i just wanna give my deepest apologies to mel brooks because what the fuck is burning saddles???

“She graduated 4 years ago “ has the same energy as “she doesn’t even go here”

The "She got glasses!" bit is possibly the simplest, yet most ingenious piece of satire in any of these type of spoof movies.

it's beyond tragic to see modern netflix teen movies fall into the exact same annoying tropes and cliches that NATM made fun of 20 years ago

NATM cracks me up so much. The scene where Chris Evans sings "Janey's Got A Gun" and everyone starts screaming and running away always has me in tears 😂

My favorite joke in the movie is a really stupid one. I love when she paints a couple stick figures and Chris Evans goes “Who’s she?” and it triggers a whole “emotional” scene talking about her mom while just showing these stupid little stick figures. I don’t know why it made me laugh so much but it did.

Molly Ringwald did not have to come in and call everyone out like that. But she did and the world is better for it.

Even though he’s great as Steve Rogers and in Snowpiercer, I think this is one of Chris Evans’ best acting roles. You can see how much fun he has doing comedy.

The tokenism joke was so legendary, that quote from this film lives in my memories permanently

*"What is she doing here? She graduated four years ago!"* Haven't seen this movie in decades, but I've never forgotten that line 😅😅😅

Saw these movies as an actual teen. I may or may not be planning a token joke with T1j in the near future since I've already been mistaken for him a few times

rewatched this after the "she's all that" remake to cleanse my palette lol. Hadn't watched it since I was a kid and I'm so glad I rewatched it as an adult cause so many of the jokes just went over my head and I realized how ahead of its time this movie was.

Thank you for giving Matthew Lillard the kudos he deserves.

You put the "suck" in "liposuction" You put the "ooo" in "jiu-jitsu" You put the "ism" in "This is all just a defense mechanism".

This is why we need Coming of Age movies for black kids about just being black kids. The ones I can only think of that don’t include systemic racism struggle and where the main character. Is just another girl in IRT and Dope. Not perfect but there the only ones we got. Hopefully we have black directors and writers tell stories of black teens in a positive light.

The black guy at the party scene is legendary and pretty much the scene I remember the most from this movie. Have even actually recreated the scene when that shit happened in real life once or twice.

NATM was probably the only tolerable spoof movie of the 2000's, aside from the first Scary Movie. It had some funny jokes, some of my favourites being the detention scene, and having the "ugly" girl being revealed as beautiful all along by removing her glasses and ponytail.

My favourite joke is still her spilling water over her wet clothes.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, this movie called out plenty of s*xist and r*cist tropes, in a time when "parodies" would only replicate them, and for that, it has my respect.

I can't tell you how many times I've thought or said out loud 'I did it I'm a miracle worker ' when i literally did nothing still to laugh a little. It leaves a weird impact. But I thought it was helpful when I was a kid...it helped my self esteem to know that these girls are actually beautiful and everyone noticed that and it wasn't just me feeling crap about not looking secretly beautiful behind the,nerdy exterior.

Prom Tonight was a musical masterpiece and no one can tell me otherwise

The phrasing at the end: "It's not above relying on literal shit for a giggle, but some of it is solid."

Probably repeating things here, but another great metacasting gag was putting Lacey Chabert in Jennifer Love Hewitt's role for the "Can't Hardly Wait" sections, the two having shared stardom on "Party of Five".

Fetus Chris is so funny to see now that he's super famous

Always loved the scene where Janey jumps into a pool and then cries because Jamie Pressly pours a glass of water on her. Comedy gold!

"So baby's got a little back. Hunch, that is." "It smells in here!" "Oh, that's gonna stain!" "We are the North Compton Wildcats! We're black! We know it! We shake our big booties and show it! We ain't white! We ain't white! We definitely ain't white!" I could go on all day!

It’s funny. Half of people who watch Euphora say “that’s so unrealistic. No teenager is doing shit like that.” And half the people who watch Euphora say “holy shit finally. These writers actually get what teenagers go through nowadays.” Hard drugs were rampant at my school. It felt like everyone did coke, and a not insignificant amount of kids did heroin. But I talked to some old friends and they had no idea about it

GYAL, if you and Shanspeare make a lullaby album but with yall whispering - I will stream it EVERY. NIGHTT. nice video too btw

I LOVE that they include that little sample of Shell Shock to accentuate Molly Ringwald's cameo. It's specific details like that that tell you a parody was made with love.

Perks is still great to me as a 'teen' movie, but there was some really hard hitting content in the book that they either toned down or just completely omitted for the film so that they could IMO fit the nostalgic teen movie archetype more, just with their own twist. I think i understand their angle and it did 'work' but, knowing what could have been kills me.

I've recently watched this for the first time and that Mia Kirshner's slow mo walk-in has been living in my mind rent-free ever since. One of the best entrances in the modern cinema!!! She is SO HOT and just generally outstanding in this movie that I went from not knowing who she was to planning on watching her entire filmography.

