The Lizzie McGuire movie was A LOT weirder than you remember

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[@imaiyla]

Your the best man!

[@ItsGhostXNinja]

Your the best 😁

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

:0

[@takomasmith8246]

I mean you kinda lost credibility after that stranger things video dude.

[@unknownzerosuks]

54 mins ago? This video was just uploaded

[@charisseyoung9052]

The fact that I didn't realize she was LEAVING MIDDLE SCHOOL astounds me. Idk why I always thought she was graduating highschool

[@tanglefur4852]

90% of us all did.

[@uchihabomber1296]

Hol on I didn't even pick up on that one

[@sugarbunnytv]

Honestly that reminds me of when I rewatched the even stevens movie. She was leaving junior high too for high school and I’m just like there isn’t no way- she looks like she’s graduating high school 😭

[@YoungFlyz644]

She does not look like a middle schooler, she does look like she’s in high school, not like 6th grade

[@ashleydowney1222]

Nope. I don't understand graduations for other reasons besides high and college graduation. Most people finish preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school. There's no need for other graduations. Apparently we just have to celebrate everything.

[@magicalgirlmelo]

When I was a kid, I thought they were graduating from highschool. I rewatched it recently and was surprised to find it was a junior high graduation! These kids went to Rome, and barely had any adult supervision. Plus this guy Lizzie doesn't even know and (who obviously looks like a grown adult) snatched her up and pretty much uses her for his own benefit. 😐

[@shayxi1610]

NO LITERALLY I was like wait junior high???? and they went to an EXPENSIVE field trip to italy like the whole movie was just hilariously unrealistic that i could watch it again

[@monicaenglish2566]

OMG thank you!! I always hated the whole Paulo thing!! Like he’s basically an older guy going after a minor but the movie tried to make it okay by saying he’s 17 and not technically 18 like… no my dude she was 14.

[@magicalgirlmelo]

@@shayxi1610 Ikr? It would make sense if it was a high school graduation trip, but junior high??? They are still kids! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Missmagazinebura]

Yes I thought it was high school as well

[@magicalgirlmelo]

@@monicaenglish2566 IKR?! Like, what is with Disney having older guys go after younger ladies? Have y'all noticed this?

[@kiss748eeee]

So Lizzie McGuire had ONLY 2 seasons but total of 65 episodes… the limited number of season shocked me because I feel like I watched that show forever

[@kimanireid6111]

I also thought it went on longer than that

[@Danbo22987]

Up until That's So Raven, all Disney shows had a 65 episode limit (the minimum recquired for syndication) because they didn't want the characters to get too much older than their demographic.

[@carveylover]

​@Danbo22987 exactly what I was just going to say. Nickelodeon was the same way.

[@thaliafunhouse0806]

I thought the same way. It seemed like it was on for years and more than 2 seasons for sure. Maybe cindication??

[@camillewilliams3185]

Same! It did not feel like only 2 seasons. It's a classic

[@cdnde]

As an European I gotta say: she threw a WHOLE euro to the fountain?? 😳 Fifty cents is already too much

[@Nyla16]

Lol, was thinking exactly the same 😂

[@maddieev23]

1€=1$ right?

[@laureng.g.3423]

Probs why her wish worked XD , she paid for that "miracle"

[@cdnde]

@@maddieev23 One euro is a little more than one dollar

[@viis374]

@@cdnde not anymore, currently the dollar is worth more

[@serendipityyoonmin7039]

Not to mention that Lizzie is probably like 14 and she's being gaslighted and manipulated by a 17 yr old

[@memo-fq3ps]

I thought he was supposed to be like 30 😭 Seventeen is still kind of bad though.

[@phant0m0th_]

As a kid I thought they were all in high school…but later it’s odd cuz they’re 4 years apart and he’s using her b/c she’s just naive…

[@kelsey2333]

She literally was never GASLIT (not gaslighted, just saying). This isnt personal, it's just i see so many people online using that word without actually knowing the definition. It's just a pet peeve of mine.

[@im_a_raw_egg7127]

@@kelsey2333 I agree but Paolo is still weird

[@NekoAnjiru]

@@kelsey2333 yup people hear a buzzword and don't bother to look it up.

