Prom Dates Review – Silly Teen Comedy With Fun Bits
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Julia Lester and Antonia Gentry play Hannah and Jess, childhood best friends who’ve always dreamed of having a perfect prom night with their future boyfriends. They even make a blood-soaked pact to have the best prom ever. But just before the big day approaches, they both dump their boyfriends and must find new prom dates for themselves in less than 24 hours.
Written by D.J. Mausner and Directed by Kim O. Nguyen, the 2024 teen comedy “Prom Dates” packs in a whole bag of teen comedy tropes and gives just a few of them a Gen Z twist to not feel like it’s from early 2000s. It’s like a mash of “Superbad” and “Bottoms”, but not nearly as hilarious, even though it does have just enough funny moments to make it watchable. And even though the script isn’t wholly fresh, or witty, the creators have a fun cast that pulls of all the silly bits foisted upon them.
Antonia Gentry plays the attention-seeking Jess, who is with the popular rich jerk Luca (Jordan Buhat) only because it gives her a credible shot at being Prom Queen, while Julia Lester is her BFF Hannah, a comically-cute closeted lesbian dating an excessively clingy nerd named Greg (Kenny Ridwan). While Jordan Buhat’s Luca is a caricature of every high-school jock character ever, Kenny Ridwan is ridiculously entertaining as the tacky Greg, who ask Hannah out for prom by staging an ostentatiously embarrassing banana themed “promposal” at their high-school. Terry Hu stands out in her small cameo as Hannah’s hot crush Angie, who is in a band and openly queer.
“Prom Dates” keeps flitting between funny and cringe-worthy as Hannah and Jess crash two college parties to find dates for themselves, go through a string of awkward encounters with a bunch of strangers, which includes Jess almost getting murdered by a cultist and Hannah throwing up blood on a stripper. Yeah, those two have one heck of a weird night, and also a huge fight – to set up a conflict before the climax comes close, obviously.
If you’re seeking a no-brainer teen comedy with some raunchy moments and ridiculous jokes, “Prom Dates” is a decent choice for a casual movie night.
You can stream “Prom Dates” on Hulu or Disney Plus.
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