ehhh i dunno i saw the movie a few times actually and every time i see It i just don't understand it. I mean i understand what its trying to do but i don't understand how everyone is always having so much sex. I graduated high school in 2002 and went to so many parties in high school and in college and i have never seen a party or a girl or guy have so much sex in such a little amount of time all the time. In this movie every party was a sex party you had girls and guys having sex and people even watching this. hahaha i just cant get over the person who would even write this. I personally like this type of movie but this is just so un realistic and it seemed like the entire school ended up with syphilis. give me a break.. So everyone in the school was sleeping with each other?. wow it still has me baffled.....
49 Reviews
I disagree that it's totally unrealistic
upsumtrix29 March 2006
It's not the best movie I've ever seen, but I disagree with a previous user who dismissed it all as totally unrealistic. A lot of sheltered students in some high schools may view it as totally ridiculous, but this kind of thing is in fact happening. The movie managed to take every bad situation and cram it into a two hour span, which makes it seem absurd, but it's not completely out of the realm of truth. Take the documentary "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" which is possibly an inspiration behind this movie. The teens interviewed in that were as jaded and nonchalant about their actions as many characters in "She's too Young." Worse, even. It's not like every high school in the country has students like this, but it's going on, and there's no denying it. "Young" merely tells a single story of one set of teens' fictional experiences. I agree however that the way the school handled it was unrealistic. I think that a school probably would mail home those syphilis notification letters, not pass them out to embarrassed, angry students. The long line of students waiting to be tested in clear view of the whole school seemed unnecessarily humiliating and wrong. I get the feeling it's not really like that. I sure HOPE not. Anyway, just my five cents.
A glance to reality, maybe
jpschapira16 February 2005
Well, this couldn't be a great film, or it could. The thing is, it is made, although very professionally, for TV, and no everyone gets to see these TV films. I don't wanna put "TV Films" like in a category (although they are), because they sometimes can be really good, and can show reality, sometimes. I'm sorry for all the "sometimes" but it is important for the description of this very interesting project, done with a lot of work.
The movie deals with events, so, you know, when everything has come to a boiling point, don't expect anything else, because that's were the journey ends (and I'm not saying it in a bad way). The whole piece has strong and convincing performances from all the cast, and a very realistic and powerful issue to mess with. What would happen if your beloved and outstanding daughter screwed up, badly? As a parent, probably you would freak out, but think about your daughter's position. She has all the right to speak, I mean, you have trusted her for so long, and she has done everything correctly, but now...The thing is, she knows what you're going to say, and she's ready to stand against it: She has been doing everything you asked her for! The characters come as real as they could. You have all types of persons, dealing with different things, but, somehow, at some point, something is going to unite everything, to one only problem; and that could be the biggest one. I mean, you have this 14-year old girl, who says to be a "sexpert". You couldn't believe this as soon as you heard it, but it could be true; and she's not the only one. There's a main storyline, yes. But it is, in some way, the whole thing. What's going on? The camera takes you on a reality tour, to high-school parties and private reunions, stealing, drug selling (and buying, of course) and, how to forget, again, sex. This camera seems to move fast, and it's very well done, because it has many things to show. In many parts, the camera changes; colors, frames, style. It's well handled.
Performances are strong, and convincing, I said. And it was wonderful to see Marcia Gay Harden in this kind of role. She makes it so believable. She plays the kind of mother that wants to let go, but is afraid to, and is constantly worried about her child. She has that concern in her eyes, the whole time. Just watch her.
This could be defined as a double-faced world. It is reality, yes. But one face could be hell; I think I have already explained it. Hannah, the main character of the film, gets inside of this hell, and explores. She could like it. Then there's Tommy, her best friend and possible love. He loves her, and wants to keep her away from the bad things ("hell"). But he's not going to oblige her.
He's waiting...That could be heaven.
The movie deals with events, so, you know, when everything has come to a boiling point, don't expect anything else, because that's were the journey ends (and I'm not saying it in a bad way). The whole piece has strong and convincing performances from all the cast, and a very realistic and powerful issue to mess with. What would happen if your beloved and outstanding daughter screwed up, badly? As a parent, probably you would freak out, but think about your daughter's position. She has all the right to speak, I mean, you have trusted her for so long, and she has done everything correctly, but now...The thing is, she knows what you're going to say, and she's ready to stand against it: She has been doing everything you asked her for! The characters come as real as they could. You have all types of persons, dealing with different things, but, somehow, at some point, something is going to unite everything, to one only problem; and that could be the biggest one. I mean, you have this 14-year old girl, who says to be a "sexpert". You couldn't believe this as soon as you heard it, but it could be true; and she's not the only one. There's a main storyline, yes. But it is, in some way, the whole thing. What's going on? The camera takes you on a reality tour, to high-school parties and private reunions, stealing, drug selling (and buying, of course) and, how to forget, again, sex. This camera seems to move fast, and it's very well done, because it has many things to show. In many parts, the camera changes; colors, frames, style. It's well handled.
Performances are strong, and convincing, I said. And it was wonderful to see Marcia Gay Harden in this kind of role. She makes it so believable. She plays the kind of mother that wants to let go, but is afraid to, and is constantly worried about her child. She has that concern in her eyes, the whole time. Just watch her.
