Very problematic, but a valiant first effort

Chicks 101 - Ignore the title until after you've seen it

Angela at the viewing of Chicks 101 with director Lovinder Gill and actors Kate Leahey and R. Keith Harris.

R. Keith Harris

Kate Leahey

Brandon Roberts

Lovinder Gill

Louie is a womanizer who teaches a class called &quot;Chicks 101.&quot; Sparks fly when he meets his match in Marla, who teaches &quot;Feminism in the 20th Century.&quot;

Chicks 101

I saw this movie in it&apos;s pre-DVD release attempt to make its money back.

First, let me say that this is NOT a good movie. Second, let me say that it is not a wasted effort - the first-time-filmmaker Lovinder Gill&apos;s screenplay had a couple of nice ideas and messages throughout, but they were hidden amongst lots of clutter.

Now then, down to the nitty-gritty.

-Film was uneven in every way. Stylistically, it didn&apos;t know what it wanted to be. It started with kind of a spare theatrical quality that I kind of liked, then it went with an over-the-top style that didn&apos;t work for me, and finally it resolved itself by trying to be a quiet romantic realistic thing. I just didn&apos;t know how I was supposed to respond at any given moment.

-Cliched and repetitive. In order to win over the feminist, our hero learned one quote from another, more famous feminist, and said it over and over again. I got the feeling that that was the only feminist quote that the filmmakers knew, so they just used it a lot.

-Not particularly funny. That&apos;s all I have on that.

-Performances were hit-or miss. The three main leads were generally pretty good, but there was a lot of bad stuff going on in the supporting cast.

-I suppose the general message was nice, and there were some specific moments that were effective such as Louis&apos; 60/40 speech and some of his &quot;advice&quot; to the guys in the class.

All in all, I would say that this film was a great project for Mr. Gill to see what works and what doesn&apos;t - I hope he learned a lot. But as a film, it&apos;s just not very good. Sorry. I know this will offend all of the friends of the filmmakers that gave this a &quot;10.&quot;

I saw this movie in it's pre-DVD release attempt to make its money back.

First, let me say that this is NOT a good movie. Second, let me say that it is not a wasted effort - the first-time-filmmaker Lovinder Gill's screenplay had a couple of nice ideas and messages throughout, but they were hidden amongst lots of clutter.

Now then, down to the nitty-gritty.

-Film was uneven in every way. Stylistically, it didn't know what it wanted to be. It started with kind of a spare theatrical quality that I kind of liked, then it went with an over-the-top style that didn't work for me, and finally it resolved itself by trying to be a quiet romantic realistic thing. I just didn't know how I was supposed to respond at any given moment.

-Cliched and repetitive. In order to win over the feminist, our hero learned one quote from another, more famous feminist, and said it over and over again. I got the feeling that that was the only feminist quote that the filmmakers knew, so they just used it a lot.

-Not particularly funny. That's all I have on that.

-Performances were hit-or miss. The three main leads were generally pretty good, but there was a lot of bad stuff going on in the supporting cast.

-I suppose the general message was nice, and there were some specific moments that were effective such as Louis' 60/40 speech and some of his "advice" to the guys in the class.

All in all, I would say that this film was a great project for Mr. Gill to see what works and what doesn't - I hope he learned a lot. But as a film, it's just not very good. Sorry. I know this will offend all of the friends of the filmmakers that gave this a "10."

Louie is a womanizer who teaches a class called "Chicks 101." Sparks fly when he meets his match in Marla, who teaches "Feminism in the 20th Century."

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