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Post by casii on May 26, 2016 2:28:59 GMT
My niece is asking. She's turning 11 and has seen a LOT of movies. I nixed 16 Candles and suggested possibly Ferris Bueller as a John Hughes alternative. More current movie suggestions are probably more welcome, but I keep getting the "I've seen that" message back. I don't want to lose my cool & creative Aunt card!  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 26, 2016 2:35:32 GMT
Rattle off some of the ones she's seen so we can avoid listing those and can offer some different suggestions...
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Post by casii on May 26, 2016 2:42:13 GMT
She's seen all the movies geared towards preteens and teens in the last few years. All the Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Divergent series, Paper Towns, Me Earl and the Dying Girl, If I Leave, every Disney/Pixar movie. I thought about suggesting Mean Girls because middle school is a war zone and there are some good lessons hidden in there. If she were a few years older, I'd assign Breakfast Club.
No Twilight because my eyeballs might rolls straight up into the back of my head. LOL
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 2:43:14 GMT
It's old school but what about Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?
My nieces loved the movie Sleepover. Came out a few years ago..they watched it on repeat.
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Post by casii on May 26, 2016 2:55:01 GMT
I loved Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Let me check it out. Haven't heard of Sleepover, so will check that too.
I just added Hairspray to the list as a possibility. I could send Berger's Cookies and some cat's eye glasses as party favors.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on May 26, 2016 2:56:11 GMT
The Spectacular Now- it has the girl and guy from Divergent in it. I really liked it and 32! It is a teen movie and has a mild sex scene in it but if she has seen Divergent then this would be on the same level. So your call.
Mean Girls.
The Fault in Our Stars.
The Duff- I've NOT seen this but I know it's popular in the pre teen and teen groups and it's fairly new also.
Clueless
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Post by shanni on May 26, 2016 2:57:29 GMT
I introduced my girls to Ever After at that age. They love it! It's a cute show.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 2:58:49 GMT
I loved Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Let me check it out. Haven't heard of Sleepover, so will check that too. I just added Hairspray to the list as a possibility. I could send Berger's Cookies and some cat's eye glasses as party favors. Sleepover is about a sleepover that takes the girls on an all night scavenger hunt against the popular girls for control of the cool lunch table. |
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Post by withapea on May 26, 2016 2:59:01 GMT
13 Going On 30
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 3:00:46 GMT
I introduced my girls to Ever After at that age. They love it! It's a cute show. I'm 38 and I STILL love this movie!! She's probably seen it, but my first thought was 13 Going On 30. |
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Post by vspindler on May 26, 2016 3:05:10 GMT
Princess Diaries? It is a bit older so she may not have seen it. Or go old school Parent Trap or Freaky Friday.
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Post by TankTop on May 26, 2016 3:05:59 GMT
Can't Buy Me Love?  Is that the name of the one with the leather jacket, the party, and Patrick Dempsey? |
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Post by casii on May 26, 2016 3:14:07 GMT
If she can't find something from this list, she's crazy. The ultimate decision is up to her parents, but I usually get asked because I'm not yet an uncool parental figure to her (ha, if only she polled her older cousins!).
And now there are a whole bunch of movies I want to rewatch seeing these suggestions!
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Post by justkat on May 26, 2016 3:21:06 GMT
I'll threepeat 13 Going on 30. It's one of my can watch over and over movies. I can't recall anything that'd be inappropriate for a tween/preteen.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on May 26, 2016 3:26:33 GMT
Just thought of this one. Raise your Voice it has Hilary Duff in it and came out in mid 2000s I believe. Really good movie and nothing bad in it.
Pitch Perfect (2nd one sucked IMO)
Back to add A Cinderella Story. It's another Hilary Duff movie. Mid 2000s and age appropriate. All of her movies back then were very appropriate for the pre teen- teen crowd. Few more by her are: Cadet Kelly and Material Girls.
She's the Man. Amanda Bynes movie (before she went crazy) few more with Amanda are: Sydney White and What a Girl Wants.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on May 26, 2016 3:28:48 GMT
She's watched a lot of films at 10 that I made my daughter wait until she was 13 to watch... so my suggestions maybe too young for her tastes.
Princess Bride?
Parent Trap
My 7th grader and her friends can not wait for Finding Dory to come out... so maybe Finding Nemo?
Grease Live is fun...
We just watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants which my daughter loved...
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Post by Dreamsofnyssa on May 26, 2016 3:58:47 GMT
Can't Buy Me Love? Is that the name of the one with the leather jacket, the party, and Patrick Dempsey? Best. Movie. Ever. I may be a little biased though. I got my 5 seconds of fame in this movie. ;-) |
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Post by oaksong on May 26, 2016 4:28:26 GMT
Older movies she might not have seen – Princess Diaries, Enchanted and Ella Enchanted are a few of my favorites.
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Post by Legacy Girl on May 26, 2016 4:59:09 GMT
Ramona and Beezus was great! And the new Annie is one of our faves.  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 26, 2016 14:34:08 GMT
I was going to suggest The Princess Bride and Enchanted.
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Is that the name of the one with the leather jacket, the party, and Patrick Dempsey? 