This could be defined as a double-faced world. It is reality, yes. But one face could be hell; I think I have already explained it. Hannah, the main character of the film, gets inside of this hell, and explores. She could like it. Then there's Tommy, her best friend and possible love. He loves her, and wants to keep her away from the bad things ("hell"). But he's not going to oblige her.
He's waiting...That could be heaven.
Deals With real life teen issues
frutopia2316 February 2004
I am watching this movie right now, on the night that it premiered. I believe this movie deals with real issues that need to be handled. I am a Teen myself, and I know it all happens. While all of this happens, I am not so sure as to the extent that it happens. In the film, Hannah does things with an older guy, which results in her getting a sexually transmitted Disease. (STD) The entire community of Teens ends up with it because it's just some game to the males, and the females think they wont be able to get a date unless they do it. While I don't know why the 14 year old girls need to have dates, I do know they need a security, and obviously aren't getting it anywhere else. The nice guys in the film are called gay. This all seems unreal, as if it doesn't happen in real life, but it does, and I don't want to sound like a preacher, but I felt it might help to say what I think on the film, and I think it was a good, if not excellent way to try showing parents what goes on in most high schools, even though everything seems normal. At the end of the film, the main character, Hannah, comes on screen and says 1 in 5 girls have sex before they turn 15, and 35% of all females experience pregnancy before the tender age of 20. This is an excellent film if you want to be prepared to know what happens to your family members or friends that are in high school, and while it doesn't happen to everyone, it does happen, so being prepared for it can never hurt.
Heart in the Right Place..
lambiepie-29 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers
The Lifetime Network has turned into the "Afterschool Specials" network with a slightly larger budget and more seasoned actors. To me, 'She's Too Young' was along the lines of the old "Afterschool Specials" of teen problems of the day that need immediate attention of teens and parents.
This is an important subject with an important way of raising red flags to help people really communicate on the subject. While in this movie, there are quite a few misclassification of the subject, the film's heart IS in the right place. It needs to bring attention to the issue of teen sex ...and the real/life changing consequences thereof no matter how teens think they are 'doing it' or not.
A few important points of note that the film was trying to touch upon besides the introduction of "what is sex..?" and how that can spread diseases, etc., there is the point that "honor"/"straight A"/"morally religious" students should know better and don't engage in this behavior because they are smart enough to know better. That mothers being their daughters "best friend" instead of their mother helps them. That 'boys will be boys' (ahem - 'boys NEED to be boys') is the shrug-off of males for being more sexually active than of women who are automatically labeled as "fast". And the list goes on for this film is pointing on: Teens getting baited to do things by their peer group and then ostracized when something happens to them such as diseases/pregnancy/AIDS ... and so on.
What makes this film palatable are the actors, led by Marsha Gay Harden as a mother trying to help her 14 year old daughter after a one time sexual encounter which leaves her with syphilis. The perspectives of her daughter and those friends and families around this community are of those to watch. Reactions, decisions - and actions...which was appropriate to you, the viewer. Of course there is the typical lifetime movie cheesy drama to give the movie it's way but the actors did great with the material as given.
There's much to address on both sides of the situation: with parents and teens and this film touched upon much - which is the point - to get families to openly communicate with themselves about real life, real life situations. And that is what is the overall point of this film.
This is an important subject with an important way of raising red flags to help people really communicate on the subject. While in this movie, there are quite a few misclassification of the subject, the film's heart IS in the right place. It needs to bring attention to the issue of teen sex ...and the real/life changing consequences thereof no matter how teens think they are 'doing it' or not.
A few important points of note that the film was trying to touch upon besides the introduction of "what is sex..?" and how that can spread diseases, etc., there is the point that "honor"/"straight A"/"morally religious" students should know better and don't engage in this behavior because they are smart enough to know better. That mothers being their daughters "best friend" instead of their mother helps them. That 'boys will be boys' (ahem - 'boys NEED to be boys') is the shrug-off of males for being more sexually active than of women who are automatically labeled as "fast". And the list goes on for this film is pointing on: Teens getting baited to do things by their peer group and then ostracized when something happens to them such as diseases/pregnancy/AIDS ... and so on.
What makes this film palatable are the actors, led by Marsha Gay Harden as a mother trying to help her 14 year old daughter after a one time sexual encounter which leaves her with syphilis. The perspectives of her daughter and those friends and families around this community are of those to watch. Reactions, decisions - and actions...which was appropriate to you, the viewer. Of course there is the typical lifetime movie cheesy drama to give the movie it's way but the actors did great with the material as given.
There's much to address on both sides of the situation: with parents and teens and this film touched upon much - which is the point - to get families to openly communicate with themselves about real life, real life situations. And that is what is the overall point of this film.
This is a true story
banana_pies555521 March 2006
Warning: Spoilers
So the movie wasn't great. The dialog was weak and unrealistic and Hannah's mother was too uptight.
But a lot of people aren't getting the core message of this movie. This is based on a true story. Over 200 teens in Rockland, Georgia contracted syphilis during 1996. Girls had sex with over 30 boys before the age of 16 just so they could be "more popular", feel "more accepted".
