Hooking Up Movie
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A tale of suburban reality.
No consequences.
After "hooking up" with a series of guys at a house party, April is the talk of her high school. Her best friend Michelle...
| Corey Feldman | Ryan |
| Brian O'Halloran | Dr. Jordan |
| Bronson Pinchot | Mr. Kimbal |
| Parker Croft | John |
| Jim deProphetis | Colin |
| Allyson Muñoz | April |
| Ted Sangalis | Tyler |
| Leah Viens-Gordon | Michelle |
| Alison Whitney | Caroline |
| Jessica Howell | Jess |
| Burt Brooks | Tim |
| Josh Macuga | Dave |
| Amy Deatrich | Teacher |
| Natasha Giliberti | Laura |
| Meghan Whitman | Amanda |
| Vincent Scordia |
6.20 out of 10 (20 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Some Really Funny Moments, Definitely Worth A Look
posted on 17 Jul 2009Just saw a screening of this movie and I found it enjoyable over all.The aptly titled Hooking Up is a humorous look at a lot of teenage social trends that have started to get a little attention lately – casual oral sex which is viewed as a way to preserve virginity, friends with benefits, the lengths girls will go to get popular, unhealthy, obsessive relationships, etc. It then also goes on to highlight a series of sexual "urban legends" (or perhaps "suburban legends" given the setting) which are found on the internet – a gloryhole, rainbow parties, and (the one you'll be talking with your friends about) something called "seagulling" – creating an interesting mix of the realistic and the absurd.The stars are mostly young unknowns who all managed to do well. Parker Croft (who plays John Johnson) definitely stood out to me, delivering an energetic, poised, and hysterical performance, and definitely got the most laughs. Keep your eyes open for this guy, he's going places.Of the veteran actors, Bronson Pinchot's cameo role of Mr. Kimbal, a chemistry teacher who is constantly dodging one student's ravenous attempts to sleep with him, was hysterical. Brian O'Halloran, best known as Dante in the Clerks movies, held his own as the naïve high school principal. And Corey Feldman was cast well as the consummate asshole Ryan, an older guy that preys on insecure high school girls.If I had complaints they would be that it was a little too sprawling and not focused on any particular character long enough. It revolves around 7 characters sort of drifts in between story lines, but they did a decent job of tying everything together. I thought the ending of the Ryan/Caroline story could have been a little stronger as well.It doesn't have the look of a polished Hollywood movie, but I think it works well for what it is. Especially once I heard about how it was made – by a few friends who pooled all their money together after graduating from college. I definitely respect the "do it yourself" approach they took.There were some really hilarious moments throughout this dialogue heavy film (a lot of which reminded me of early Kevin Smith lines). I really enjoyed the whole "seagulling" storyline, and thought it was a fresh, independent take on a lot of these cliché teen sex movies. I don't think it's winning any awards, but it's entertaining, good for some laughs, and will definitely spur some interesting conversations amongst friends. Definitely worth a rent.
Hunk of crap masquerading as a movie
posted on 11 Jul 2009This weak, unbalanced and (mostly) unfunny attempt at a teen sex comedy left me with a new lack of respect for Corey Feldman, which is quite a feat. It's full of dialog that you can tell is SUPPOSED to be funny, but never really manages to draw out a single laugh. The opening scene is a prime example of this...if you don't laugh in the first five minutes of the movie, just turn it off because you are in for a whole lot more of the same.The pacing of the movie doesn't make any sense. You'll see Corey Feldman (Ryan) do mean thing after mean thing to his decade-younger girlfriend, only to have her come crawling back every time, never learning a thing. You expect some kind of turnaround or revenge to come out of all this suffering, but it never does, which makes the movie's ending all the more depressing, not to mention sudden. It's as if they ran out of budget in the middle of shooting and the director said, "Okay, I guess we've got our movie!" If I were being forced at gunpoint to say something nice about the movie (which I am, at this very minute, please help), I'd say that Leah Viens-Gordon (Michele) is a cutie and probably has the potential to become a decent actress. There, I said it. Now please let me live!
Interesting little flick with some familiar faces
posted on 18 May 2009I came across this film while browsing for some American (my country of origin) movies in downtown Tokyo. It purports to be part of the American Pie series, but you can tell it was not created with that intent. In fact, I had to search under Corey Feldman's profile to find it under this title, since the Japanese title is "American Cherry Pie." I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the movie. It's clear it wasn't made for a big budget, but the dialogue is sharp and fast and John (Parker Croft) in particular does a good job with the comic timing. The opening track scene drew me in and left me wanting more.The girls were serviceable, but I found myself more interested in the conversations between the guys. I was also somewhat taken out of the film when Corey Feldman was on screen. Maybe it's because he's a "face" or because he's never been a super-strong actor, I don't know.Bronson "Balky" Pinchot, on the other hand, was terrific. You could tell the old guy was having some real fun working with a young cast. His character wreaked awkwardness in the best kind of way. I only wish he had a meatier role. I could watch a film based around that character and his foibles.The film was a bit sprawling, but the dialogue and situational comedy kept my attention. I didn't expect much more than an American Pie ripoff, but what I got was more like the teenage version of "Clerks," which was appropriate given the presence of Brian "Dante" O'Halloran.I don't know if the film is out stateside yet (I checked Amazon and didn't see it), but when it does come out it's certainly worth a watch or two. There are some very memorable scenes, to say the least. I mean, who hasn't wondered about a girl born with two vaginas?
It looks like a home movie made to get girls for the cast and crew
posted on 25 Mar 2009Corey Feldman, Bronson Pinchot and others in what is little more than a soft core comedy about teenage sex. The film (I use the term loosely) would be okay if there was some funny humor instead of crude talk but there isn't. Worse the film seems more like a glorified home movie put together in order to get girls for the cast and crew. I'm guessing the availability of female flesh was what got the male actors involved, because it wasn't the script which seems to be little more than just sexually explicit talk. I have no idea who this movie was made for…no wait it was made to for crew to get girls, I just don't know why we're being asked to pay to see this since its not very good. Then again if this makes money I might consider putting my home movies out on DVD and fleecing the public as well.
Terrible Movie
posted on 29 Jul 2009Movies are supposed to cause you to feel emotions for the characters, good movies will leave you talking about the film to others and referring to the characters as if its real. This movie caused some emotions, mostly anger, but not in the good movie kind of way. The "villain" of the story never gets served, instead it feels he is glorified, and that I place on the screenwriter/director who is the age of said character...As a low budget put together movie, it has its ups and downs, mostly downs. There were some good acting roles by the younger cast, mainly Alison Whitney (Caroline), although Parker Croft (John) did an above average job as long as he's not really like that in person. The different characters' stories did a okay job of coming together at the end, I still feel there wasn't resolution between the brother and sister (Jim deProphetis and Allyson Muñoz; Colin and April respectively) as well as poorly put together ending for Caroline and Ryan (and Michelle).Stick around for the credits for John's predictable ending.In the end, if you are into VERY crude language and poorly written jokes, you might enjoy PART of the movie. Would I buy the movie, never. Rent it, probably not. Watch it online (netflix, etc), not more than once.