Eight years ago, three little girlies put their dreams in a box and buried it. The daft idiots. Surely thats just an empty box? But no, for when the trio return on the night of their high school graduation, they find it full of childhood trinkets and, even though they by now hate each other, once again become friends for life. Awwww, bless. If you think that sounds mind-rottingly dull, wait until youve sat through the remaining 80 minutes.
Before you can say this is only marginally better than stabbing yourself repeatedly in the face with a bread knife, the whining threesome among them warbling midriff-showing pop weasel Britney Spears have leapt into a car and set off for LA. Along for the ride, for no apparent reason, is Anson Mount as a suspected murderer and token stubblehunk.
Its around this point you might start to wonder what the purpose of this road trip actually is. Well, it could be that one of the girls (Taryn Manning) aspires to pop stardom, and is on her way to an audition but that seems unlikely as it later turns out she cant sing for toffee and needs to be bailed out of a karaoke contest by Britters. It could be that Britney wants to confront the mother (Kim Cattrall) who abandoned her as a three-year-old. But why, then, does she barely mention it either before or after finally meeting up with mumsie? Perhaps its that the third girl (Zoe Saldana) wants to visit her boyfriend, who also just happens to live on the way. But, yet again, after a brief if eventful meeting, they all just revert back to giggling, singing, and making you want to rip your own ears off just so that you dont have to listen to them any longer.
In every sense, this movie is an absolute mess. Even worse than Britneys inherent falseness and general look at me! aura, is the fact that writer Shonda Rhimes never bothers to give any true purpose to the tale. Yes, its chock-full of serious issues, from date rape, to teenage pregnancy, to the dangers of falling down a flight of stairs, but no sooner have any of these issues been raised than each of the characters seem to forget about them. The plot has gaping holes all the way through, and as a result is left with little more substance than one of its stars own music vids only this is much, much longer.