This was an awesome movie, I still watch it randomly. It's what really made me start looking for ERW films, and when I read that Nikki wrote it and that it was strongly based on her life...WOW man, that blew me away. I mean, she was like 16-17 when she wrote it...impressive. I think that's why it's such a great teen film...written by a teen, immediately following her personal experiences of being a struggling teen, fascinating.