'The In Crowd' plays like an overlong episode from a daily soap opera. Look, even the film's cover looks like an advert for a soapie....
The film went from an interesting and promising start to a predictable and boring conclusion. The teens are young, beautiful and rich, and they hang out at an exclusive golf estate. Adrien (Lori Heuring) is released from a mental institute. Although they do give hints of why she ended up in the institute, she is an unexplored character.
When she starts working at the golf estate, the film indeed follows the same recipe as melodramatic, predictable episodes from a daily soap opera. Nothing here is plausible - just like in the soaps! Brittany, who comes across as sweet, is so obviously the antagonist. With her lesbian inclinations, her motives are not always clear and I didn't understand what she thought she could gain from her actions. (oh, and her 'fake drowning' was so laughably pathetic and utterly ridiculous!!!).
'The In Crowd' didn't feel like a movie. It honestly felt like I was watching an episode on TV just because there was nothing else to watch. It became tedious, with so many missed opportunities. I blame the weak script and poor direction. The ending was so "oh, whatever...".
Would I watch it again? No.
The film went from an interesting and promising start to a predictable and boring conclusion. The teens are young, beautiful and rich, and they hang out at an exclusive golf estate. Adrien (Lori Heuring) is released from a mental institute. Although they do give hints of why she ended up in the institute, she is an unexplored character.
When she starts working at the golf estate, the film indeed follows the same recipe as melodramatic, predictable episodes from a daily soap opera. Nothing here is plausible - just like in the soaps! Brittany, who comes across as sweet, is so obviously the antagonist. With her lesbian inclinations, her motives are not always clear and I didn't understand what she thought she could gain from her actions. (oh, and her 'fake drowning' was so laughably pathetic and utterly ridiculous!!!).
'The In Crowd' didn't feel like a movie. It honestly felt like I was watching an episode on TV just because there was nothing else to watch. It became tedious, with so many missed opportunities. I blame the weak script and poor direction. The ending was so "oh, whatever...".
Would I watch it again? No.