At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.
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- 5 nominations
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- TriviaJay Hernandez had to learn many of his Spanish lines phonetically because he does not speak fluent Spanish.
- GoofsNicole's hair color changes from blonde to red and back to blonde. The whole movie her hair is blonde except during the hotel scene when she is outside wrapped in a blanket and tells Carlos she wants to be good for him it is red. The next shot, when they are in the car taking her back home her hair is blonde again and stays that way through the rest of the movie. The red hair was due to Kirsten Dunst starting to film Spider-Man (2002)
- Alternate versionsThe film was originally planned as a R rated feature, but then Disney executives decided to cut the film for a more commercial PG-13 rating. To do this 35 obscenities were deleted, a sex scene was bowdlerized and a character's drug use was deleted.
- SoundtracksTen La Fe
Written by Mellow Man Ace (as Ulpiano Reyes) and DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud)
Performed by Mellow Man Ace
Courtesy of Cleopatra Records
Featured review
It touches the heart. It holds the interest with old material rendered fresh by the cast.
This is a defining role for Kirsten Dunst. She demonstrates the talent to carry a film, from beginning to end. She was great as Lux in the Virgin Suicides, and demonstrated a penchant for comedy in Dick. As Nicole - she dominates in a dramatic role, arcing from crazy - to 'Crazy'; from beautiful and then to 'Beautiful' with Jay Hernandez as boyfriend and catalyst. We'll be seeing a lot more of Jay in the years upcoming too. No doubt about it. And Taryn Manning (best friend, Maddy) has a lot more to share with her growing legion of fans. She's a major contributor to this film's success.
It touches the heart. It holds the interest with old material rendered fresh by a cast that jelled together. A superb romantic comedy for all ages. 7 / 10.
It touches the heart. It holds the interest with old material rendered fresh by a cast that jelled together. A superb romantic comedy for all ages. 7 / 10.
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- Also known as
- About 17
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,937,988
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,715,060
- Jul 1, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $19,937,988
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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