I'm a freshman in high school and I watched this movie in health class. I didn't really like it, but I appreciated that it gave real effort into scaring us into abstinence. Yeah, it seems far-fetched, like it couldn't happen. But outbreaks like this do, whether you want to believe it or not. In most schools, they aren't to this extent, but STD's or STI's can happen to anyone.
But a lot of people aren't getting the core message of this movie. This is based on a true story. Over 200 teens in Rockland, Georgia contracted syphilis during 1996. Girls had sex with over 30 boys before the age of 16 just so they could be "more popular", feel "more accepted".
I'm a freshman in high school and I watched this movie in health class. I didn't really like it, but I appreciated that it gave real effort into scaring us into abstinence. Yeah, it seems far-fetched, like it couldn't happen. But outbreaks like this do, whether you want to believe it or not. In most schools, they aren't to this extent, but STD's or STI's can happen to anyone.
Painfull, in every defenition of the word
OctoberJ18 February 2004
Hey Everybody,
This movie was painfull to watch. Partially because it is true that this is happening around the country. It's sad that STI ( sexually transmitted infections) can spread so easdily. I think that the plot of the movie was pretty good-but there were somethings that weren't.
I think the movie was a bit too long. It was hard to sit through the whole thing because it just kept going on and on. I believe it could have been cut. Marcia Gay Harden was okay-not her best role. The young girls were okay-I think the lead was the best though.
Pretty much all the character played teenagers with problems real well, which is what they are.
I think the movie got it's point across though--If you are going to have sex do it intelligently with protection, and wait untill you are old enough.
This movie was painfull to watch. Partially because it is true that this is happening around the country. It's sad that STI ( sexually transmitted infections) can spread so easdily. I think that the plot of the movie was pretty good-but there were somethings that weren't.
I think the movie was a bit too long. It was hard to sit through the whole thing because it just kept going on and on. I believe it could have been cut. Marcia Gay Harden was okay-not her best role. The young girls were okay-I think the lead was the best though.
Pretty much all the character played teenagers with problems real well, which is what they are.
I think the movie got it's point across though--If you are going to have sex do it intelligently with protection, and wait untill you are old enough.
Unintetionally comical
vinicius-cid28 September 2008
Warning: Spoilers
The movie was probably the best teen comedy I've ever seen in a long while. The only problem with the movie is that it was not meant to be such.
Why, it is WAY overblown on nearly every aspect. Indeed, some kids do have sex (often careless) and such in high school, but the movie tries to illustrate that nearly every teenager do the same thing: they are either very fond of engaging into sexual relationships or end up succumbing to peer pressure and doing it. Which is absolutely untrue, likewise with the amount of sexual partners each has. Plus, during my earlier years, teenagers tended to use condoms whilst performing intercourse, but the movie suggests they don't (after all, everyone gets Syphilis in the end). Also, according to the movie, internet cafés are where the babes hangout! Wait, what? Each character is far too stereotypical as well, and their actions, terribly predictable: the helpless good girl who gives in to peer pressure, the pompous popular guy who happens to have absent parents, the whorish girl who has sex with everyone, the bad skater dude, the artsy guy who plays the role of saint and so on. Oh, and of course the portrayal of the Church as a bastion of goodness and morality among the sex-driven and liberal culture couldn't be left out as well.
And no good is ever talked about on Instant Messengers. Seriously, it's all about party and sex, as suggested by the IM's name: "TeenPlaya". What else could you expect?? Ah, the teenage parties! Alcohol, drugs and SEX. They're all the same.
...Not to mention the dialogue is painful, particularly those involving the "parents". It was hard to watch Hannah's mother speaking without wanting to place the palm of my hand in my face.
However, me and my peers still had many laughs while watching "She's Too Young". The few unexpected scenes were impossible to watch without bursting laughing out loud, most of the dull dialogue were deserving of a smile, and the absurdity of other moments led all of us to spill some Dr. Pepper in the couch.
Conclusively, it was very entertaining, but definitively not on the way it was meant to be, hence I'm voting a low rating for the movie.
Why, it is WAY overblown on nearly every aspect. Indeed, some kids do have sex (often careless) and such in high school, but the movie tries to illustrate that nearly every teenager do the same thing: they are either very fond of engaging into sexual relationships or end up succumbing to peer pressure and doing it. Which is absolutely untrue, likewise with the amount of sexual partners each has. Plus, during my earlier years, teenagers tended to use condoms whilst performing intercourse, but the movie suggests they don't (after all, everyone gets Syphilis in the end). Also, according to the movie, internet cafés are where the babes hangout! Wait, what? Each character is far too stereotypical as well, and their actions, terribly predictable: the helpless good girl who gives in to peer pressure, the pompous popular guy who happens to have absent parents, the whorish girl who has sex with everyone, the bad skater dude, the artsy guy who plays the role of saint and so on. Oh, and of course the portrayal of the Church as a bastion of goodness and morality among the sex-driven and liberal culture couldn't be left out as well.
And no good is ever talked about on Instant Messengers. Seriously, it's all about party and sex, as suggested by the IM's name: "TeenPlaya". What else could you expect?? Ah, the teenage parties! Alcohol, drugs and SEX. They're all the same.
