Summary: Anne Hathaway highlights as a bunch of her peers want to become "cool" through gang culture. Eventually a chance meeting downtown with real hoods intrigues Anne Hathaway and a few of her female cohorts to get closer to the dangers of being "cool."
Review: The movie certainly had a nice looking cast with Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Alexis Dziena, and Laura San Giacomo. On the male side, there is Channing Tatum and Joeseph Gordon-Levitt. The cast seemed much too old to play the roles of bored high school kids, but the directing was outstanding as it made the script by Stephen Gaghan as realistic as it could be. I still didn't exactly buy into the script being real life as it was very over the top, but I'll try to believe that there are some silly White kids out there.
Further Question/Philosophy/Theme: Has the rap culture really infiltrated the middle class society and forced unreasonable changes? Are parents so out of touch with their kids that the kids end up joining gangs to feel a sense of belonging?
Power Rating (Out of 5): 3, It was enjoyable to watch Anne Hathaway being pretty, but the movie didn't really seem that deep. The gang culture that was in the movie also didn't seem as realistic as the rituals were too unrealistic.
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