[@CodigoMel]

I totally agree with what you said at the end. They definitely don’t make teen shows/movies like they used to. I blame gossip girl for that (and I’m a huge gossip girl fan) lol after that all shows became so angsty and overly sexualized imo.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Teen shows were sexualizes back then. What changed things was the vampire era every show can’t just be about life it’s gotta have a special hook to it

[@CodigoMel]

@@pleaseshutup7053 i agree that the vampire era definitely added fuel to the fire but I still strongly believe gossip girl help to set it up. It came out before even Vampire Diaries. They set up the foundation for it to be more mainstream to be edgy and have over the top drama and gimmicks imo. And yes you’re right there were some shows/movies that were sexualized before too. I guess what I meant was that there where more teen shows/movies that weren’t like that. Idk how to explain it but the vibe is definitely different now. 😅 you don’t see even “chick flicks” for adult like they had in the early 2000s anymore. Magic has definitely been lost. Everything is so “edgy” now. Idkkk 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@CodigoMel there was the oc. One tree hill 90210 and Melrose place. I think you are giving too much credit to gossip girl even if it was an amazing show.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@CodigoMel I think what changed things was high school musical

[@monicaenglish2566]

Yes totally agree!! There was more of a wholesomeness and charm to older teen movies and shows back then. Sure they were cheesy and embarrassing, but isn’t that what being a teenager was like? Now it has to sexualize minors and make them do crazy things in order for people to be remotely interesting. You can’t have a normal party scene without them going overboard on drugs and sleeping with everyone. I think around the time social media started coming into play, it definitely played a huge role as to why a lot of younger people both in shows and real life act the way they do now due to the pressure of trying to be trendy for a like and recognition whereas a teen back then like Lizzie only had to worry about maybe winning best dressed at school.

[@carissapignatelli]

The funny thing is, at some point the movie isabella says to Lizzie, who are you going to believe a man that you've met for a few days or someone you've known for your whole life. Probably the most sensible line the movie

[@MarauderPeter21]

I know!!!! also I just watch the movie again and I can't see Gordo's hurt face without feeling bad when Lizzie said that she feels as she has met Paolo her whole life when practically Gordo has been there since they were on diapers

[@CandicePYT]

"La la la la ... see so I can go solo" 🤣😂😅 I will never get over that

[@tykeseajones8789]

Was looking for this comment! I m CRYING😭😂😂😂

[@edenashkenazi7609]

I am still terrified of the thought of a 13 year-old girl coming up to me and calling me, a full-grown 26-year-old Masters student, an outfit repeater.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I'm pretty sure my reaction would be something like "I didn't care about the opinions of children when I was one, why should I start now?"

[@simplesimply3753]

This line haunted me for years. Thrift store deal days were my lifesaver. One bag for five dollars and I’d stuff so much.

[@themarsman5155]

She is 13 she looks like she is in her 20s

[@AlliandoX]

‘I may be an outfit repeater but YOU are an outfit rememberer’

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@AlliandoX Truly the higher crime, now that l think of it.

[@shaybribri]

How could you not show the most iconic line, “SING FOR ME PAOLO!”

[@emilymeyers6069]

Bad guys are named paolo like Friends now this

[@TTTTania]

@@emilymeyers6069 and the guy from princess diaries that says to the press she's a princess 😂

[@HyperWolf]

@@TTTTania “But not for money, Principessa. Paolo hates money. He spits on money. There was no money. Well, some money.” - freaking Paolo 😂

[@TheRegart]

"This is what Drrreeeamzzz..."

[@nailinthefashion]

I just bought glitter from colourpop just because they referenced this lmfmapdmafosf

[@lindsaymorrison7519]

This might be very wrong, but I honestly think part of it is that a lot of "teen" shows today aren't really aimed at teens anymore. They fall into one of two categories 1. teens are played by adults and have a lot of storylines centered on sex and relationships and sometimes the supernatural to attract older audiences in addition to teens 2. teens are played by teens, but the show is trying to attract younger audiences (preteen or even younger), so they simplify and sanitize the jokes and writing. Even though the 2000s weren't really realistic examples of teen life, I feel like writers today have no incentive to attempt to depict teen life realistically and honestly just might not understand it themselves because Gen Z's high school culture changes rapidly compared to school in the 2000s or even 2010s. People are either unable or unwilling to make ages 13-18 be both interesting and realistic to an audience of 13-18 year olds.

