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{{short description|2001 film by Joel Gallen}}
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{{Infobox film
| name            = Not Another Teen Movie
| image           = Not Another Teen Movie poster.jpg
| alt             = 
| caption         = Theatrical release poster
| director        = [[Joel Gallen]]
| writer          = {{Plainlist|
* Michael G. Bender
* Adam Jay Epstein
* Andrew Jacobson
* Phil Beauman
* Buddy Johnson
}}
| producer        = [[Neal H. Moritz]]
| starring        = {{Plainlist|<!-- Do NOT add Chris Evans or Chyler Leigh since neither is listed in the poster billing block -->
* [[Jaime Pressly]]
* [[Mia Kirshner]]
* [[Randy Quaid]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Reynaldo Villalobos]]
| editing        = Steven Welch
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[Original Film]]
}}
| music          = [[Theodore Shapiro]]
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|2001|12|14}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 88:52 --><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/not-another-teen-movie-2002-1 | title=''NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=January 3, 2002 | access-date=April 10, 2015 | archive-date=April 16, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416163103/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/not-another-teen-movie-2002-1 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $15 million<ref name="mojo"/>
| gross          = $66.5 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=notanotherteenmovie.htm |title=Not Another Teen Movie |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526082232/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=notanotherteenmovie.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
'''''Not Another Teen Movie''''' is a 2001 American [[Teen film|teen]] [[parody film]] directed by [[Joel Gallen]] and written by Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman, and Buddy Johnson. It features [[Chyler Leigh]], [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]], [[Jaime Pressly]], [[Eric Christian Olsen]], [[Eric Jungmann]], [[Mia Kirshner]], [[Deon Richmond]], [[Cody McMains]], [[Sam Huntington]], [[Samm Levine]], [[Cerina Vincent]], [[Ron Lester]], [[Randy Quaid]], [[Lacey Chabert]], [[Riley Smith]] and [[Samaire Armstrong]].

Released on December 14, 2001 by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] under its [[Columbia Pictures]] label, the film is a [[parody]] of [[teen film]]s released during the 1980s and 90s. The general plot is primarily derived from ''[[She's All That]]'',<ref name="sfgate" /> as well as ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'',<ref name="sfgate" /> ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]'',<ref name="sfgate" /> ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'', and ''[[Varsity Blues (film)|Varsity Blues]]''.<ref name="variety" /> It is also filled with [[allusion]]s to other films featuring teen and college-aged characters, such as ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'',<ref name="variety" /> ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'', ''[[Bring It On (film)|Bring It On]]'', ''[[Can't Buy Me Love (film)|Can't Buy Me Love]]'', ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'',<ref name="latimes" /> ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'', ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'', ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', ''[[Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker]]'', ''[[Lucas (film)|Lucas]]'', ''[[Never Been Kissed]]'', ''[[Risky Business]]'', ''[[Road Trip (2000 film)|Road Trip]]'', ''[[Rudy (film)|Rudy]]'', and ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', while [[Paul Gleason]] reprises his role as Vice Principal Vernon from ''[[The Breakfast Club]]''.

==Plot==
In the stereotypical high school community of [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] High in [[Southern California]], Priscilla, head [[cheerleader]], separates from her [[American football|football]] star/[[slacker]] boyfriend, Jake Wyler. Discovering she is now dating timid and weird Les to spite him, one of Jake's friends, Austin, makes a bet with him to turn nerdy Janey Briggs into the [[prom queen]]. Janey is not insecure enough to feel any need to change herself, nor does she feel anything for him at first, but that does not stop him from trying.

As Jake attempts to court Janey, he faces adversity from his own sister, Catherine, who is [[Incest|sexually attracted to him]]; Janey's unnoticed admirer and best friend, Ricky Lipman; and memories from his past football career. Catherine assists him by "drastically" altering Janey's appearance (removing her glasses and ponytail), instantly making her drop-dead gorgeous.

