Spring Breakers

"I'm Alien. My real name is Al, but truth be told, I'm not from this planet."

Filmology Rating: 1.5 out of 4

I’m confused, is spring break supposed to be good or bad?  What about gangs?  Drugs?  Outlaws?  It’s hard to tell what stance Spring Breakers is taking on these subjects, as it both glorifies and vilifies each of them pretty inconsistently.  We see two former Disney Channel princesses, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, as Faith and Candy escaping to spring break and getting into a lot of trouble.  Who comes to their rescue, but James Franco as gangster/rapper Alien.  Now don’t get me wrong, Franco is my favorite part of this movie; not the character but the actor.  Even Franco’s superb acting can’t save the character or the movie.  The movie feels like a Girls Gone Wild shoot set to a Ke$ha song.

Rating: Let It Burn

-Megan