[@EmbraceTheChallenge]

That’s because cable is dead. It’s the age of the streaming wars too. People care more about twitch and TikTok now

[@paradoxzee6834]

Lizzie for sure was an awkward teen. Today companies think kids and teen shows should make you feel good about yourself. Don’t know if you notice but now teen shows don’t have anymore an episode where someone had issues with alcohol, drugs or guns.

[@peachyoo]

euphoria, elite, sex education, the end of the fucking world, etc are rly good shows from these past few years without supernatural. most teen shows aren't gon' be made with teens, like 95%, bcus of labour laws hun xD that's just how it is emxmwxmw

[@sugaudacity]

11:51 this has to be one of the most reused scenes out of all romcoms *girl and boy stare at pretty scenery, often fireworks* Girl: It’s so beautiful 🥰 Boy: *turns to look at girl* Yes, it is. JSKDKSD JUST STOP ALREADY PLEASE

[@MarkelleRayneeSheree]

I think the reason this movie works is that it isn't a guy being like "oh my God you are so beautiful I have to speak to you" it's about a totally terrible person that sees a high schooler and thinks "oh my God I just came up with the perfect plan to get back at my ex" and although it's not great at least it's different. 🤣

[@jossieb93]

Actually he sees a middle schooler. It was the only cringy thing about the movie.

[@burn1253]

yeah its realistic for a grown man to take advantage of a teen girl rather than fall head over heels in love with her

[@AlliandoX]

I liked the twist

[@euro-trashling]

Maybe it works. But I feel like Alex saying Spy Kids 2 is worse than THIS movie is an olympic level stretch lol.

[@happytofu5]

I'd say they did the twist villain way better than Frozen!

[@vioveo7440]

When I was in Middle School, no one cared if you were an "outfit repeater". It's not like we had an unlimited wardrobe like Lizzie seemed to have.

[@merry_christmas]

You were in a better school than I was, the "popular" kids here acted nice but they definitely really looked down on everyone not wearing brands or at least a new closet every season.

[@tiffprendergast]

I do that a lot

[@basharalbutseggs8056]

@@merry_christmas yeah, I got so much shit in middle school for wearing the same rotation of clothes every month LMAO like I have a washer

[@Fx_Explains]

we had school uniforms sooooo... no one really cared that much.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Harriyana Hook JUST did a video on outfit repeating! XD

[@melissazegeer7130]

Another creator (I can’t remember her name) on tik tok talked about the “dumbification” of Disney channel and how there is a clear shift between how Disney was when we watched it (early 2000s) and how it covered things like race, inequality, etc. but modern Disney shows lack all depth and act as though the young audience is too “dumb” to enjoy deeper topics. I wish I could remember the creators name lol

[@xomisskittyxoxo]

I was just typing out a comment similar to this. I feel like the older 2000’s Disney still had silly jokes but didn’t assume their audience couldn’t handle more serious topics. I think as our attention spans have gotten shorter children’s media has adapted by making shows that fully rely on quick, most of the time silly or outrageous jokes.

[@DaviHughes]

@@xomisskittyxoxo I don’t think the viewers are to blame, but the parents and the international market. Andi Mack was the last great Disney channel show to be made, and it was very difficult to sell internationally due to Cyrus being gay. His coming out was even censored in some countries; whereas others simply dropped the series as retaliation. It’s much easier to make mundane and over the top shows that are bland but wont get criticized and/or would be difficult to sell.

[@candy2325]

I agree! I’m 33 and miss the old Disney channel! They would drop so many gems and life lessons in their shows. One movie I loved was The Color of Friendship where it involved racial tension and culture shock.

[@NJGuy1973]

What happened is that around 2003, Disney Channel stopped purchasing content from independent producers and started their own in-house production company.

[@39zack]

before they went WOKE!

[@haz5472]

14:41 The kiss ended before the vaccum cleaner could show up

[@AdamRelayson]

The older Disney Channel shows/ DCOMS had a kind of charm and sincerity about them. As did a lot of the stars of those shows. A lot of the newer stuff is missing life. It all seems like a product off of an assembly line.

[@FTChomp9980]

Finally someone thinks the same way I do!

[@caratsomnia8110]

Omg same thoughts. Like the older DC shows and DCOMs(Even Stevens, Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven etc) did have goofy funny moments, but there was still a relateable and natural realism to them that had heart and anyone could connect with. Now all the shows and movies are just EXTREME over acting and cringy dumb comedy that tries way too hard and seems so empty

[@Missmagazinebura]

I don’t like any new shows.

[@musiclover_kb4913]

Thank u, even tho I am born in 93, there r A LOT of Disney Channel movies from 1997-2005 that I only saw for the first time as an adult and I can tell u that a lot of them hit u harder emotionally, and tell their stories with a boldness that a lot of the more recent films lack. For example, there was one called Quints, I saw it for the 1st time in my life last year and yes the premise of a 13 year old girl's mom having quintuplets was silly but it was rooted in relatability and enough emotion to make it work.

[@Missmagazinebura]

@@musiclover_kb4913 I only watched the 2000s movies

[@donsolo7860]

I loved how they just sent an unaccompanied minor to the airport in a foreign country to get on a impromptu international flight, which he just never got on btw. Did they alert his parents? If so did they worry that they child just never arrived? I had questions even as a kid lol

[@izzywoods794]

When i watched this as a kid, Lizzie was like 25 so i had zero questions😂😂

[@MishaMinion327]

That's true! And a minor who confessed of sneaking out during the trip. Why is he had skipped the airport and go around on his own instead of back to the group?

[@Servant_of_Yeshua96]

Dude I was watching an anime where the middle schoolers were just talking and playing a game for a good long time, and I'm like "where is the teacher and why aren't they in trouble?" I guess it was free time, but they were greeting each other like it was morning. So, what time did class start? This is when my mom reminds me the characters aren't real, and I remind her that I know that.

[@pratyushpavansaikia8161]

Hannah Montana: one girl with two different hair color. People think they're the different people Lizzie McGuire movie: two girls with different hair color. Yup that's the same girl

[@hicat808]

Got it reversed, 1 girl with 2 hairstyles, people think they're different people 😂

[@buu.888]

I love that Gordo's hair just gets bigger in the animation haha

[@__Diavolo__]

In case anyone didn't know, the actress who plays the principal is Alex Borstein. She does basically 90% of the female voices on family guy including Lois.

[@yasmin4494]

And she is the iconic Suzie Mayerson

[@__Diavolo__]

@@yasmin4494 havent seen that show but I'm sure did a great job

[@cartooncottage2024]

Actually I did know that.😏

[@BenjiXAddictX4Ever]

And older kids remember her on MadTV, especially as Ms. Swan.

[@akinah3827]

Family guy is garbage so she's not done anything great wow

[@MishaMinion327]

The funny thing is that Paolo's plan would have failed regardless, cause Lizzie could sing great, as we saw immediately after when she carried the whole show on her own. And Paolo heard her during rehearsals, so he knew. Maybe he was counting on her to panic and freeze

[@isobelduncan]

Not to mention that people would've realised that she was just a naive kid in a foreign country that was being manipulated and taken advantage of. Paolo would've gone to jail.

[@MineralTown]

yeah i dont see where he was going w/ that like why would he just assume she'd bomb lmao

[@liilyanarose]

@@isobelduncan why would he of gone to jail for ?

[@andreasmeelie1889]

On my argument, Lizzie had to pretend to lip sing during rehearsals and not actually sing so Paolo clearly had no idea how she sung. Not to mention but she would have froze if things didn't work out on stage. She said so herself earlier in the film that she had stage fright. Didn’t Paolo want her to get caught lip singing anyways to get Isabella into trouble?

[@andreasmeelie1889]

@@isobelduncan I can imagine Paolo getting her off of the stage and taking her elsewhere away from the press telling her not to talk so that he wouldn't get caught red handed.

