sad towards the end? No? Just me? Ok.

I can't say much more than what's in the title. I just like watching bad movies with Rifftrax really but this, Birdemic, and Glitter are all tied for the worst movies I've ever seen. They go beyond enjoyable B-movies and they're just bad again. It's like watching a train wreck into another train wreck, which I guess is a feat in itself.

Once upon a time, Lucy (Britney Spears), Kit (Zoe Saldana), and Mimi (Taryn Manning) were best friends. They buried a box of their dreams and vowed to dig it up on their senior prom night. They have drifted apart over the years. Lucy is a bookworm valedictorian who pines for her absent mother and to be a normal teenager. Kit is the popular mean girl. She's planning to marry her high school boyfriend but he has been distant ever since going off to college. Mimi is pregnant desperate to audition for a record company in L.A. Lucy and Kit have a disappointing prom and join Mimi in digging up the box. They both have a mission and follow Mimi on her road trip in Ben (Anson Mount)'s car.Com'on, it's not that bad. Is it? Everybody trashes this for Spears. She doesn't fit the nerdy brains role. They could have at least given her a pair of glasses. She couldn't wait to get into a belly shirt. She's not that good as an actress but she's able to walk and talk. She does have good acting partners and I like the girls' frail friendship. Ben is an unnecessary extra and sometimes he sticks out. What's up with him angry at the girls driving? The story structure is fairly standard and this could have worked better. It's an early writing effort from Shonda Rhimes. It has her melodrama. I just don't buy that this is as bad as everybody claims.

If you're a Britney fan, you will love the fact that our Bitch stars the movie. If you're a real part of the Britney Army, you will know the truth. First of all, the movie is cute. It has a different kind of basic and predictable plot. However, the big climax scene can take your breath away. Second, Britney Jean Spears was not the greatest actress in 2002. In her videos, mainly on her latest, she shows a big change from the girl she was ten years ago. She may not be the best actress, but she's not the biggest mistake in the movie. Third, and the biggest error, the movie lacks... time. Yes. For what I remember, the plot takes time in a road trip across USA - OK, those movies are funny. But once they decide Britney will be the lead singer on the audition, the time goes quicker. The moment when she learns the tune to "Not a girl, not yet a woman" must be the greatest mistake on the movie. Still, despite the not-so-brilliant acting skill from Britney, the movie is pretty watchable. And it's pretty entertaining (even though you know from the start she's ending up with the "bad" guy). Fourth, Britney is a make money machine since she started her career. As a fan who loves her to death, I can admit that she's not the talentest singer out there. She has no lack of talent. What she has is an awful team behind her actions. She's like a doll in her hands. Believe me when I say she needs no auto-tune or to sing about dance clubs to sell music - "Everytime", "Not A girl, not yet a woman", "Don't let me be the last to know", "He about to lose me", or even the unreleased "Everyday" and "Strangest Love" are proofs of that. But her team musn't think that way, because they use auto-tune on her and... did this movie. Yes, this movie is a way of earning money thanks to Britney, because every fan of Britney will love this. I give 7 out of 10 to the movie, but only because I love the Princess of Pop.