The To Do List (2013)

So funny! I was in high school on the 90's and can relate to this movie. I laugh more and more each time watch it. I would love a sequel.

Let me start off with what I enjoyed about this flick: REALLY liked the premise, loved Andy Samberg's character (I love him although the song he performed was atrocious lol), and the Eddy Vedder face moment-Hilarious (although don't think it resembled him). Now let me explain what I had issues with. Like another reviewer mentioned, the clothing was like a year or 2 late, everyone was dressed like it was '91 or '92. I was somewhat surprised Nolan's parents allowed him to be in this considering how family friendly Modern Family is. I thought the mom was a little too relaxed about sex: I mean being open to conversation is one thing but giving your kids lube and walking in on them having sex is completely different. Another problem I had was the age of the Bilson's character; she acted juvenile, especially when it came to her relationship with Brandy yet she was preparing her nuptials. Wished the ending was slightly better and had a bit of a message where Brandy learned something positive... Think this movie would've been better if it had been done with college aged characters (less of a sex to-do list, more of a sexual exploration through Brandy's college years), Bison's character was eliminated altogether, some of the gross out humor had been toned down a smig (such as the pool and shower "conclusion") and that the parents had acted a little more... Parental. If those changes had been made this could've been an 8 or 9!

Now when I say teen film I don't mean a film aimed at teens. Oh no! This is a film very much aimed at adults and the older teens. Over here it has a rating of 15 meaning the minimum age a person has to be to see it is 15.Aubrey Plaza plays a teenager that has not had anything to do with sex or letting her hair down at wild parties so her friends take her to one after the class of '93 graduation party. After what happens there she tears out her original 'To Do' list and writes a new one which involves just about everything normal that a teen would know about but is yet to find out about, especially a teen as sexually unknowing as the character is and ends the list with her having sex with the hot hunk she saw at the party. From there on in she goes through various situations from her very open family to not messing things up in her own way and then sorting it all out ....almost! There really should be more comedies like this because seeing the leads played by women and the men in the supporting roles, a reverse from the usual, put a whole new spin and take on things/it! A great comedy that really should be seen!

It's 1993 in Boise, Idaho. Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) has just graduated from high school as the straight laced valedictorian and a virgin. She has a loose older sister Amber (Rachel Bilson), frank mother (Connie Britton) and an embarrassed father (Clark Gregg). Cameron (Johnny Simmons) is her nerdy friend who is in love with her. Fiona (Alia Shawkat) and Wendy (Sarah Steele) are her slutty best friends. She gets convinced by her sister that she needs to lose her virginity before going to college. She wants to lose it to hot guy Rusty Waters (Scott Porter). So she makes a sexual to-do list. She's working at the pool managed by Willy (Bill Hader) for the summer where Rusty, Derrick (Donald Glover) and Cameron are working.This is a fine inappropriate coming of age movie from writer/director Maggie Carey. My biggest problem is actually Aubrey Plaza. She's too old to play a teenager. She also plays very sarcastic which takes away from the character. I think either Alia Shawkat or Sarah Steele would be better fit. They have a more innocent persona which would work much better for the character. Aubrey's whole act is low energy sarcasm. It's a better fit for a sarcastic bitter friend with a heart like 'Parks and Recreation'.