Themes: When the Parents Are Away, Party Film, Mischievous Children
Main Cast: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Scout Taylor-Compton, Kalli Flynn Childress, Sam Huntington
Release Year: 2004
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Directed by Joe Nussbaum, Sleepover revolves around one of the hallmarks of female friendship: the all-important slumber party. In hopes of shedding their not-so-cool reputations during the summer before their freshman year, best friends Julie (Alexa Vega), Hannah (Mika Boorem), Yancy (Kalli Flynn Childress), and Farrah (Scout Taylor-Compton) decide to host the sleepover of their lives. Far from a mere pillow-fight-laden girl talk-fest, this sleepover includes an intense scavenger hunt against the most simultaneously loathed and envied young women they know: the infamous "popular" clique. Along the way, the girls manage to hijack a car, sneak into clubs, engage in a first kiss, and learn more than a little bit about themselves and their capabilities -- all while evading the watchful eyes of Julie's mother. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Drew Boughton - Art Director, Mary Gail Artz - Casting, Barbara Cohen - Casting, Lynda Halligan - Casting, Pamela Withers Chilton - Costume Designer, James Giovannetti, Jr. - First Assistant Director, Joe Nussbaum - Director, Craig Herring - Editor, Jeremiah Samuels - Executive Producer, Deborah Lurie - Composer (Music Score), Elliot Lurie - Musical Direction/Supervision, Stephen McCabe - Production Designer, James L. Carter - Cinematographer, Charles Weinstock - Producer, Bob Cooper - Producer, Felipe Borrero - Sound/Sound Designer, Elisa Bell - Screenwriter, Teresa Visinare - Set Decorator
In the summer before their freshman year in high school, Julie (Vega) has a sleepover in order to celebrate their rising to freshman year and to spend one last night with Hannah (Boorem), her best friend who's moving to Vancouver. In an attempt to cast off their "less-than-cool" reputations once and for all, Julie and her friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against their popular girl rivals. Stealing dad's car, sneaking into a club, evading Julie's mother (Lynch, and even a first kiss, anything is possible at Julie's sleepover.
Julie and her best friends are determined to overthrow the popular girls, Stacie (Paxton), Liz (Larson), and their clique, even if it means pushing all limits. The friends are also being harassed by an unlucky security guard named Sherman (Steve Carrell).
