Young adult movies always explore characters feeling like an outcast, falling in love for the first time, or trying to find their identity outside of school.
Grease riffs on the jocks, nerds, and beauties from the 1950s.
Mean Girls cleverly explores dysfunctional girl culture in high school.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower brings the misfits together in their senior year before college. While I love all of these movies, and many more, my go-to teen flick has and will always be
Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Because it was a commercial and critical failure, there’s a chance you might’ve never heard of it. And if you did, there are even more chances that the talk surrounding the movie was about its sense of humor. But it is a dark and twisted comedy that not only do I know better than the back of my hand, but also feels like it deserves some praise, especially on its 20th anniversary.
