Despite the high-powered credits — notably Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A.) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan (TRAFFIC) — this slight cautionary tale about slumming rich kids is a minor effort.
Poor, neglected little LA rich girls Emily (Bijou Phillips) and Allie (Anne Hathaway, making a radical departure from her family-friendly turns in the PRINCESS DIARIES films) and their equally privileged boyfriends, Toby (Mike Vogel) and Samy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), belong to a ghetto-style gang, with "style" being the operative word. They talk and dress like gangstas, listen to rap music and throw gang signs in photos, but th...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins