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Teenage Ghost Punk
USA 2014
produced by Dan Finnen, Mike Cramer for Dog & Stick Productions
directed by Mike Cramer
starring Grace Madigan, Jack Cramer, Adria Dawn, Noah Kitsos, Jake Shadrake, Miora Brumfield, Darren Stephens, Brian Wohl, Courtney Blomquist, Keith Habersberger, Marc Muszynski, Ricky Hascheneyer, Lynda Shadrake, Rachel Pospisil, Shane Magwire, Mike Cramer, Dan Canales, Aleksandar Vasic, Ethan Ramsay, Jason Ruff, Alex Waheed, Ella Gill, Brian Shaw, Alex Peterson, Parish Collier, Austin Cone, Jodi Kingsley, Kevin O'Brien, Steve Bankes
written by Mike Cramer, music by David Blamires
review by Mike Haberfelner
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16 year old Amanda (Grace Madigan) has moved to a new city with her mom
(Adria Dawn) and little brother (Noah Kitsos), and she couldn't be
unhappier, having left her sweetheart (Shane Magwire) behind, who's quick
to start a new relationship with her erstwhile best friend (Rachel
Pospisil), which leaves Amanda heart-broken. Then she becomes convinced
that the house they live in is haunted, but despite big promises, neither
a local medium (Lynda Shadrake) nor a team of incompetent ghost hunters (Brian
Wohl, Courtney Blomquist, Keith Habersberger, Marc Muszynski, Ricky
Hascheneyer) prove to be of any real help, creating more confusion than
they can offer solutions ... and then Amanda meets the ghost, Brian (Jack
Cramer), and he's actually the nicest person she has met in a long time -
true, he was a punkrock guitarist back when he was alive who was struck by
lightning when he was playing his music on the roof on a stormy night,
which wasn't a completely clever thing to do, but he has a big heart, and
Amanda immediately digs him and soon falls in love with him, and he with
her. Problem is, the more involved she becomes with the ghost whom nobody
but her can see, the more she loses touch with normal life, and her
behaviour gradually turns to the bizarre side, to a point where her mum
wants to send her to counseling - only more so when Amanda tries to
convince her she actually does have a ghost boyfriend. Now that might
sound complicated enough already, but fact is that mum does have a secret
that's directly linked to Brian as well ... I might have to
warn you beforehands, despite the word "punk" in the title, this
is a completely family friendly film, the punkrock theme only relates to
some of the music played in the film and some of vintage punk albums
discussed. But if sweet teenage rom-coms are your thing and you can accept
the supernatural element of Teenage Ghost Punk as well, then you're
served with very decent fare with this one, it's well scripted with some
genuinely funny jokes, it's well played, and it's just genuinely likeable.
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