...Not to mention the dialogue is painful, particularly those involving the "parents". It was hard to watch Hannah's mother speaking without wanting to place the palm of my hand in my face.
However, me and my peers still had many laughs while watching "She's Too Young". The few unexpected scenes were impossible to watch without bursting laughing out loud, most of the dull dialogue were deserving of a smile, and the absurdity of other moments led all of us to spill some Dr. Pepper in the couch.
Conclusively, it was very entertaining, but definitively not on the way it was meant to be, hence I'm voting a low rating for the movie.
What a great movie.
Ella_Darcy15 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
First of all, I have to say that this was the best week-and-a-half of junior year health class I have ever been a part of. We were all on the floor in hysterics because of the sheer stupidity.
So, Hannah is a Good Girl. She plays the cello. She has two very good friends (one named Becca and one Dawn. I can't tell them apart except for one having really unattractive braces, and one having a slutty mom and fat younger sister), and they are all freshmen.
At this school, unlike most places I'm familiar with, the only way to be popular is to sleep around. The two blonde friends happily put out at parties and in cheap motel rooms (WITHOUT RUBBER GLOVES!), ostensibly because being blonde makes you a rampaging slut or something, leaving Hannah alone withher geeky (but adorable) photographer male friend. And her cello.
Nick, the really unattractive yet somehow popular boy, takes a liking to Hannah in all of her virginal, cello-playing glory. They go in his hot tub, and -GASP- he doesn't make a move on her! Later, they watch a movie, and he somehow convinces her to give him a blow job. I'm not quite sure, because he doesn't really say antything. I suppose his telepathic arguments were really convincing.
One of the slutty blonde girls soon goes to the school nurse because she has a sore in her mouth. What is it, you ask? Why, SYPHILIS! Yes, there is soon a massive outbreak of syphilis in the school, because apparently there are always high school parties with lots of unprotected sex. If anyone knows where these are, please let me know, as I have yet to see one.
Hannah finds out that she has syphilis, too, and informs her overprotective mother after she comes home drunk one night. Her mother decides that the only way to deal with this is to form a committee, and is upset when other parents aren't as gung-ho about committee forming.
Long story short? No one likes Hannah anymore and she whines about it to geeky-but-adorable-male-photographer-friend over an instant messenger where the screen names are the people's names and a few numbers. I think I recall 'grrl' being in one of them. She later sneaks over to his house, where he reveals a frighteningly stalkerish amount of pictures of her hanging everywhere.
Rather than running away, she leans over and kisses him. They proceed to make out, and she unbuttons her shirt (but is wearing a tank top underneath, because she's still good somewhere inside!). She straddles him, and goes for his pants, but is stopped by the Moral Speech of the Movie. Such gems as 'We have the rest of our lives to do this,' and 'We don't even know what we want!' are dropped. Hannah gets off of him and leaves, but not before screaming the best line of the movie: 'YOU JUST DON'T LOVE ME BECAUSE I HAVE SYPHILIS!' She goes to a party, where she is informed that one of her slutty blonde friends is in the basement. Some random sketchy guy proceeds to attempt to rape her, but fails when geeky-but-adorable-yet-prudish-male-photographer-friend-with-benefits steps out of the shadows, brandishing his CAMERA PHONE! He then utters the second-best line of the movie: 'If you don't stop, I'll send this picture straight to 9-1-1.' Because 9-1-1 has text messaging services.
The moral of the movie? Peer pressure gives you syphilis, and would-be rapists can be deterred by absolute nonsense. 8/10.
So, Hannah is a Good Girl. She plays the cello. She has two very good friends (one named Becca and one Dawn. I can't tell them apart except for one having really unattractive braces, and one having a slutty mom and fat younger sister), and they are all freshmen.
At this school, unlike most places I'm familiar with, the only way to be popular is to sleep around. The two blonde friends happily put out at parties and in cheap motel rooms (WITHOUT RUBBER GLOVES!), ostensibly because being blonde makes you a rampaging slut or something, leaving Hannah alone withher geeky (but adorable) photographer male friend. And her cello.
Nick, the really unattractive yet somehow popular boy, takes a liking to Hannah in all of her virginal, cello-playing glory. They go in his hot tub, and -GASP- he doesn't make a move on her! Later, they watch a movie, and he somehow convinces her to give him a blow job. I'm not quite sure, because he doesn't really say antything. I suppose his telepathic arguments were really convincing.
One of the slutty blonde girls soon goes to the school nurse because she has a sore in her mouth. What is it, you ask? Why, SYPHILIS! Yes, there is soon a massive outbreak of syphilis in the school, because apparently there are always high school parties with lots of unprotected sex. If anyone knows where these are, please let me know, as I have yet to see one.
Hannah finds out that she has syphilis, too, and informs her overprotective mother after she comes home drunk one night. Her mother decides that the only way to deal with this is to form a committee, and is upset when other parents aren't as gung-ho about committee forming.
Long story short? No one likes Hannah anymore and she whines about it to geeky-but-adorable-male-photographer-friend over an instant messenger where the screen names are the people's names and a few numbers. I think I recall 'grrl' being in one of them. She later sneaks over to his house, where he reveals a frighteningly stalkerish amount of pictures of her hanging everywhere.
