Hey folks, Harry here... I want to see this now, read - beware of spoilers - but read...

Hey Harry, The Bowler here again. Seeing as no one has commented on "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane", the midnight madness show from last night I thought I would give it a whirl. Apparently this was the world premiere as not even the cast had even seen it together, all of which were in attendance (except Mandy Lane, who is shooting a show for The CW). Before the movie they introduced the director, Jonathan Levine, who looks like he's about 12 and yet took a picture of the audience because he was so shell-shocked to see the full theatre.

Then....it began. Going in it seemed like there was much hype about the film and yet no one really knew what it was beyond the fact that the lead, Amber Heard, was massively hot in all the promo stuff. So what's this thing about? Actually, it is not your normal teen slasher junk that gets released these days. It delves deeper, and somehow pulls a plot out as if from nowhere to bombard you and make you think. But, oh no worries....there is blood. And death. And gore. Plenty.

The film starts out as you meet Mandy Lane, the hot chick every guy at school wants to get with, but of couse she has the classic geek for a best friend that gets to go everywhere with her. She gets invited to a party and Emmet, played creepily well by Joan of Arcadia's Michael Welch, tags along, gets picked on, and oh yeah....gets another guy to jump off the roof and proclaim his love for Mandy. Too bad he was about 2 feet short of hitting the pool and boom! massive head explosion.

We pick it up about nine months later and still, every guy wants to get with Mandy Lane, except now she's not talking to her "best friend" Emmet. Too bad. Of course there is a weekend getaway owned by the parents of Red, also from Joan of Arcadia, and Mandy is invited to go. Emmet is not. WIthin the cast of teens you have the classic pot smoker, hotness, black dude (who does NOT get killed off first!), insecure hot chick, hot chick who thinks she's fat, and crazy "I'll fuck anything that moves" guy. Craziness ensues once we reach the ranch and of course there is a lot of tension that builds and builds until that first death scene.

What's so good about this movie? A lot, actually. It seems the writer and director (who said they went to film school together) seemed to really want to establish characters with background, souls, and objectives so that when the shit hits the fan, you actually care. Shocking thought for Hollywood, thank God! The visual style of the movie is not really stolen, but kind of borrowed from directors who might go for a little bit more of the "what you don't see is better" kind of thing. There are many shots that it is a still camera and you have to figure out what is going on. The director also seemed to be a fan of music montages. Not some stupid throw pictures up and fast-forward through time stuff, but instead it's real feelings, real emotions that the characters are going through when you get a little bit more in-depth into their lives.

What else can I say really....I don't want to spoil any of the jokes or death scenes, but I do very much hope that someone picks it up and does not simply tear it all to pieces or dump it on a weekend w/ Spider-Man 3 or something. Someone needs to buy this movie! (and hopefully already did after last night's showing where the crowd went nuts!)