Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
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 Directed by Gurinder Chadha, the director behind smash-hit Brit flicks, Bend It Like Beckham and Bride & Prejudice, ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING is a hilarious coming of age tale based on the acclaimed best-selling series of books by Louise Rennison. ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING centres on eccentric but loveable 14 year-old Georgia Nicolson (Georgia Groome) as she overcomes the trials and tribulations of growing up. Georgia has to endure the ‘traumas’ of nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three-year old sister and the everyday ups and downs of being a teenage girl in a world that’s as mental as she is. Comforted by her barmy cat Angus and supported by her team of best friends ‘The Ace Gang’ Georgia embarks on a quest to achieve her two main desires: 1. To get a gorgeous sex-god boyfriend, proving that she’s the mature, sophisticated girlfriend that school heart-throb Robbie (Aaron Johnson) deserves, and 2. Throw the greatest 15th birthday party ever! With awkward kissing lessons to move up the ‘snogging scale’, fake tan disasters and occasional stalking, ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING is full of laugh-out loud moments in Georgia’s wince-inducing quest to achieve the ‘perfect’ snog. Featuring a stellar supporting cast including T4 favourite Steve Jones as the hunky handyman, and Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek) and Karen Taylor (Touch Me, I’m Karen Taylor) as the ‘ancient’ parents, the DVD release of the most teen-savvy British comedy this year is sure to be at the top of every teenager’s Christmas list this year. Shacked up with her snooping parents, Georgia Nicolson (Groome) is a typically insecure14 year-old who wants to grow up, and fast. When new boy Robbie (Johnson) moves to her south coast school, she falls in love - but its path never did run smooth... Based on The Teen Book by Louise Rennison, this awkwardly titled tale of awkward adolescence starts off with a girl dressed as an olive flouncing through Eastbourne’s streets in a flurry of tears. As anyone who ever had a histrionic younger sister will know, that combination of OTT silliness and high emotion sums up the experience of being a 14 year-old girl rather well, but your opinion of the rest of the film depends on how you feel about that species. Happily, the film’s tone calms down - it remains broad, certainly, but the characters do resemble real teenagers, putting this on a level above the High School Bratz to emerge from the American tweenie scene. Our heroine, Georgia (Georgia Groome, the astonishingly talented star of London To Brighton) is returning to a new year at school, and determined to be cool, popular and her own person, unaware that these aims are mutually exclusive. She and her friends are focused on getting their first boyfriends and can generally be found shouting at each other or swearing undying love. They’re an infuriating bunch, but somehow utterly winning, too. The trouble starts with the appearance of men on the scene. Brothers Robbie (Aaron Johnson) and Tom (Sean Bourke) are dishy and, since they hail from London, carry an air of glamour. They’re the least likely twins since Arnie and DeVito, but that doesn’t stop Georgia and Jas (Eleanor Tomlinson) cooking up elaborate schemes to win them over. With complications on the home front from Georgia’s nosy parents and romantic pitfalls at every turn, there’s plenty of drama - but it’s in the quiet moments that the film convinces. While the low-key cast give this a British telly feel at times, this is still a tween movie that’s miles more engaging than its airbrushed American competitors. You’ll be horrified by the very loud 14 year-olds, but stick with it and they do win you over. Honest.  Georgia Groome ... Georgia Nicolson Eleanor Tomlinson ... Jas Aaron Johnson ... Robbie Alan Davies ... Bob Nicholson Karen Taylor ... Connie Nicholson Tommy Bastow ... Dave the Laugh Sean Bourke ... Tom Liam Hess ... Peter Dyer Manjeeven Grewal ... Ellen Georgia Henshaw ... Rosie Barnes Kimberley Nixon ... Wet Lindsay Eva Drew ... Libby Matt Brinkler ... Sven Steve Jones ... Jem Tamara Notcutt ... Salsa Woman Ingrid Oliver ... Miss Stamp IMDB Trailer Download Torrent 
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