Rather than running away, she leans over and kisses him. They proceed to make out, and she unbuttons her shirt (but is wearing a tank top underneath, because she's still good somewhere inside!). She straddles him, and goes for his pants, but is stopped by the Moral Speech of the Movie. Such gems as 'We have the rest of our lives to do this,' and 'We don't even know what we want!' are dropped. Hannah gets off of him and leaves, but not before screaming the best line of the movie: 'YOU JUST DON'T LOVE ME BECAUSE I HAVE SYPHILIS!' She goes to a party, where she is informed that one of her slutty blonde friends is in the basement. Some random sketchy guy proceeds to attempt to rape her, but fails when geeky-but-adorable-yet-prudish-male-photographer-friend-with-benefits steps out of the shadows, brandishing his CAMERA PHONE! He then utters the second-best line of the movie: 'If you don't stop, I'll send this picture straight to 9-1-1.' Because 9-1-1 has text messaging services.
The moral of the movie? Peer pressure gives you syphilis, and would-be rapists can be deterred by absolute nonsense. 8/10.
Painfull, in every defenition of the word
OctoberJ18 February 2004
Hey Everybody,
This movie was painfull to watch. Partially because it is true that this is happeneing around the country. It's sad that STI ( sexually transmitted infections) can spread so easdily. I think that the plot of the movie was pretty good-but there were somethings that weren't.
I think the movie was a bit too long. It was hard to sit through the whole thing because it just kept going on and on. I believe it could have been cut. Marcia Gay Harden was okay-not her best role. The young girls were okay-I think the lead was the best though.
Pretty much all the character played teenagers with problems real well, which is what they are.
I think the movie got it's point across though--If you are going to have sex do it intelligently with protection, and wait untill you are old enough.
This movie was painfull to watch. Partially because it is true that this is happeneing around the country. It's sad that STI ( sexually transmitted infections) can spread so easdily. I think that the plot of the movie was pretty good-but there were somethings that weren't.
I think the movie was a bit too long. It was hard to sit through the whole thing because it just kept going on and on. I believe it could have been cut. Marcia Gay Harden was okay-not her best role. The young girls were okay-I think the lead was the best though.
Pretty much all the character played teenagers with problems real well, which is what they are.
I think the movie got it's point across though--If you are going to have sex do it intelligently with protection, and wait untill you are old enough.
virus???
sheryl-seibert11 December 2005
Warning: Spoilers
If this is supposed to be a somewhat educational film, then someone should have informed LifeTime that syphilis is a bacteria NOT A VIRUS. When the nurse was vaccinating the students she kept telling them the shot would cure their virus. Way to teach kids about STD's. The movie makes it look like if caught early STD's can be erased, but obviously thats not how reality is. Other than that I enjoyed the movie because it shows just how early our kids are getting slutty. I think the movie Kids does a much better job expressing that though. In fact this was pretty much a watered down version of Kids. I typically rely on LifeTime movies for a quick brainless emotional rush.
great depiction of teen life
actionmoviestar3 June 2005
This film is perhaps one of the most viewer friendly accurate description of teen life. There were strong performances all the way around. Alexis Dziena shines bright as the lead character in this film. This film takes an unparalleled view of teen sex but it also takes a view at teen curiosity in general. This is a very important film for not just all parents to watch but teens also, since it is about them. It is important for teens to know what is going on inside and outside of their high school. At the same time it is alarming to see how many sexually active teens there are presently today. Even though I've been out of high school for only 3 years, I know it has changed significantly since I've attended. Another good reason to view this film is for individuals to see that high school isn't as sugar-coated and "G" rated as "Saved by the Bell" and many of the teen shows from the 90's make it out to be. Teens becoming sexually active with more than one individual is real. It's time for us to start watching more movies and shows like this that alarms us of this matter.
come on people!
gkooky12325 January 2006
the first person who left a comment about this movie obviously grew up in the 50's. i mean come on! ya at the high school i went to girls weren't more popular because they had sex, but at a grade school down the street some of the girls were charging for heads. This is reality folks as much as we want to deny, it is. they mite as well lower the drinking age because its apparent that no one follows it, however to those ppl who do more power to you. pressure is definitely one of the key factors and i think this movie tried to to really portray that. having sex at a young age is scary but the truth. i went to an all catholic all girl high school, and everyone seemed like good girls, but on the inside there was a party at least every weekend and ya drinking went on, i don't no about promiscuous sex but ya sex was there over all i would say this movie was good but thirteen was a million times better. and some of the younger actors could use a little work.
Worst excuse for a movie I have ever seen in my life
xbx112028 November 2007
This is the worst over-the-top, hilariously cheesy excuse for a movie I have ever seen in my life. Being a 17 year old, I think I can also say with confidence that it is not realistic in the most forgiving sense.
The first thing I noticed is the strong bias against MEN that this movie has, no surprise since its a LIFETIME movie. I felt like every time a man came onto the screen, he says something dumb or acts irresponsibly. Even when the dad came on screen, he would just crack open a beer, say "Oh I don't care about our daughter, I'm watchin da game!", and walk off-screen. And all the guys at her high school were Neanderthals who wanted sex and nothing more. The only exception was her gay friend at school. Yes, he's gay.
