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The Clique
2008 87 min United States of America PG 16+
★5.8
Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: Michael Lembeck
🎭 Based on
«The Clique»
byLisi Harrison
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Description
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
Starring
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Actor
Ellen Marlow
Actor
Sophie Anna Everhard
Actor
Samantha Boscarino
Actor
Key opinion
The Clique is widely regarded as a visually polished but substantively thin teen drama that functions primarily as a showcase for fashion and costume design. While it finds a niche audience among young teenage girls who appreciate its aesthetic, most reviewers find the plot predictable, the dialogue dull, and the performances inconsistent.
| Production | The film’s production design and costume work are universally praised for their style, serving as the movie's primary and most consistent appeal. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative is widely criticized for being clichéd, predictable, and lacking the necessary substance to justify its runtime. | |
| Acting | Opinions on the cast are divided; some critics highlight specific actors like Elizabeth McLaughlin as standout performers, while others dismiss the acting as over-the-top, artificial, or age-inappropriate. | |
| Pacing | The film’s pacing is frequently cited as a major drawback, with many viewers noting that the story is stretched thin and would have been more effective at half its length. | |
| Accessibility | The film succeeds as a light, genre-specific distraction for its target demographic of girls aged 10–16, but fails to leave a lasting impression or engage older audiences. |