Meanwhile, Janey's younger brother, Mitch, and his friends Ox and Bruce, make a pact to lose their virginity by graduation. Mitch tries to impress his longtime crush, Amanda Becker, with a [[love letter]].

As the prom draws near, Jake becomes known for failing to lead the football team to victory at last year's state championship game. Austin then tricks Jake into telling Janey about his bet to spite Priscilla, pretending to whisper the secret bet in Janey's ear, causing her to leave upset. On prom night, Austin and Janey go together; a jealous Jake and Catherine have a dance-off with Austin and Janey, with Catherine dancing in a sexual manner. Janey runs off crying.

Meanwhile, Mitch and his friends are having a lousy time until Amanda arrives and Mitch gives her the letter (to which she responds she does not have sex with every loser who does such, but gives them [[handjob]]s), Bruce hooks up with foreign exchange student [[Areola]], and Ox hooks up with Catherine.

Jake is awarded prom king, and the votes for prom queen are tied. Everyone thinks that it is between Janey and Priscilla, but they are shocked when [[conjoined twins]] Kara and Sara Fratelli win prom queen. During the prom king and queen dance, Janey supposedly left with Austin to go to a hotel.

Jake goes to the hotel room where he finds Austin having sex with a girl but is shocked to find that it is Priscilla and not Janey, while Les videotapes them with his pants down. Austin tells Jake that Janey "ran home to her daddy." Jake punches Austin and Priscilla, knocking them unconscious for humiliating Janey. He then punches Les for "being really weird"; afterwards, he runs to Janey's, only to be told she is on her way to [[art school]] in Paris.

Jake confronts her before she boards the plane, but uses a plethora of [[cliché]]d lines from other film to convince her to not go. His final (and only original) speech suggests they would be better off separated, but Janey mistakenly believes he is quoting ''[[The Karate Kid (1984 film)|The Karate Kid]]'', and she decides to stay with him.