It’s sad that 20 years later we haven’t moved past the stereotypes portrayed in NATM. It would be like if action movies didn’t move past tropes depicted in Airplane

Not Another Teen Movie is still one of my favorites. Chyler Leigh and Chris Evans did such a great job. Scary Movie 1 & 2 are also great and of course Anna Faris was hysterical (and so was the character of Brenda, obvi).

the whiplash me and my friends got from re-watching this movie from scenes that ages SO poorly and scenes that were absolute comedy gold, it was like doing lines of crack

I watched this for the first time recently and I was blown away by how good it was. many moments where I genuinely burst out laughing. the end where chris evans told her to go since she'd be better off pursuing her dream and they'd most likely end up breaking up after the summer break was a rare moment of candor in film.

Chris was so fine in this movie 😩

This made me feel so validated! NATM is one of my all time favorite movies, it’s so hilarious and one of the few films I can quote word for word

I also watched this at a way too young age and I always loved it but now I love it even more as an adult because I understand the jokes and references. It was, in some ways, ahead of its time. You can feel the love and appreciation but also frustration with classic teen movies by the writers. Set must have been so fun.

Haven't watched yet but the title made me gasp because this has been one of my fave movies for years and love to see it get some recognition. Nothing is spilled than Priscilla staining Janey's dress with a bottle of water, so evil!

All good points but the scene in Starving Games where Peeta says "I'm in the cake" is still one of the funniest parody moments ever

Janeys got a gun is my favorite part in the movie hands down

This 👏🏼 movie 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 an underrated 👏🏼 spoof.

i was gonna wait to post this on the actual anniversary in december but what if i'm dead by then? who's gonna post it when my ghost will be busy haunting the dreams of my enemies? might as well do it now🙃

5:57 rn Dear Evan Hansen better feel called out Edit: I barely know my own hair, but seeing Monique in HSM with those headbands almost every time made me shake my head even back then.

When I finally watched She's All That this year, after 2 decades of NATM reruns on Comedy Central, I couldn't believe it was basically already a parody of itself. Awesome video!

I’m calling it “Burning Saddles” forever now. That’s just name from now on. That’s always been the name we just never knew it. So it was written. Thus spake the Queen

this movie brings me so much second hand embarrassment but you have a great way with bringing attention to the good aspects and details in a new perspective//observation and that’s why I adore your film criticisms and analyses. love this video and love you yhara! 💖

Eric Christian Olsen is hugely underrated in this movie. “Jakey, Jakey, bout to make a big…mistakey” and then the quick laugh always kills me 😂 So many of his lines are gold. I wish he did more good comedy besides this and Fired Up.

true what you said about Euphoria. Of course some teens experience sex and drugs before they are adults but everyone in Euphoria is acting like I did when I was 24.

Ahhh yes this movie brings me back!! I cannot agree more about Chris Evans! My first introduction to him was this movie and I still think his comedic timing is fantastic. I’d love to see him in more comedies! Also love hearing the Matthew Lillard appreciation. He never fails to make me smile when he’s on screen.

I have been saying that this movie deserves more attention! Thank you, Yhara!!! You're the best!!!!!

Because I have a troupe of 4 older siblings that are all 8+ years older than me I had the same experience of watching movies that I absolutely shouldn't have as a young child. And I can confirm that watching Mia Kirshner in this movie *absolutely* made me into the giant lesbian that I am today.

I'm not gonna lie this is the only time I've really found Chris Evans attractive. Barring him with a beard, his Marvel run did nothing for me. He's a lot more attractive when he's being funny or playing a regular guy like in What's Your Number Edit: I swear I wrote this before Yhara said it but I now feel validated 😊

"Who'd've thought every single person at our high school was a professional dancer?" 😂

Jesus, your videos are so good. It's almost infuriating how good they are.

I just watched this movie for the first time this September, and I actually thought is was really good. Not only the great cast, but also all the movies they blend together seamlessly. I also watched Saved! last month and it was so good, I could gush about it.

I literally just rewatched this movie and found it brilliant, we must be on the same wavelength Yhara

I've wondered for so long why more of those high-school based movies with super adult themes aren't just made about young adults. like I get maybe they're trying to capitalize on a high-school age audience, but I'd argue the college/post-grad market is bigger and has more money/time to spend anyway. plus it does feel kinda weird being in your early/mid twenties and watching tv and movies about high schoolers. I reckon most of us would rather not have to relive high school every time we wanna watch a good drama like euphoria or elite, and I agree w you that I'd much rather watch something I can relate to as a twenty-something, trying to find my purpose, make a living, get my life together, build relationships outside of school, etc. I know there are already excellent shows like that (girls, insecure, broad city to name a few) but I just feel those storylines are so much deeper and interesting to explore, and way more rooted in reality than a bunch of 16-year-olds committing murder, taking drugs, drinking in clubs as if there isn't an age limit, etc (also can we pls stop romanticizing that lifestyle for teenagers? thanks) on a separate note I rewatched this movie like a year ago for the first time in a decade and totally forgot chris evans was in it. 100% agree he thrives with comedies

Thank you for recognizing the brilliance of this film. It really did hit on so many of the teen movie troupes perfectly. Definitely not perfect, but soo much better than these recent parody characters. Thanks for this send up!💕

I remember going to watch this in cinemas. Twice. It was funny as hell. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years! Man I feel old.

