Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

2008 "Georgia Nicholson is not mental, but her life is."
6.3| 1h40m| PG-13| en
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Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
trixie-k-88 This movie was a horrible adaption of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. It is the kind of film that absolutely destroys the idea the author of the original piece was trying to make.Georgia Nicolson is a silly, immature teenage girl who likes playing pranks and is absolutely boy crazy! To sum it up, the plot is Georgia's pursuit of a boy she calls "The Sex God" (aka Robbie). In her attempts to make the handsome older boy fall in love with her, Georgia gets herself and her friends into zany situations. Despite her painful embarrassing family, crazy cat, and strict private school Georgia manages to come through on top, with her guy! The problem with this movie is that it takes a hilariously silly, lighthearted book and tries to fit it into the normal template of a tween/teen movie. They stuffed in too many clichés, made the audience sympathize with Georgia's shallow complaints, and threw in some morals and "maturity". The charm of the Georgia books are not only Rennison's hilarity (which this movie got JUST a taste of) but the way she poked fun at how shallow and ridiculous Georgia was. It was always clear that the things Georgia thought were so important were...just trivial, childish things. Because as many of us know, most things teenagers think are wildly important are...not, and that's quickly realized in a few years. But this movie makes it seem like every other stupid teen movie does--that your desperate search for a boyfriend, and desire for a smaller nose and less embarrassing parents DO actually matter and ARE important. In fact..this movie ended up being just what the books make fun of, shallow and stupid. It also destroyed the lighthearted, hilariosity of Georgia by making her "mature" in the end. That may be good for other characters, but the fun of Georgia is she stays completely silly and airheaded for years.For the most part, this movie destroyed the characters. This film took away everything that made Georgia special and original. It made her just another recycled teenaged girl character, which is truly disappointing. Her actions, which are supposed to be hilariously shallow and silly come out as whiny, bratty and annoyingly shallow, even manipulative. Georgia's parents have lost almost all personality, except the fact that Georgia's mom is flirtatious, which they push too far and make her flat out inappropriate. Dave the Laugh is NOT funny at all, and way too sensitive, when he is supposed to be an immature horndog. Angus also has no personality, little screen time, and is an ugly, gray Persian. Was it really that hard to find a large, orange tabby? Especially when they gave him nothing to do in the film? Jas was actually okay, but her chemistry with Georgia was not very good. The ONLY character that actually made me laugh and acted how I pictured was Libby, Georgia's three year old sister. And she was only on screen for a few minutes! I know I'm comparing this to the book a lot, but that's because it came from such fantastic material. But on its own? This is just another dumb tween movie with a few chuckles. It might be likable for some young girls who have never read the books, but otherwise it's forgettable. This is one of those films you should really just skip and read the book instead.
Cedric_Catsuits A cast comprising non-actors (notably Davies, Taylor and Jones) and talentless actors (notably Groome) combine with a fussy, childish and unimaginative script to produce one of the dullest movies ever. Maybe it was intended to appeal to kids, but with the amount of sex and nudity on show it's not exactly suitable for family viewing.Apparently based on a book published in 1999, the dialogue could easily have come from 1950s middle England. I want to assure all non-Brits that the characters portrayed here are in no way representative of modern Britain. I seriously doubt the writers had normal childhoods, and certainly not in England.I have no idea who this sort of fluffy, lightweight film making might appeal to, but it certainly isn't me and I can't imagine anyone who appreciates a good movie will enjoy this.
napierslogs "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging" is like a teen romantic comedy, but it's better than its contemporaries.We have a group of 14 year-old girls, mainly focused on Georgia (Georgia Groome), who try to find romance, learn how to kiss, and just go through the ups and downs of life as all teenagers do. It's mostly done with comedy, and some light-hearted 'real-life' moments. I find it is one of the better looks at teen girls while remaining cute and funny.I am older than its target audience, and while it's perfectly suited for its audience of teen and pre-teen girls, I was able to look back with amusement on all their trials of love.I am relieved that we have a teen comedy that doesn't go for a more mature audience and doesn't show the girls as more mature than they actually are. Finally with "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging" we have an age-appropriate romantic comedy filled with light-hearted fun.
terrellrobinson71 When it comes to teenage films, the only thing you should remember is "Mean Girls", but before you check that movie out, you see this movie and check it out. The movie "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging" is a original coming-of-age kind of teenage film ONLY for the teenagers and sometimes the parents will enjoy it as well. In director Gurinder Chadha's adaptation of the two books, "Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging" and "On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God", it tells such a wicked story of Georgia Nicolson (played brilliantly by Georgia Groome), a 14-going-on-15 teenage rebel who wants the perfect boy, the perfect life and the perfect 15th birthday party of her life. But, as you can see, her life is so disconnected by her parents and her sister, but is rescued by her beloved cat, Angus and her pals in which she calls them the "Ace Gang". That is until she crosses eyes on two twin brothers who just moved from London to Eastbourne because of their parents' divorce. One is Robbie (Aaron Johnson), who is musically gifted and is Georgia's perfect target but he's got a girlfriend named "Slaggy" Lindsay who wants nothing more but wearing thongs and fawning over Robbie and to keep Georgia away from him. There is much to talk about in this hilarious film, but I will not say anything else. The movie is not dirty (although you can see some shots of girls wearing thongs in a Nickelodeon movie that is rated PG-13 only), but it is faithful to the books and it focuses in on Georgia's life in the right direction. Once after you'll see it, you will probably own it on DVD, like me. The breakthrough performances of Groome and Johnson are a dream team and therefore I must say, it is worth a ride. Try it. Like Georgia says at the very end of the film: "Result!".