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Paramount
- Cert:
- Cat.no: PHE 8109
- Running time: 78 minutes
- Year: 1999
- Pressing: 2001
- Region(s): 2, PAL
- Chapters: 12 plus extras
- Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Languages: English, German
- Subtitles: 13 languages available
- Widescreen: 1.78:1
- 16:9-Enhanced: Yes
- Macrovision: Yes
- Disc Format: DVD 9
- Price: £19.99
- Extras: Trailer
Director:
- Bruce McCulloch
Producer:
- Lorne Michaels
Screenplay:
- Steven Wayne Koren
Music:
- Michael Gore
Cast:
- Mary Katherine Gallagher: Molly Shannon
Sky Corrigan: Will Ferrell
Evian: Elaine Hendrix
Slater: Harland Williams
Mary Katherine Gallagheris a Catholic School Student who dreams of oneday getting the man of her dreams and having her first real kiss.Unfortunately for Mary things are not going to well in that department theonly thing left for her to do is to become a real movie superstar. MollyShannon is a fantastic actress/comic who produces some hilarious scenes.
The Catholic Teen Magazine sponsors the school to have a talent show Marysees that this is her only chance to make it into a superstaaaarrr! This is toimpress the man of her dreams Sky Corrigan (Will Ferrell) pity he has agirlfriend already Mary arch rival Evian (Elaine Hendrix) the most populargirl in the school as well as beautiful.
The storyline is not that great and really doesn’t catch the eye – everyone hasheard of the boy gets girl, girl gets boy storyline so really you’re not goingto get that special “film of the year award” or any Oscars either, but the onespecial thing it has Molly Shannon which does give that extra sparkle it’shilarious in places as long as you’re not too sensitive.
Molly even sings in some scenes which is pretty cool for an actress/comediennewhich makes her an all rounder and she has a energy about her that keeps youglued to the TV.
If you want to know what a treehugger is you need to watch this film. For me,I wouldn’t have watched this film only due to the fact there was nothing elseon TV and really I am quite sorry in a way because other than that I wouldsurely have missed a enjoyable film with a bit of difference. Even if thestoryline isn’t good Molly Shannon saves it big-style. This film is far betterthanA Night At The Roxburywhich was too nerdy for me.
Presented in an anamorphic 1.78:1 (16:9) widescreen ratio, it lacks sharpnesslooking rather blurred when motion occurs like an inferior NTSC-to-PALconversion.The average bitrate is a high 7.7Mb/s, occasionally peaking over 9Mb/s.
The sound is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 in English and German, with asurround-only option in Hungarian. Dialogue is clear but the soundtrackdoesn’t have a great deal in the way of audio effects, but there are somesinging moments which stand out.
There are a pitiful number of chapters in the mere 12, but there aresubtitles in 13 languages: English (and hard of hearing), Arabic, Bulgarian,Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian,Swedish and Turkish.
As for extras, there’s just a single Trailer and the menus aresilent and static.
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OVERALLEmail Clare Dootson
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.