As their first year of high school looms ahead, best friends Julie, Hannah, Yancy and Farrah have one last summer sleepover. Little do they know they're about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Desperate to shed their nerdy status, they take part in a night-long scavenger hunt that pits them against their popular archrivals. Everything under the sun goes on -- from taking Yancy's father's car to sneaking into nightclubs!
Just when the big screen could use an injection of frothy, giggly girl power -- all in the name of a covert feminist message, of course -- Sleepover squanders that promise with a blah story and even bigger bummer of a take-home message.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
9 Jul 2004
rotten:
Not overwhelmingly original or funny.
– Sara Gebhardt,
Washington Post,
9 Jul 2004
rotten:
A terrible film.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
12 Jul 2004
rotten:
Nussbaum's attempt to capture the 'tween zeitgeist fails: The Spice Girls-infused soundtrack is dated, and the feel-good progressiveness forced.