| Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | |
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| Directed by | Gurinder Chadha |
| Produced by | Scott Aversano Lynda Obest Gurinder Chadha Michelle Fox |
| Written by | Louise Rennison (novel) Paul Mayeda Berges Gurinder Chadha Will McRobb Chris Viscardi |
| Starring | Georgia Groome Eleanor Tomlinson Aaron Johnson Alan Davies Karen Taylor Sean Bourke Liam Hess Kimberley Nixon Tommy Bastow Manjeeven Grewal Georgia Henshaw Stiff Dylans |
| Music by | Joby Talbot |
| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Editing by | Martin Walsh Justin Krish |
| Studio | Nickelodeon Movies |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 25 July 2008 (UK) 12 March 2009 (US) |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | About $1 million |
| Box office | $13,835,569 |
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers. The film follows fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicholson (Groome) as she tries to find a boyfriend and throw her fifteenth birthday party. It is the first and only Nickelodeon Movies feature to receive a PG-13 rating.
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On the first day of the school year Georgia (Georgia Groome) and her friends, Jas (Eleanor Tomlinson), Ellen (Manjeeven Grewal) and Rosie (Georgia Henshaw) spot two new brothers, fraternal twins Robbie (Aaron Johnson) and Tom (Sean Bourke), that have just moved to Eastbourne from London. The girls follow the boys, who are exploring Eastbourne with their friend Dave "the Laugh" (Tommy Bastow).
Georgia then hatches a plan to get close to Robbie. Realising that Robbie likes cats she pretends that her cat, Angus, has gone missing. Jas has Angus on a leash, but he escapes and Tom rescues him. Jas and Tom begin dating while Robbie is seeing Georgia's rival - Lindsay.
In the midst of all this, Georgia's father has been offered a job in New Zealand, and he goes there to prepare for the family to move out with him. During his absence, Georgia's mum hires a handsome builder called Jem to re-do the living room, and begins to spend increasingly longer periods of time with him, making Georgia worry about the state of her parents' marriage.
Tom invites Jas to go swimming with him and Robbie. Georgia conspires to meet them at the pool and brings her sister along as she is stuck babysitting her. She tries to impress Robbie by doing a handstand, but her legs, which she had covered in orange spray tan, show and when she explains it to Robbie he laughs. After that Robbie and Georgia kiss. Robbie then leaves, claiming that he has to "sort some things out" but that he will phone Georgia later. In an attempt to "grow up" for Robbie, Georgia had a "snogging lesson" with Peter Dyer (Liam Hess). He becomes infatuated with her and at a party the following night, he tries to kiss her, causing her to fall in to a bush and expose her underwear to Robbie, Lindsay, Jas and Tom, who see her on the ground with Peter. In order to get away from Peter, Georgia tells him that she is a lesbian.
A few weeks later Dave "the Laugh" invites Georgia to a gig for Robbie's band, the Stiff Dylans. After reading Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Georgia hatches a plan to make Robbie realise his feelings for her by going to the gig with Dave "the Laugh". Robbie tries to talk to Georgia at the gig, but is stopped by Lindsay.
At school, Dave finds out that Georgia was only using him to make Robbie jealous and stops talking to her. When Dave tells Robbie that Georgia was only using him, Robbie stops talking to her as well. When she finds out that it was Jas who leaked this information, they have an argument and vow to never to speak to each other again. Georgia then kicks Jas on the leg as an act of anger and claims that Tom is not good enough for her. As Jas leaks this information again Robbie comes infuriated and tells her that she shouldn't have used Dave and that he really likes her. He also tells her that if his brother's not good enough for Jas, then maybe he is not for Georgia and storms off.
With her best friend and Robbie mad at her, she feels like there is no point in staying in England. Georgia decides that she would like to move to New Zealand. Before she leaves she goes to the beach for a walk knowing that Robbie would be there and apologizes to him. Robbie tells Georgia that he made a song for her called 'Bitch In A Uniform' and after a while of talking Robbie tells her that he dumped Lindsay and he admits that he still likes Georgia.
In the end, Georgia's mum takes her to a club for the first time and it turns out to be a surprise fifteenth birthday party, which Jas had secretly organized with Georgia's mum. She is greeted by all her friends and her family, with Jas and Georgia befriending each other again. As a surprise, Georgia's father (Alan Davies) returns from New Zealand, deciding to stay in Eastbourne for a better job opportunity. It is also revealed that Jem is gay, and that his boyfriend is the owner of the nightclub which delights Georgia as he can't have a relationship with her mother. The Stiff Dylans are performing the song "Ultraviolet" which Robbie had written about Georgia, when they are interrupted by Lindsay who had come from her own party (to which no-one had turned up) and tells Robbie that he would either take her back or lose her forever. Robbie chooses Georgia and calls her a "perfect nutter", Georgia's best mates walk on stage and humiliate Lindsay by revealing that her much admired large breasts are actually fake. Robbie tells her that Georgia is the one he wants and he kisses Georgia on-stage.
At the very end, Georgia confesses no need for changes to herself and walks to school arm in arm with Robbie.
Chadha was originally brought into the project as a scriptwriter:[1]
Most of the scenes were filmed on location in Brighton and Eastbourne.[2] Others, such as the gig scene and some interiors and exteriors for Georgia's house, were filmed in and around Ealing Studios, London. Areas in nearby Middlesex like Bishopshalt school in Hillingdon and the Liquid nightclub in Uxbridge were used as well.[3] Other sites include locations in Teddington and Twickenham.
The film garnered mainly positive reviews, receiving 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Critics noted the strong central performance of Georgia Groome, who was praised for her "super-engaging"[5] and "endearingly natural" performance.[6] Film reviewers Ellie Brown and James Tew of the magazine "Pinacephmph" described the film as being "The worst in history" but James Tew went on to describe his love for pop band "Stiff Dylans" (the character Robbie's band, in which he plays bass guitar) "It's new, exciting and full of raw passion". Ellie Brown had mixed feelings, saying that their Robbie wasn't owning the performance at their gig. James argued that this was due to the fact that Robbie had his feeling being thrown about as the girl he loved danced with his best friend.
The film has earned $14,924,919 which includes $10.6 million from the UK alone.[7] The film was in the top 40 in the UK and Ireland and Malta 2008 box office.[8]
Some songs played in the film were not included on the soundtrack:
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