Year: 2004
Tagline: "So Fetch!"
Reasons they need to see it: It’s a cult classic that your kids can likely reference before they’ve even seen it — “You can’t sit with us” flew out of my 14-year-old cousin’s mouth and she didn’t even know what she was quoting! The movie shows what high school can be like with the ever-confusing combination of hormones, cliques, and relationships of all kinds — though the movie’s circumstances are definitely a bit more extreme than I remember high school being. Though it seems like a silly movie, it shows all kinds of things that kids may be dealing with during this time in their life — like bullying — and how to combat them while also learning to be more accepting of all types of people. (It’s definitely also a bit of what not to do in high school.)
What to look out for: This is totally one to save for your teen, as younger children won’t understand most of the concepts anyway. Though the movie takes place in a high school, some of it can get very adult, and there are mentions to sex, drugs, and partying, as well as some language.