In a [[mid-credits scene]], Janey's father Mr. Briggs drunkenly assaults himself with pies in his kitchen. In a [[post-credits scene]], a previously seen [[Albinism in humans|albino]] folk singer, an [[afro]]ed student with a guitar, reveals that she has become [[Visual impairment|blind]] and calls out for assistance upon completing her song, while an audience member calls for another to assist in stealing her guitar.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cast of ''Not Another Teen Movie''
|-
! scope="col" | Actor
! scope="col" | Character
! scope="col" | Stereotype
! scope="col" | Based on
|-
|scope="row"| [[Chyler Leigh]]
| Janey Briggs || "The Pretty Ugly Girl" || Laney Boggs ([[Rachael Leigh Cook]]) from ''[[She's All That]]''<br />Katerina Stratford ([[Julia Stiles]]) from ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]''<br />Andie Walsh ([[Molly Ringwald]]) from ''[[Pretty in Pink]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]]
| Jake Wyler || "The Popular Jock" || Zack Siler ([[Freddie Prinze Jr.]]) from ''She's All That''<br /> Jake Ryan ([[Michael Schoeffling]]) from ''[[Sixteen Candles]]''<br/>Jonathan Moxon ([[James Van Der Beek]]) from ''[[Varsity Blues (film)|Varsity Blues]]''<br/>Cappie Roew ([[Charlie Sheen]]) from ''[[Lucas (1986 film)|Lucas]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Jaime Pressly]]
| Priscilla || "The Nasty Cheerleader" || Taylor Vaughan ([[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]]) from ''She's All That''<br />Big Red ([[Lindsay Sloane]]) and Torrance ([[Kirsten Dunst]]) from ''[[Bring It On (film)|Bring It On]]''<br />Angela Hayes ([[Mena Suvari]]) from ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Eric Christian Olsen]]
| Austin || "The Cocky Blond Guy" || Dean Sampson Jr. ([[Paul Walker]]) from ''She's All That''<br />Steff McKee ([[James Spader]]) from ''Pretty in Pink''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Mia Kirshner]]
| Catherine Wyler || "The Cruelest Girl" || Kathryn Merteuil ([[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]) from ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''<br />Mackenzie Siler ([[Anna Paquin]]) from ''She's All That''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Deon Richmond]]
| Malik Token || "The [[Tokenism|Token]] Black Guy" || Preston ([[Dulé Hill]]) from ''She's All That''
|-
||[[Eric Jungmann]]
| Ricky Lipman || "The Obsessed Best Friend" || Duckie Dale ([[Jon Cryer]]) from ''Pretty in Pink''<br />Jesse Jackson ([[Elden Henson]]) from ''She's All That''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Ron Lester]]
| Reggie Ray || "The Stupid Fat Guy" || Billy Bob (Lester) from ''Varsity Blues''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Cody McMains]]
| Mitch Briggs || "The Desperate Virgin" || Kevin Myers ([[Thomas Ian Nicholas]]) from ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]''<br />Preston Meyers ([[Ethan Embry]]) from ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]''<br />Simon Boggs ([[Kieran Culkin]]) from ''She's All That''<br />Brian Johnson ([[Anthony Michael Hall]]) and John Bender ([[Judd Nelson]]) from ''[[The Breakfast Club]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Sam Huntington]]
| Ox || "The Sensitive Guy" || Oz ([[Chris Klein (actor)|Chris Klein]]) from ''American Pie''<br />Andrew Clark ([[Emilio Estevez]]) from ''The Breakfast Club''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Samm Levine]]
| Bruce || "The Wannabe" || Daniel LaRusso ([[Ralph Macchio]]) from ''[[The Karate Kid]]''<br />Jim Levenstein ([[Jason Biggs]]) from ''American Pie''<br />Kenny Fisher ([[Seth Green]]) from ''Can't Hardly Wait''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Lacey Chabert]]
| Amanda Becker || "The Perfect Girl" || Amanda Beckett ([[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]) from ''Can't Hardly Wait''
|-
|-
|scope="row"| [[Heather Brown Dodge]]
| Dainty Girl || "Peeping Tom Scene Gone Bad" || Beulah Balbricker ([[Nancy Parsons]]) from ''Porky's''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Cerina Vincent]]
| Areola || "The Foreign Exchange Student" || Nadia ([[Shannon Elizabeth]]) from ''American Pie''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Riley Smith]]
| Les || "The Beautiful Weirdo" || Ricky Fitts ([[Wes Bentley]]) from ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]''
|-
|scope="row"| Ean Mering || Marty || "The Wimpy Football Player" || Lucas Blye ([[Corey Haim]]) from ''Lucas''<br />[[Rudy Ruettiger]] ([[Sean Astin]]) from ''[[Rudy (film)|Rudy]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Julie Welch]]
| Beverly Wyler || colspan="2" rowspan="3" | N/A 
|-
|scope="row"| [[Samaire Armstrong]]
| Kara Fratelli 
|-
|scope="row"| [[Nectar Rose]]
| Sara Fratelli 
|-
|scope="row"| [[Ed Lauter]]
| The Coach || "Win-at-all-cost Jerk Coach"|| Coach Bud Kilmer ([[Jon Voight]]) from ''Varsity Blues''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Randy Quaid]]
| Mr. Briggs || "Dead Beat Alcoholic Father" || Russel Casse (Quaid) from ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]''<br />Wayne Boggs ([[Kevin Pollak]]) from ''She's All That''<br />Jack Walsh ([[Harry Dean Stanton]]) from ''Pretty in Pink''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Joanna Garcia]]
| Sandy Sue || "The New Girl in School" || Sandy Olsson ([[Olivia Newton-John]]) from ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Beverly Polcyn]]
| Sadie Agatha Johnson || rowspan="5" | N/A || Josie Geller ([[Drew Barrymore]]) from ''[[Never Been Kissed]]''<br />[[Cameron Crowe]]'s undercover journalism working on ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Rob Benedict]]
| Preston Wasserstein || Ferris Bueller ([[Matthew Broderick]]) from ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''<br />Joel Goodson ([[Tom Cruise]]) from ''[[Risky Business]]''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Patrick St. Esprit]]
| Austin's father || N/A
|-
|scope="row"| [[Josh Radnor]]
| Tour Guide || Michael Eckman ([[David Krumholtz]]) from ''10 Things I Hate About You''<br />Barry Manilow ([[Tom Green]]) from ''Road Trip''
|-
|scope="row"| [[Paul Goebel (television personality)|Paul Goebel]]
| "The Chef Who Ejaculated Into Mitch's French Toast" || French Toast Guy (Sanz) from ''Road Trip''
|-
|scope="row"| [[George Wyner]]
| Principal Cornish || "The Principal" || rowspan="2" | N/A
|-
|scope="row"| [[H. Jon Benjamin|Jon Benjamin]]
| Trainer || N/A 
|}

