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Movie reviews Bart got a room 
 
This is a lovely teen comedy the family will enjoy, it tells the story of a 
typical teenager Danny Stein played by Steven Kaplan(a young Patrick Dempsey 
lookalike) preparing for his big prom night, except he hasn't found a girl to 
go to the prom with, there is the obvious girl he really should go to the prom 
with, who he has known all his life, they get on well, and even do school 
projects together, as her sister says "he is practically a brother", with, 
Camille played by the lovely Alia Shawkat, his entire family and hers think 
that they should go together, but as most teenage boys he is looking for 
something a little outside his immediate surroundings, notably a very pretty 
girl Alice played by Ashley Benson, strangely enough he wants to ask her out to 
the prom even though he suspects he is just a tease, and even contemplates 
Camille's sister Gerties(played by the very pretty Katie McClellan) as opposed 
to herself.

Embarrassingly for her Camille even sends him a letter to take her to the prom, 
which he lets her down gently that he has the eyes for someone else.

Matters come to a head when the local geek(complete with the big double rimmed 
glasses) not only has a date for the prom but a room hence the title, much to 
the shock and amazement of his entire family, his mother played by the lovely 
Cheryl Hines(Robin William's wife in RV) and his divorced dad complete with a 
nice looking perm played by the dependable William H. Macy(Boogie Nights), his 
dad is trying to find a date for himself, and there is a funny sequence where 
he takes his date to a restaurant along with Danny still asking for advice on 
if the girl of his dreams should be asked to the prom, based on his father's 
good natured meaning but awkward in the current circumstances, his date makes 
an excuse that her toddler needs the bathroom, and notably speeds off in her 
car, while the two are discussing the issue of Danny's potential prom date.

Mixed with his desire to have his parents reconciled, amidst the new man in his 
mother's life who is nice enough but his dad although not as rich as him will 
not have his son's affections taken by another guy.

It is a nice sweet family movie, and you could tell there are aspects of it if 
not the whole thing biographical.
 
 Mr D Stevens is a reviewer at http://armchairbuff.blogspot.com/  Movie reviews 
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