Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

The film is a bright, fitfully entertaining adaptation of two of Louise Rennison's popular novels for tween-to-teenage girls. Georgia (nicely played by Groome) is an appealingly flawed, vivid, assertive figure, and the film is at its strongest when it gives us her wry take on the world, although it is let down by some scenes of teen-movie cliche. ... Full Review

Angus, the other part of the awkward title, is a cat who appears to have a thing for cross-dressing. We first meet Georgia when she is confidently heading off to a fancy dress party dressed as an olive. ... Full Review

It opens with a scene-setting montage of Georgia dashing around Eastbourne in a "stuffed olive" fancy dress costume, fleeing in comedy horror after an embarrassing faux pas at a party. Cheery, wholesome and sexually naive, they are the poster children for a safe studio-funded movie that hopes to repeat Beckham 's success and appeal to audiences around the globe. ... Full Review

Angus opens with Georgia facing the chronic embarrassment of being the only person to turn up to a fancy dress bash looking ridiculous. Gurinder Chadha's Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging is so saccharine and urgently feel-good that it's almost impossible not to admire for its blatant pandering to the teen girl crowd. ... Full Review

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (12A) From Bend It Like Beckham through to Bride And Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha makes feelgood movies that are just grounded enough in everyday life to raise smiles of recognition. ... Full Article

Incomprendida por sus "viejos" padres, pero llena de optimismo gracias al cariño de su gato Angus y de sus mejores amigas, las Ace Gang (la Banda de las Guays), Georgia Nicolson (Georgia Groome) lucha en la vida para realizar sus... ... Full Article

Visitors to the UK from India are often seen rolling their eyes at the blandness of the food. No flavour, no spice just dairy all the way. But now these northerly islands are proving themselves less taste-bud timid: London and ... Full Article

Posted by: Jesse Elder on February22,2008 at 17:28:08 YES!!WOOHOO!!I love Love L-O-V-E these books and am COMPLETELY excited about this!!!YEEEY!!!^_^ Posted by: Alex on March11,2008 at 13:12:01 when is it realesed in the USA? ... Full Article