Normal Adolescent Behavior

Amber Tamblyn......Wendy Bergman

Ashton Holmes......Sean Mayer

Raviv Ullman......Price

Kelli Garner......Billie

Daryl Sabara......Nathan Bergman

Hilarie Burton......Ryan

Stephen Colletii......Robert

Kelly Lynch......Helen

Julia Garro......Ann

Edward Tournier......Jonah

Written/Directed By:

Beth Schacter

Release Date:

September 1, 2007

Running Time:

95 mins.

I will start this review by saying that when it was released on DVD, the film was promoted as "Havoc 2." Besides being about a group of teenagers, this film bears no resemblance to Havoc (starring Anne Hathaway, Joseph-Gorden Levitt, and Bijou Phillips) at all.

Amber Tamblyn stars as Wendy, a high school girl involved in a group of six people: six best friends who love each other so much, they vow to never be not together. This means once a week, they all sleep with each other, swapping partners every week. No, it's not an orgy, proclaim the characters. It's just a family. =/

Basically, I think this film tried a little too hard to be all "We're rebelling." Rebelling against what, you ask? They're rebelling against non-sexualized women. They're in this group so that both genders get equal amount of attention in a relationship. Okay... I think that that's such an obscure way of dealing with this "problem" (Is it even a problem? I mean it's decision-based...)

Anyway, Amber Tamblyn does give a good performance, as does the whole cast, really. Why Hilarie Burton was labeled as a star, I don't know, considering she's in three scenes.

Recommended, I guess.

Source: Netflix

Rating: Three Stars