Review of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) by Odour.rules.four.life O — 30 Jul 2009

From Gurinder Chadha, who found success with Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Bride & Prejudice (2004), comes this sweet and heartfelt little teen comedy, based upon a series of books by Louise Rennison.

It comes across as an English version of stuff like Clueless and even Sixteen Candles. Set in Eastbourne, it has 14 year old Georgia Nicolson (Georgia Groome) going through the teenage motions, her parents (Alan Davies and Karen Taylor) are always snooping in, (as they do), and now Georgia and her friends are trying to move in on two brothers who have just moved down from London, Robbie (Aaron Johnson) and Tom (Sean Bourke).

Plus, there's trouble at home when Georgia's Dad moves to New Zealand, and is planning to move the whole family down there, and she's got a huge crush on Robbie too. The title is off putting, but stick with the film, it is worth it.

It's a charming little comedy, with some very funny moments and it has a real heart to it. To think the film version would have been made in America!! It just wouldn't have been the same at all, plus Eastbourne make a good film location too!!