heather_movie+review

//“Dreams change. Friends are forever.”// __[|Crossroads]__, directed by [|Tamra Davis] is an exciting, affecting, heartrending movie that takes you through the childhood of three best friends. [|Britney Spears], playing the role of Lucy, [|Jamie Lynn Spears], playing the role of "young Lucy", [|Zoe Saldana], playing Kit, and [|Taryn Manning], playing the role of Mimi have been friends forever since they were about ten years old. Throughout their senior year of high school, things changed and people changed as well-some for the better, some for the worse. When they were ten, they dug up a hole, put a memory of theirs in a box, and buried the box. They all agreed that when they were graduating high school, the box would be opened and memories would be returned into their minds.
 * __Crossroads__**

Even though all three of these girls had gone their own way, Mimi was the only one that actually wanted to go dig it up, since they had buried it 6 years prior to this night. At the graduation party, Mimi reminded the two others girls, but they kind of just blew her off, pretending to just ignore what she had said, and that it “didn’t mean anything to them.” Mimi went by herself to the spot where the box was, and decided that she was going to open it by herself. About five minutes after she was there, Lucy and Kit showed up as well, but nobody knew that they were all going to be there, together. The three girls started catching up on things they had missed, and everything that had been going on throughout their high school days. They were all getting along, until Mimi brought up her stories. She was going to Los Angeles for a record contract audition. Not only that, but Mimi was pregnant as well. Keep in mind, the girls don’t ask Mimi who the father of her baby is. The girls were surprised, but as best friends, they supported all of her decisions. Lucy and Kit were asked by Mimi to go with her to her audition, and at first the both of them declined, because they were going in the car with a so-called “killer,” which was just a rumor going around the school. [|Anson Mount,] playing the role of Ben, told the girls what had really happened, and it was nothing that they had thought. Finally, they came back and told her that they would go. The only problem was, Lucy’s dad said no.

In the middle of the night, Lucy went, and left her dad a note on his bed side, for him to wake up to in the morning. The only reason why Lucy was actually going in the car was to see her divorced mother, who lived in a state on the way. Lucy sees her mom, who doesn’t even remember her, and gets turned down as a “mistake to the family.” She meets back up with the two girls and Ben, who drove them, in the hotel they were staying at. The girls and Ben back her up, and make her feel comfortable, and always tell her that everything is going to be okay, and that she shouldn’t worry.

While in the hotel in Los Angeles, Kit wants to go and visit her boyfriend. He tells her that he’s really busy and goes on and on about how he really does want to see her, but he has no time, with his job and such. Kit goes to find him anyway, and Mimi goes with her. Lucy stays behind to spend some time and get to know Ben. When they arrive at her boyfriend’s house, Kit opens the door to find another girl in his apartment. This guy, however, is the father of Mimi’s baby, which nobody knew. This happened at a party, when she was drunk, and didn’t have a clue as to what was going on. Since she felt bad, she starting running down the stairs out of the apartment, but was stopped by Kit. She pulled away, but fell down the stairs…on her stomach. She was sent to the hospital, and the baby was pronounced dead in her stomach.

//Dreams change, friends are forever// is valid for this movie for several reasons. Each of the girls had different dreams, and way different accomplishments. At first, they let it get in the way of their friendship, and it ended in a non-existent relationship. After growing up, and learning more about the world, they didn’t let it interfere with anything. They became best friends again, after all.

This movie is very affective, especially to teenagers. Most girls in high school feel like drama takes over their life at some points, but they have to keep in mind that they can get through it, just like everyone else. I’ve watched this movie about five times, and love it every time. I don’t get sick of it, because I feel that I can relate to some of the drama problems that occurred in this film. I feel that this movie should be shone to people who think that they can’t get through life when drama hits. These girls were best friends, and then stopped talking for a number of years, but came back together, almost like a family, in the end. They caught up, and understood everything, and were always there to back up every decision made by each of them.