Crossroads (2002 film)
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| Crossroads | |
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 Promotional poster for Crossroads IMDb  2.9/10 (11,113 votes) |
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| Directed by | Tamra Davis |
| Produced by | Ann Carli |
| Written by | Shonda Rhimes |
| Starring | Britney Spears Anson Mount Zoë Saldaña Taryn Manning Dan Aykroyd Kim Cattrall Justin Long |
| Cinematography | Eric Alan Edwards |
| Editing by | Melissa Kent |
| Distributed by | Paramount |
| Release date(s) | February 15, 2002 |
| Running time | 93 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$12 million |
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Crossroads is a 2002 movie directed by Tamra Davis. It stars pop diva Britney Spears in her first major movie role. In the film, Spears plays teenage Lucy, the lead character. A younger version of Lucy is played by Spears' sister, Jamie Lynn Spears.
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[edit] Plot
This movie starts out with three young girls burying a "wish box" in the ground. They vow to dig it up on the night of their high school graduation. They also all pledge to stay best friends forever...
One of the girls, Lucy (Britney Spears), is dancing on her bed in her undies. Her father (Dan Ackroyd) comes in and we discover that Lucy is her high school's valedictorian and today is graduation. She and Mimi (Taryn Manning) and Kit (Zoe Saldana) were the three young girls but they are no longer friends.
Mimi is a trailer trash kind of gal who is pregnant.
Kit is the popular homecoming queen with tons of friends. She is also engaged to be married to Dylan, who is a college student in L.A.
Lucy is the smart girl with perfect grades. She wants to pursue music in college while her father wants her to become a doctor. Lucy's mom left when Lucy was three. She lives in Arizona. Lucy is disappointed that she didn't get to experience high school like everyone else because she was always studying. Her dads says that she is better because of it.
That night all the seniors are at a big party.
Mimi tries to persuade Kit and Lucy to come and dig up the box, but they refuse. Lucy and her lab partner Henry (Justin Long) have agreed to sleep with each other and Kit just wants to party.
Later, at the place where they buried the box, Mimi goes to dig it up. She is surprised to see both Lucy and Kit there. Lucy decided not to sleep with her lab partner because she wants her first time to be special. They realize that their dreams haven't come true. Mimi says that she is going to fulfill her dream to see the world by leaving for LA to enter a singing contest. She invites the others to come if they want to. Lucy's dream was to see her Mom. She goes on the trip to be dropped off in Arizona to meet her Mom. Kit wanted to be married so she goes to visit her finance in LA.
Ben (Anson Mount), a cute drummer, has agreed to drive them.
The girls are still all stiff around each other so for a while the trip is pretty boring. They stop at a shabby motel to stay the first night. This is when they realize that they only have $400 dollars and will have to spend wisely.
As they are driving the next day their car breaks down. Lucy recognizes the problem immediately, because her father is a mechanic. However, the group doesn't have enough money to repair it. They decide to have Mimi perform Karaoke to win some money but she chickens out and Lucy is forced to step in. The girls are great and they earn tons of money. They stay in a really nice hotel and spend all night talking. Lucy is really scared about meeting her mother. Mimi isn't really a party girl like everyone thought. In fact the only time she has partied was at Christmas when she got really drunk. She took a ride home from a guy who drank from a blue bottle and was raped. She is going to raise the baby by herself.
The group continues on the next morning. Lucy and Ben are becoming very close. She even shares her poetry with him. She reads him a poem called "I'm not a girl, not yet a women" and he later puts it to music for her. They don't get together by the time Lucy is dropped off at her mom's though.
Lucy's mom Caroline (Kim Catrall) is very cruel to her and treats her like a child. She remarried and has two sons, Lucy's half brothers, who didn't even know about her. Lucy goes to the hotel that the group is staying at and tearfully tells them the rest. Her mom told her that she was an accident and that her father forced her Mom to have Lucy. Ben listens to her and they become closer.
At last they arrive in LA. One day, before the contest, Mimi and Kit go out to sightsee. Kit wants to go and visit her finance, Dylan. They do and discover another women in his room. Kit then notices the blue beer bottle in Dylan's hand and realizes that he was the man who raped Mimi. Mimi starts to run away, ashamed, and trips down some stairs. She is rushed to the hospital.
At the same time Lucy and Ben are having sex back in the hotel room. It is very sweet and tender, just like she imagined it. We don't see anything. They receive a phone call and rush to the hospital, where they hear from Mimi that she lost the baby and is very heartbroken. She is in the hospital for a while. During that time Lucy calls her father who immediately flies to LA. He starts to take all of the girls to the airport when Lucy tells him that she is staying and runs to Ben. They kiss.
At the contest, Lucy sings her song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Women." Then we cut again to the beach where the girls are burying a new wishbox. They pledge to be there for each other always.
[edit] Cast
Selected cast listing
- Britney Spears - Lucy Wagner (younger version played by Jamie Lynn Spears)
- Anson Mount - Ben
- Zoë Saldaña - Kit
- Taryn Manning - Mimi
- Dan Aykroyd - Pete Wagner
- Kim Cattrall - Caroline
- Justin Long - Henry
- Beverly Johnson - Kit's Mother
- Bahni Turpin - Ms. Jenson
- Kool Moe Dee - Bar Owner
- Richard Voll - Dylan
[edit] Response
The movie was produced on a budget of US$12 million, and earned more than $37 million in the United States. The movie earned $24 million in foreign sales; which in total a worldwide sale of $61,141,030. In the perspective of Pop Star Debuts Britney Spears is number 13; which is not bad; and number 10 in MTV Brand movie. However, it received near unanimous negative reviews, most panning Spears' acting ability. There were some positive responses to Spears' acting; sources such as E! said that she was more enjoyable to watch than fellow pop-stars-turned-actresses Mandy Moore and Mariah Carey[1]. Nevertheless, it did receive two MTV Movie Award nominations. Britney Spears did win one negative award for the film. She tied with Madonna for Worst Actress from the Razzie Awards.
The 2003 Razzies nominated Crossroads for the following categories:
| Category | Result |
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| Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie | nominated |
| Best Singer Actress (Britney Spears) | won |
| Worst Director (Tamra Davis) | nominated |
| Best Original Song ("I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman") | won |
| Worst Original Song ("Overprotected") | nominated |
| Worst Picture | nominated |
| Worst Screen Couple (Britney Spears and Anson Mount) | nominated |
| Worst Screenplay (Shonda Rimes) | nominated |
[edit] Awards and nominations
The movie received 2 MTV nominations and 2 Teen Choice nominations.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
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| 2002 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Dressed | bybis |
| 2002 | MTV Movie Awards | Breakthrough Female Performance | nominated |
| 2002 | Teen Choice Awards (Film) | Choice Actress, Drama/Action | nominated |
| 2002 | Teen Choice Awards (Film) | Choice Chemistry (Britney Spears and Anson Mount) | nominated |
[edit] External links
- Crossroads at the Internet Movie Database
- Crossroads at Rotten Tomatoes
- Crossroads at Box Office Mojo
