During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school and prepare for the future. Holly, once the new girl in school, does whatever it takes to remain popular. Dawn, who is secretly a lesbian, battles drugs. Tori is the valedictorian of her class, but, on the eve of graduation, she decides to experiment with drugs for the first time.
Acting
Leighton Meester's valedictorian meltdown deserves better material.
Production
Aggressive late-90s period detail hits nostalgic pressure points.
Director
Jess Bond
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Jess Bond's only feature film; she pivoted to documentary work after its critical and commercial failure.
Released in 2008 but set in 1999, it accidentally captured the era's end-of-millennium anxiety while cashing in on 2000s teen star wattage (Meester pre-Gossip Girl, Heard pre-Johnny Depp).
US