1:44 also great mockumentary. I’m not saying we haven’t met it’s equal, only that’s it good. Though my favorite is Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Yet another person who only remembers She’s All That through the eyes of NATM. Still, great vid as always!

Yes! I remember seeing “Scary Movie” and “Not Another Teen Movie” and thinking that both were smart, funny satires of the movies that inspired them. They just got lumped in with the terrible parody films that came later.

The reference to “Saved” was just the PERFECT ending to this movie!!! I am dying for someone to make a commentary video on that movie, it was my favorite in HS and the one I related to most!!!

I try to not comment on all of your videos because I know women have to deal with a bunch of gross stuff online and I never want to be a cause for concern, but I sincerely love the content you produce and am grateful that you’ve chosen to share your education and perspectives with the internet.

i watched NATM for the first time only a few years ago (i think after it was mentioned in a lindsay ellis video) and yeah, it really holds up even on a first viewing in the mid-2010s IMO

what an excellent beautiful first line of a video essay. instantly hooked

funny listening to this when i'm in the middle of applying for jobs in my mom's living room 😭 7:02 . hit way too close to home, lol.

i haven't since a second of this video but i know the takes are about to be immaculate. i love hearing yhara speak on most things.

Wow, I was just thinking about Not Another Teen Movie and this video essay popped up in my suggestions. Great job !!

I just watched this last night for the first time in a really long time and I gotta say I was very surprised by how genuinely hilarious it was. I definitely didn't "get" it when I was 12-13 and was watching it for the first time, but now as an adult in my 30s it blew my mind how genuinely smart a lot of the movie was.

EVERYTHING is absolutely brilliant in “Not Another Teen Movie”.

I remember being as fond of this movie as I am of the first Scary Movie. Thanks for reminding me of the good bits without me having to revisit all of the extremely likely poorly aged jokes. I'll take my memory of Marilyn Manson playing the main theme as the most concerning 'con' and be done with it.

Black Dynamite is another great parody movie, this one of the Blackploitation genre, and it's GENIUS. i think it's one of those that should be up there with Airplane and Scary Movie but it's severely underrated.

Thank you SOOO much for reposting your videos!!!

whenever my best friend and i had sleepovers/hanged out we had a rotation of movies that we would watch and this was one of them! we still quote it to each other all the time ( i know prom tonight word for word)

This is one of my favorite movies and I'm so happy someone else can see what a gem it truly is.

Everytime I see a slow clap scene I always remember the joke about the guy trying to start a slow clap and it never catched on, then at the end of the movie, the right time comes and as the guy is going to star the slow clap, SOMEONE ELSE DOES IT FIRST!!!! He goes bersek and attacks that guy. Just remembering it kills me

Chris Evans' facial acting alone stole scenes. I'm going to rewatch this right now XD

Your videos are a gift, thank you so much! This was great!

Ah, I feel so blessed whenever Yhara uploads 🥰

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO DO THIS VIDEO THANK YOU

So glad someone covered this. One of my faves

Oh I love this! 😂 Girl, you never disappoint! ❤️

you are a genius in your word choices and phrasings, inspiring

I remember watching NATM in the movie theater and thinking how amazing and clever it was. Great review, always on point.

Ok so I am very late to your channel and have been going through your videos and I love that you talked about this movie! I have said that NATM is the last great parody and the Token Black Guy part always gets me. Especially later when Chris Evans actually acknowledges that the character is never given fair respect but then also runs off and leaves him. Its so good. Thank you!

I love that you brought up Saved! That film was so ahead of its time

God you are awesome. Your channel is calming like ASMR while also being like a quiet one on one with a bestie. Subbed!

“Then he plays the video and it’s a plastic bag blowing in the wind. Most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen”

i’ve said this before!!!! there are not enough movies/television abt what it feels like to be 19-24 that arent based on college/school, hella ppl dont even go to school i wanna learn abt THAT pls do a video on that

The algorithm has cursed me. You make all the videos I've been looking for and I've only just discovered the trove of goodies awaiting me.

I'm so happy you made this video after mentioning it in one of your other videos. I also started watching NATM at a young age on Comedy Central, and I have enjoyed it ever since! As someone who has worn glasses all of their life, the scenes where they would make fun of She's All That (a movie I've always disliked because of the "ugly girl makeover" trope) gives me great delight to know not everyone actually believes glasses and ponytails makes someone ugly, especially if the actress is naturally pretty! Anyways, love your videos.

Yay! This was great. Thanks for the insight, as always.

NATM was epic everyone I watched it with loved it. The football game “oh it’s already been broughten” is still hilarious 20 years later. Iykyk

I loved this movie as a kid. Nice to be reminded of the bits that left it's mark in my head.

Great video! I am quite fond of this film, for the reasons you've said - it cares about the genre and weaves jokes across the plot, dialogue and those small visual gags that really reward the genre-savvy.

I've always thought that NATM was a first-class parody film and still enjoy watching it on DVD after all these years.

I watched this on way too much acid once and I came to this 'epiphany' and I still stand by that. This video brings so much comfort lol

Every one of your videos is freaking golddddd