Weekly Analysis 4

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                       “Fred the Movie”  


                                                                 

My analysis for this week’s assignment is on Fred the Movie.  I ended up watching this made for television movie with my twelve year old daughter; she said that I was going to love it because it was hilarious.  Evidently this is the latest “cult” movie for preteens.  To give you some background; Fred was an internet sensation and thousands tuned in to YouTube weekly to watch his latest entry.  Eventually he landed a part on I Carly (a Disney show) in which his popularity soared; now we have a movie.

The movie is about Fred, a high pitched speaking preteen who is portrayed as the stereotypical nerd.  He has few friends, no fashion sense, and the one who either everyone picks on or laughs at.  The plot of the movie is based around his love for Judy; the girl who lives across the street.  At the beginning of the movie he heads over to see her and finds that she has moved, so he begins his search to find Judy.  He faces many challenges during his search (which is almost the entire movie) and when he finally locates her he finds that she is having a party in which he was not invited.  All of the kids attending the party give Fred a hard time because he is a loser and not wanted there.  Judy is unsure of why he came and told him he should go.  After a few minutes of being bullied, Fred vomits on Judy and then leaves in horror.  By the time he returned home, the town bully had posted the entire incident on the internet.  This motivated Fred to get even.  He enlisted one of his friends to help him make it appear like he had a huge party and everyone, who was anyone, had attended.  They set up the party area and began filming.  They changed multiple times, which included the use of his mom’s wigs, to look like different people.  When they were finished Fred sent the video to his entire class which resulted in gaining instant popularity and of course, winning his girl. 

To be honest, it took everything I had to sit through the entire movie.  But then again, I am not twelve.  The entire movie was based on stereotypes; Fred being the nerd, the bullies who gave Fred a hard time, and the beautiful girl whom he was in love with.   However, the stereotyping was not intended to offend anyone; it was intended to promote laughter.  The writers were successful at their attempt, at least with the preteens, because they exaggerated the stereotypes to the point of being ridiculous.  There was also romance in the movie, with Fred winning his dream girl’s affections at the end.  In conclusion, I would not recommend this movie for an adult; however, the kids seem to get a charge out of it.