Now to the bulk of the movie. I could just picture what this sad excuse for a movie was going to be like before I even watched it. A bunch of arrogant Hollywood writers 'exposing' what dangerous, sex-filled American teen life is like. It is nothing like the movie portrays. Yes, people have responsible sex before they are married. Yes, there are 'sluts' who have sex with many partners. No, girls don't 'put out' or act so sexually aggressive as they do in the movie. And they're 14 in the movie. No way.
The movie is also very cheesy. Some of the quotes sound like they come right out of an abstinence textbook. "Look if you do it you'll fit in" "Cmon don't you wanna be popular?" To which the girl instantly replies 'yes' and they have sex. These people act nothing like real humans, and that is why its so funny.
Another bright spot of the movie is how they portray the main 'player', the guy who gets all the girls and spreads syphilis. He doesn't care about infecting people, wants just sex, and they show him watching porn to make him look like a bad person. People in the class thought this was particularly funny. You see him on an XXX site and he's instantly a bad dude. Who woulda known so many people were evil in high school.
To sum it up, this movie sucks and its not realistic at all. I hate to imagine what middle aged soccer moms think when they see this movie. "OH THATS HOW IT IS MAH KIDS BE HAVIN SEX EW!" Well, let me tell you, this movie is the farthest thing from reality I've ever seen. A joke.
The first thing I noticed is the strong bias against MEN that this movie has, no surprise since its a LIFETIME movie. I felt like every time a man came onto the screen, he says something dumb or acts irresponsibly. Even when the dad came on screen, he would just crack open a beer, say "Oh I don't care about our daughter, I'm watchin da game!", and walk off-screen. And all the guys at her high school were Neanderthals who wanted sex and nothing more. The only exception was her gay friend at school. Yes, he's gay.
Now to the bulk of the movie. I could just picture what this sad excuse for a movie was going to be like before I even watched it. A bunch of arrogant Hollywood writers 'exposing' what dangerous, sex-filled American teen life is like. It is nothing like the movie portrays. Yes, people have responsible sex before they are married. Yes, there are 'sluts' who have sex with many partners. No, girls don't 'put out' or act so sexually aggressive as they do in the movie. And they're 14 in the movie. No way.
The movie is also very cheesy. Some of the quotes sound like they come right out of an abstinence textbook. "Look if you do it you'll fit in" "Cmon don't you wanna be popular?" To which the girl instantly replies 'yes' and they have sex. These people act nothing like real humans, and that is why its so funny.
Another bright spot of the movie is how they portray the main 'player', the guy who gets all the girls and spreads syphilis. He doesn't care about infecting people, wants just sex, and they show him watching porn to make him look like a bad person. People in the class thought this was particularly funny. You see him on an XXX site and he's instantly a bad dude. Who woulda known so many people were evil in high school.
To sum it up, this movie sucks and its not realistic at all. I hate to imagine what middle aged soccer moms think when they see this movie. "OH THATS HOW IT IS MAH KIDS BE HAVIN SEX EW!" Well, let me tell you, this movie is the farthest thing from reality I've ever seen. A joke.
Worst Television Capture of Teen Sex EVER!
LipStikNerd19 February 2004
I have a soft spot for crappy Lifetime movies so I saw the commercial for this and decided to watch it. Plus, it had Emma from Degrassi so I thought, man, how bad could it be? Little did I know it would be AWFUL.
As an 18 year old female who is just about to finish highschool and go off to college, I feel that I do have enough backround to critique this. It was completely unrealistic. Yea, highschool kids are having sex and being INCREDIBLY unsafe about it, which is incredibly alarming and disturbing. Kids are contracting STDs and HIV like colds now adays. Older guys are sleeping with freshman and spreading diseases.There is definatly pressure to have sex. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS. There are no sex parties. Teenagers aren't stealing porn from video stores like they show in the movie, then taking them home and having orgies with there freinds while watching it! Sex is definatly happening at parties, but it's not like this AT ALL.
This movie dramatisized the issue of teen sex like nothing I have ever seen before. Of course there are outbreaks of STDs in highschools, but they are not handled like this. And in all honesty, it is very rare that you find a nerdy band girl whose friends with the school sluts in actual highschool settings. Its sad, but totally true. Marcia Gay Harden was the only good actress in this entire film. The woman who portrayed the aid from Health Services was awful. The two permiscuous girls were terrible. And the actor who played Nick was AWFUL! Plus, he wasn't even that good looking. BAD BAD CASTING. Yea, this is a serious issue, but this was soooooooooooo overly dramatisized that it's almost funny.
As an 18 year old female who is just about to finish highschool and go off to college, I feel that I do have enough backround to critique this. It was completely unrealistic. Yea, highschool kids are having sex and being INCREDIBLY unsafe about it, which is incredibly alarming and disturbing. Kids are contracting STDs and HIV like colds now adays. Older guys are sleeping with freshman and spreading diseases.There is definatly pressure to have sex. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS. There are no sex parties. Teenagers aren't stealing porn from video stores like they show in the movie, then taking them home and having orgies with there freinds while watching it! Sex is definatly happening at parties, but it's not like this AT ALL.
This movie dramatisized the issue of teen sex like nothing I have ever seen before. Of course there are outbreaks of STDs in highschools, but they are not handled like this. And in all honesty, it is very rare that you find a nerdy band girl whose friends with the school sluts in actual highschool settings. Its sad, but totally true. Marcia Gay Harden was the only good actress in this entire film. The woman who portrayed the aid from Health Services was awful. The two permiscuous girls were terrible. And the actor who played Nick was AWFUL! Plus, he wasn't even that good looking. BAD BAD CASTING. Yea, this is a serious issue, but this was soooooooooooo overly dramatisized that it's almost funny.
Good Movie
orangecounty191517 July 2005
She's Too Young is a story about a 14 year old girl who gets involved with the wrong crowd and, gets syphilis. Yeah, syphilis. OK buy it really is a good movie and Miriam McDonald (Degrassi: The Next Generation) gives an outstanding performance unlike Marcia Gay Harden (Welcome To Mooseport) who gives a HORRIBLE and completely cheesy performance.
The reasons why I gave it a 7 (and not a 10)- Marcia Gay Harden is a HORRIBLE actress, & it is a weaker version of Oscar Nominee THIRTEEN.
The reasons why I gave it a 7 (and not a 1)- Miriam McDonald gives an amazing performance and it has a good plot.
Watch the movie, you won't regret it.
Grade: B+
The reasons why I gave it a 7 (and not a 10)- Marcia Gay Harden is a HORRIBLE actress, & it is a weaker version of Oscar Nominee THIRTEEN.
The reasons why I gave it a 7 (and not a 1)- Miriam McDonald gives an amazing performance and it has a good plot.
Watch the movie, you won't regret it.
Grade: B+
A good laugh
coel-healy4 May 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I don't know what else I can say about this movie that hasn't already been said. This movie was shown on TV today as one of those "mid-day movie" type things. At first I thought yes, some good ol' 90's style teenage hackup where all the teenagers get slain by some masked murderer... but no. Instead I had to suffer through 2 hours of bull clearly aimed at those stereotypical soccer mums who don't know any better than to think their sons and daughters are having Underaged, unprotected sex! Now I don't know about anyone else, but when I was in highschool (2007) i don't remember 14 year olds acting like this. In fact if they were where the hell was I. I'd be hard pressed to find even 16-17 year olds participating in wild teenage sex parties haha.
What also made me laugh was the fact they all had the internet (to chat on IM) but had to STEAL a porno movie from the DVD store...
10/10 If your looking for a good movie to laugh at with your mates haha.
What also made me laugh was the fact they all had the internet (to chat on IM) but had to STEAL a porno movie from the DVD store...
10/10 If your looking for a good movie to laugh at with your mates haha.
"KIDS" -- 10 years later
Pro Jury16 February 2004
This is a made-for-TV film about the problem of teenage sex in American culture. Like "KIDS" 10 years earlier, SHE'S TOO YOUNG mostly consists of a series of scenes showing unsupervised teenagers playing out a parent's worst nightmare. Like KIDS, the director is looking down his high and mighty nose at his audience half-asking, half-demanding "are you watching this -- you better be, because I want to say to everyone: See, I told you so!"
However, wheras KIDS was boring, SHE'S TOO YOUNG is unintentionally funny. This film is brimming with 14 year old upper middle class school girls who have oral sex with 20 guys -- two at a time if given the chance. Online chat gets boring after a few hours, so why not go over to little Tammy's house and join in tonight's all night teen orgy?
When they are not giving oral sex to the basket ball team, the girls are up all night coaching each other to improve their oral pleasuring skills. Very giving, they are.
The only intentional high point was when the girls got together and did a send up of the first cheer from BRING IT ON.
SHE'S TOO YOUNG is unintentionally interesting.
However, wheras KIDS was boring, SHE'S TOO YOUNG is unintentionally funny. This film is brimming with 14 year old upper middle class school girls who have oral sex with 20 guys -- two at a time if given the chance. Online chat gets boring after a few hours, so why not go over to little Tammy's house and join in tonight's all night teen orgy?
When they are not giving oral sex to the basket ball team, the girls are up all night coaching each other to improve their oral pleasuring skills. Very giving, they are.
The only intentional high point was when the girls got together and did a send up of the first cheer from BRING IT ON.
SHE'S TOO YOUNG is unintentionally interesting.