Many stars of teen films, as well as those from the 1980s, make credited and uncredited appearances. These include:
* [[Molly Ringwald]] as "The Rude, Hot Flight Attendant"; Ringwald starred in many '80s teen films, most significantly ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'', ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' and ''[[The Breakfast Club]]''.
* [[Mr. T]] as "The Wise Janitor", a parody of [[Charles S. Dutton]]'s character from ''[[Rudy (film)|Rudy]]''; ''[[The A-Team]]''{{'}}s opening sequence music is playing at the end of his speech.
* [[Kyle Cease]] as "The Slow Clap Guy"; Cease himself played Bogey Lowenstein in ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]''.
* [[Melissa Joan Hart]] (''uncredited'') as "Slow Clapper's Instructor"; Hart can also be seen in ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]'' and ''[[Drive Me Crazy]]''.  The commentator at the football game praises Hart and ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''.
* [[Lyman Ward (actor)|Lyman Ward]] as Mr. Wyler, representing the "Out-of-touch Father" best represented by Noah Levenstein ([[Eugene Levy]]) in ''American Pie''; Ward played Ferris Bueller's father in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''.
* [[Paul Gleason]] as Richard "Dick" Vernon; Gleason reprises his role as Vernon from ''[[The Breakfast Club]]''.
* [[Sean Patrick Thomas]] as "The Other Token Black Guy"; Thomas appeared in ''[[Can't Hardly Wait]]'', ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' and ''[[Save the Last Dance]]''.
* [[Good Charlotte]] as the band playing at the prom.

== Music ==
{{Anchor|Soundtrack}}
The film's score is composed by [[Theodore Shapiro (composer)|Theodore Shapiro]] and consists largely of contemporary covers of 1980s [[pop music|pop]] and [[new wave music|new wave]] hits. The musical number, "Prom Tonight", written by [[Ben Folds]], Michael G. Bender, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, is a parody of ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''. The song was never released commercially.

A soundtrack was released by [[Maverick Records]] on December 4, 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/not-another-teen-movie-mw0000213938 | title=Not Another Teen Movie – Original Soundtrack | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=April 6, 2021 | archive-date=May 21, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521050628/http://www.allmusic.com/album/not-another-teen-movie-mw0000213938 | url-status=live }}</ref> A cover of [[a-ha]]'s "[[Take On Me]]" by the band [[Lifer (band)|Lifer]] was recorded but went unreleased.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/DoH0XiPwJBQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200515234650/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoH0XiPwJBQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoH0XiPwJBQ&t=510s| title = NEPA Scene Podcast Ep. 76 - Wilkes-Barre nu metal band Lifer given new life in 2018 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = September 23, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

A karaoke version of the ending to "[[Can't Fight this Feeling]]" by [[REO Speedwagon]] is used each time Amanda Becker enters a scene. 
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| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = Various artists
| cover      =
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| released   = December 4, 2001
| recorded   =
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| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[punk rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| length     = 41:59
| label      = [[Maverick Records|Maverick]]
| producer   = Various
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| misc       = {{Singles
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 | single1     = [[Tainted Love#Marilyn Manson version (2001)|Tainted Love]]
 | single1date = November 2001
}}
}}

