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Synopsis: Three best friends get together and bury a box, making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the small town in Georgia that they live in, things soon change. One is little miss perfect, one is an engaged prom queen, and the other is a pregnant outcast. On the night of their graduation, they open the box and they strike up a conversation. Suddenly, one brings up the topic of her going to Los Angeles for a record contract audition. They all decide to go together and they leave. With a little money, they set out on the road with a guy named Ben. When one of them tells the other a rumor that he might be a homicidal maniac, they are all scared of him. When they reach Los Angeles, Lucy (Britney Spears) falls in love with Ben and against her father's wishes, she stays and she goes to the audition.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Tamra Davis
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
3.4
Metacritic:
27
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%
PG-13
Year:
2002
93 min
$37,053,263
Website
1,173 Views


Let's do this.

Please don't laugh.|You're killing this.

- Your first time should be special.|- Yeah, this is special!

Listen, do you want to spend|the rest ofyour life...

knowing that you did it for the|first time with your lab partner?.

Yes, yes, I do.|And I'll tell you why.

Because you know what it's like|for a guy to go to college a virgin?.

No, I'm telling you|they, they--

They're ostracized!|They treat them like lepers!

I'm sorry.

- What's up, Mimi?. How's the fetus?.|- Drop dead.

- Is it mine or what?.|- I can't believe we went out.

- I'm trying to do the right thing.|- Yeah?. What's the right thing?.

Ignoring me|for the past five months?.

Letting your friends call me a ho?.|Spreading rumors?.

I'm repeating what I heard,|that you let some guy...

do you in his car|over Christmas break.

Jerk.

It's ten paces|on the other side.

- What are you doing here?.|- Where's Lucy?.

She's not comin'.

- You have a flashlight?. Good.|- Gimme back my flashlight!

Let's just get this|over with, okay?.

God, I don't even remember|what we put in here.

Me either.

Here, hold this|for a second, Lucy.

My Bridal Barbie!

She was my wish.

- You're gettin' your wish.|- I know.

Lucy, I think this is yours.

- My locket.|- What did you wish for?.

I wanted to find my mom.

Did you ever find her?.

No, she lives in Arizona and my pop|doesn't think it's a good idea, so--

What did you wish for?.

- A key chain?.|- No, the world.

That I was gonna get out|of this crappy town...

go all the way to California...

put my feet|in the Pacific Ocean.

There's a wish that's not|coming true for a while.

- A lot you know, Kit.|- What's that supposed to mean?.

Slide Records recording contest?.

- So?.|- So I'm going on Sunday.

You're going to California|to audition for a record company?.

- Yeah.|- You're pregnant.

- So?. I'll wear something slimming.|- And what?.

You thinkyou're gonna become|this big, fat, pregnant star?.

- I have a pretty good voice.|- How are you gonna get there?.

- I found a ride with this guy.|- What?. No, that is crazy.

You can't go to Los Angeles|by yourselfwith some guy.

So?. Then come with me. I'll sing|lead, and you can sing backups.

- It's not something we should do.|- It's stupid is what it is.

Okay, fine.|You know what?.

You can just forget|all your past!

Oh, wow.

- Oh, my goodness. Look at us!|- Let me see.

- I was so chubby.|- Singing.

- I have to go meet my friends.|- Yeah, it's getting late.

Yeah.

Hey, you guys.

I'm leaving Sunday at 7:00 a.m.|ifyou all wanna come.

What do you mean you're not|coming home for the summer?.

Dylan, listen to me,|you have to come home.

Because! I haven't seen you|since Christmas.

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