After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. With barely a plan, practically no money but plenty of dreams, the girls catch a lift with Mimi's handsome friend Ben in his convertible. Along the way they not only gather experiences that will change their lives, but they also discover how important it is to hold onto their hearts' desires.
Acting
Zoe Saldaña somehow delivering real performance in this chaos
Costume
Low-rise jeans and butterfly clips as far as eye can see
Director
Tamra Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Britney Spears' real-life mother Lynne wrote the novel this was loosely based on, making this essentially expensive family therapy. Spears reportedly did her own singing live on set, which explains the raw vocal quality in the karaoke scene.
This film arrived at peak Britney mania months before her 2002 breakdown, making Lucy's mother-daughter estrangement plot eerily prophetic. The movie's commercial failure helped kill the pop-star-vehicle genre until A Star Is Born revived it sixteen years later.
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