{{Track listing
| extra_column     = Artist
| title_width      = 30%
| writing_width    = 40%
| extra_width      = 30%

| title1          = [[Tainted Love#Marilyn Manson version (2001)|Tainted Love]]
| note1           = originally by [[Gloria Jones]]
| writer1         = [[Ed Cobb]]
| extra1          = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| length1         = 3:21

| title2          = [[Never Let Me Down Again]]
| note2           = originally by [[Depeche Mode]]
| writer2         = [[Martin Gore]]
| extra2          = [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
| length2         = 4:00

| title3          = [[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]
| note3           = originally by [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| writer3         = [[Gillian Gilbert]], [[Peter Hook]], [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]], [[Bernard Sumner]]
| extra3          = [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]
| length3         = 4:26

| title4          = [[The Metro (song)|The Metro]]
| note4           = originally by [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
| writer4         = [[John Crawford (musician)|John Crawford]]
| extra4          = [[System of a Down]]
| length4         = 2:59

| title5          = [[Stripped (song)|But Not Tonight]]
| note5           = originally by Depeche Mode
| writer5         = Martin Gore
| extra5          = [[Scott Weiland]]
| length5         = 4:50

| title6          = [[Message of Love]]
| note6           = originally by [[Pretenders (band)|The Pretenders]]
| writer6         = [[Chrissie Hynde]]
| extra6          = [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]]
| length6         = 3:48

| title7          = [[Bizarre Love Triangle]]
| note7           = originally by New Order
| writer7         = Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner
| extra7          = [[Stabbing Westward]]
| length7         = 3:43

| title8          = [[99 Luftballons|99 Red Balloons]]
| note8           = originally by [[Nena (band)|Nena]]
| writer8         = [[Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen|Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen]], [[Kevin McAlea]]
| extra8          = [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]]
| length8         = 3:50

| title9          = [[I Melt with You]]
| note9           = originally by [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
| writer9         = Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, Stephen Walker
| extra9          = [[Mest]]
| length9         = 3:19

| title10         = [[If You Leave (song)|If You Leave]]
| note10          = originally by [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]
| writer10        = [[Andy McCluskey]], [[Paul Humphreys]], [[Martin Cooper (artist)|Martin Cooper]]
| extra10         = [[Good Charlotte]]
| length10        = 2:45

| title11         = [[Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want]]
| note11          = originally by [[The Smiths]]
| writer11        = [[Morrissey|Steven Morrissey]], [[Johnny Marr]]
| extra11         = [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| length11        = 1:58

| title12         = [[Somebody's Baby]]
| note12          = originally by [[Jackson Browne]]
| writer12        = Jackson Browne, [[Danny Kortchmar]]
| extra12         = [[Phantom Planet]]
| length12        = 2:52
}}

Songs not included on the soundtrack include "[[Line Up (song)|Line Up]]" by [[Elastica]], "[[In Between Days]]" and "[[Turning Japanese]]" by [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]], "Lucy", "Don't You Forget About Me", "Everybody Knows Everything" and "Friends" by [[Sprung Monkey]], "Yoo Hoo" by [[Imperial Teen]], "Double Dare Ya" by [[Bikini Kill]], "Rock Star" by [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]], "[[Oh Yeah (Yello song)|Oh Yeah]]" by [[Yello]], "[[Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer song)|Kiss Me]]" by [[Sixpence None the Richer]], "[[Let's Go (The Cars song)|Let's Go]]" by [[the Cars]], "Pacific Coast Party" by [[Smash Mouth]], "Let's Begin (Shoot the Shit)" by [[Bad Ronald (band)|Bad Ronald]], "[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]" and "King of Yesterday" by [[Jude (singer)|Jude]], "900 Number" by [[The 45 King]], "[[My Hero (song)|My Hero]]" by [[Foo Fighters]], "[[I Want Candy]]", "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulder (song)|Put Your Head on My Shoulder]]" and "[[Footloose (song)|Footloose]]" by [[Good Charlotte]], "[[Space Age Love Song]]" by [[No Motiv]], and "[[If You Were Here (Thompson Twins song)|If You Were Here]]" by [[Thompson Twins]].