The best movie I've ever seen
kevingreenkgreen18 October 2018
Take it off. Take it off.
jmastandrea3 February 2019
promiscous girls
kairingler2 February 2010
this movie is more reality than people think, i have a teen daughter and she goes through the same pressures at high school. with that being said i thought first that the girls in this movie were way too sexually active especially for their age. the boys were a little over the top with the joints and alcohol also. the parents in this movie seemed pretty realistic , at least as much as you can get. Marcia Gay Harden plays a teen mom who suspects that her daughter is not the good two shoes she once was. the dad really doesn't seem to care to much, till its' too late, it seemed like most of the girls were willing to have multiple sex partners, some even refusing to get tested for syphillis, to me that does seem kinda ignorant, especially when it was going around the school like the plague. overall i think that this is a pretty good movie and does try to teach you something, teens as well as adults,,
Factually incorrect, teaches the wrong message...
sasamijurai28 July 2005
This made for television film will be smirked at by most teenagers and possibly misunderstood by most parents. Overall, it does something quite dangerous, it omits to clearly state the dangers of unprotected sex. It reduces the consequences of gross sexual promiscuity to a mere chronic initially mild disease called Syphillis. Yes Syphillis is a dangerous disease - ultimately - but not in it's primary stage unless the person is pregnant where it is dangerous for the unborn infant. The film cures the "virus" (Syphillis is a bacterium, hence it can be cured) with a "vaccine" - penicillin, which is not a vaccine but an antibiotic. I think the producers should have at least picked up a basic microbiology textbook and found out the very basics of Syphillis. The "sores" described in the film are called chancre and are not painful unless infected by bad hygienic conditions. So that too is a mistake on the part of the film. No mention is made of HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis B, which are incurable deadly illnesses.
Regarding the script it is quite bland, the story very puerile and I bet most teenagers will laugh at this film. Parents should be aware that teenage sex occurs but should rather consult more professional sources for help in resolving the relevant issues. This film may be good because it raises the issues of teenage sex to parents but it won't prevent too many teenagers from having unprotected intercourse. To do that some slides/images of patients in the terminal stages of AIDS would be more appropriate. A picture of a cirrhotic liver and/or a bloated, swollen, confused, jaundiced patient would carry the message of hepatitis B across.
So unprotected sex can lead to AIDS, Hepatitis, pregnancy, deadly tubal pregnancy, other sexually transmitted diseases which can cause major body sepsis and death and of course syphilis with ultimate damage to major organs. A simple shot will not prevent these other serious issues and so this film fails to deliver the message of the dangers of sex (at any age).
Regarding the script it is quite bland, the story very puerile and I bet most teenagers will laugh at this film. Parents should be aware that teenage sex occurs but should rather consult more professional sources for help in resolving the relevant issues. This film may be good because it raises the issues of teenage sex to parents but it won't prevent too many teenagers from having unprotected intercourse. To do that some slides/images of patients in the terminal stages of AIDS would be more appropriate. A picture of a cirrhotic liver and/or a bloated, swollen, confused, jaundiced patient would carry the message of hepatitis B across.
So unprotected sex can lead to AIDS, Hepatitis, pregnancy, deadly tubal pregnancy, other sexually transmitted diseases which can cause major body sepsis and death and of course syphilis with ultimate damage to major organs. A simple shot will not prevent these other serious issues and so this film fails to deliver the message of the dangers of sex (at any age).
High School Sex Epidemic
wes-connors1 May 2015
Fourteen-year-old Alexis Dziena (as Hannah Vogul) wants to date 16-year-old Mike Erwin (as Nick Hartman), who is the most popular guy in school. After meeting the young man, mother Marcia Gay Harden (as Trish) reluctantly agrees. He turns out to be the high school's "campus Casanova" and takes an interest in young Ms. Dziena. When an epidemic of syphilis hits the school, few students in the cast are safe from exposure. They are a highly sexualized group, for the most part. "She's Too Young" seems like an educational TV movie about sex, made for teenagers. It will probably amuse some of that audience, and inform others. The story and characters are fairly easy to understand.
***** She's Too Young (2/16/04) Tom McLoughlin ~ Alexis Dziena, Marcia Gay Harden, Mike Erwin, Miriam McDonald
***** She's Too Young (2/16/04) Tom McLoughlin ~ Alexis Dziena, Marcia Gay Harden, Mike Erwin, Miriam McDonald
I'm confused
david29828 February 2005
OK, I'm confused...this movie never explains where and when this sex occurs. We're just told it happens. It's like something where you walk out of the house and there it is..well, if it's that easy, where was I during all this action during high school? Do the girls ask the boys to meet them after school? Do the boys ask the girls? It was a very titillating movie, the girls were hot, but it left me depressed. Again, I ask, where do I sign up? I think this was typical Lifetime fare, but it leaves more questions than it answers. There are lots of hot women out there, and now when I see them, I have to wonder: is she doing it? is she? And if so, you can't just walk up and say, "Hi, I see you're really hot and young. Supposedly, you people are having sex without even having to look for it. Can I get in on that action?" Obviously you can't do that..so I guess I have missed the boat and this movie just reiterates that face.
This movie is absolutely true!!!
rmichelle_finch8115 March 2006
So you really think this is too far fetched. You think this is just a morality tale? This really happened!!! If you Google "the lost children of Rockdale County", you'll find the awful truth. A few years ago, this story broke statewide in Georgia. It happened in Conyers, Ga. It's a small town in middle Georgia. This is a documented story about young teenagers competing to have more sex than their peers. The result was a syphilis outbreak among the group of teens in this community. Do the research if you don't believe me. Of course the story could have been exaggerated for the sake of TV but the basic plot line is based on fact. I think every pre-teen in the country should see this movie and find out what happens when you don't think about the consequences of not taking precautions with sex.
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