==Release==
''Not Another Teen Movie'' opened theatrically on December 14, 2001. It was released on [[DVD region code|region 1]] DVD on April 30, 2002, with an "unrated extended version" on July 26, 2005. This cut runs ten minutes longer than the original, and adds a number of deleted, alternate and extended scenes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=2330 | title=Not another Teen Movie (Comparison: Theatrical Cut and Unrated Director's Cut) | website=movie-censorship.com | date=May 27, 2008 | access-date=April 6, 2021 | archive-date=August 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811203249/https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=2330 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Box office===
The film opened at third place at the US box office taking $12.6 million in its opening weekend. It grossed $38.3 million domestically and $28.2 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $66.5 million.<ref name="mojo" />

===Critical response===
[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film an approval rating of 32% based on 102 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site's critics consensus states: "''NATM'' has some funny moments, but the movie requires the audience to have familiarity with the movies being spoofed and a tolerance for toilet and sexual humor to be truly effective."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/not_another_teen_movie/|title=Not Another Teen Movie Reviews|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=March 5, 2025|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530230003/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/not_another_teen_movie|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/not-another-teen-movie|title=Not Another Teen Movie|work=Metacritic|access-date=December 19, 2010|archive-date=September 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912205639/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/not-another-teen-movie|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Not Another" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=August 27, 2021}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film two stars out of a possible four, and admitted to laughing a few times but not as much as he did for ''American Pie'' or ''[[Scary Movie]]''. Ebert also criticized the scatological humor. He urged audiences to not waste their time on the film, when in the month of December 2001 there were "21 other promising films" to choose from.<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news |date=December 14, 2001 |author=Roger Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Not Another Teen Movie |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/not-another-teen-movie-2001 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831092726/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/not-another-teen-movie-2001 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Robin Rauzi of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "a 90-minute exercise in redefining the word 'gratuitous{{' "}} and suggested it is most likely to appeal to fourteen-year-olds – "who of course [are] not supposed to be seeing this R-rated movie".<ref name="latimes">{{cite news | date = December 14, 2001 | author = Robin Rauzi | title = 'Not Another Teen Movie' Just Multiplies the Raunch | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-14-et-rauzi14-story.html | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date = September 19, 2013 | archive-date = September 21, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061525/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/14/entertainment/et-rauzi14 | url-status = live }}</ref> Dennis Harvey of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' criticized the film for its "overall tendency to mistake mere bad taste for outrageousness, and plain referentiality for satire" but praised Evans, Pressly, and Olsen for giving performances better than the material. He noted that the film follows the model of ''Scary Movie'' but lacked the comic finesse of [[Anna Faris]].<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine |date=December 13, 2001 |author=Dennis Harvey |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/not-another-teen-movie-1200552287/ |title=Not Another Teen Movie |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120113449/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/not-another-teen-movie-1200552287/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' called the film "a crass act" and pointed out the futility of trying to parody films that are already absurd. LaSalle complained that the film too closely copies ''She's All That'', calling it "pathetic" that ''Not Another Teen Movie'' is just another formulaic teen movie.<ref name="sfgate">{{cite news |title=A crass act. Gross-out teen flick imagines it's a parody |author=Mick LaSalle |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/12/14/DD138285.DTL&type=movies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020817185801/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2001%2F12%2F14%2FDD138285.DTL&type=movies|archive-date=August 17, 2002|date=December 14, 2001 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Parody film|Spoof film]]

==References==
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