[@MidnightGrey1950]

5:43 !!! Yes. I can’t stand when these tv shows and other media shame essential workers. They love saying those jobs are the bottom of the barrel, the worst u can end up, and yet let these folks go ONE day w/o their trash being picked up or getting their burger and they’ll flip shit. It’s insane. These jobs deserve all the respect and fair wages

[@you.are.loved.350]

so true!! I've actually befriended the school janitor cause they're actually really nice people to be around. I'd be proud to have the same job as those incredible people

[@azherrizvi7354]

06:38 "I threw a wish in the well, I looked to you as it fell" Did this scene inspire Carly Rae Jepsen?

[@zay3030]

Speaking of Hillary Duff... How haven't you done "a Cinderella story" movie! That was early 2000s gold! Even had a huge following to just the movie and everyone wanted a tv show made back in the day! Add it to the list!

[@toangreenlow2229]

At the very end of the video he mentioned that he watched that

[@UrbanFa3rie]

She’s the Man is top tier. Also What a Girl Wants

[@zoeinkerman969]

I rewatched it for the first time as an adult and found it so cringey . It was my all time favourite when i was a kid so it was disappointing lol

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@zoeinkerman969 what movie are you talking about?

[@zoeinkerman969]

@@nsasupporter7557 cinderalla story with Hilary Duff

[@theanimationeer2632]

Ah yes, a 13/14 year old goes to Rome by themselves with other stupid 13/14 year olds. Such an awesome movie.

[@theanimationeer2632]

Dang. 222 likes. More than I’ve ever gotten.

[@bonnieparkertheoutlaw7353]

Also the acting is so awful i feel like I’m watching a 3rd grade play that it’s hard to watch .

[@oooh19]

lol I saw it in theaters with my cousin and I was finishing my first year of high school yet Lizzie’s my age lol

[@KatieHogan89]

"two failed marriages and a mortgage" made me laugh so much my god hahahahahahah

[@Scarylyn14]

Please tell me I’m not the only one who remembers this movie being marketed with Hilary and her sister Hailee as Lizzie and Isabella???

[@KandiStomper]

I forgot about the custodian slander in this. As a highschool custodian now I'm a little offended. Making $25/hour, all of the benefits, and all holidays off is a bad thing? 😆 also the easiest job I've ever had.

[@telperion4441]

If I had to guess: Modern writers aren't worse at writing teen rom coms, it's that the corporations that produce them figured out they did not need to spend the money for a decent script to get the returrns they wanted out of these movies. I'm sure there are plenty of writers out there that could turn out a decent teen movie, but you would need to pay a premium for the higher production. Why do that, when you can spend less on writing, editing and casting and still get a similar profit? Its unfortunate, but it seems as though as the movie business gets better at the financial aspect of movie making, movie quality suffers.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

Yeah that's the problem in all of Hollywood. They don't care about good writing because they can have good special effects for cheap. They expect to distract us from the terrible writing because of pretty lights and effects. Look at all of the superhero movies put out recently. Wooden dialogue, trite and predictable plot, but cool looking special effects. And as long as people keep throwing money at them they will ONLY get worse. It doesn't even matter anymore if literally everyone in the west didn't watch a single movie Hollywood put out. They more than make up for it from Asia. Those movies make billions mostly from China. Until people get tired of crappy writing hiding behind cool editing it will only get worse.

[@bananawitchcraft]

Same thing apparently happened in the music industry bc popular music hasn't been any good since 2005 either

[@boboboy8189]

@@bananawitchcraft in 2000's, alternative rock is great and then 2010 happened, that genre gone from mainstream and replace with shitty pop song. It's like somebody really want to poison younger generation with shitty music

[@boboboy8189]

@@WhitneyDahlin I half agree with you. If we talking about MCU, yes indeed because they under Disney. For DC, it's quite mixed. There's a few gem here and there. WB executive is fighting with their own production team. To do generic superhero movie like josstice league or make it great like joker. My favourite DC movie is still watchmen director's cut (2009). It's 10 years too early because the boys now are copying it

[@WhitneyDahlin]

@@boboboy8189 I hope they go the joker route!! I did enjoy that movie a lot! And even including DC that's still most of the superhero movies being put out have bad writing. And outside of superhero movies even, Fast and Furious 10 comes out this year. 10!! It's going to make bank over seas and this franchise will continue long after we're all dead lol. Luckily streaming services are funding so many things that they end up funding are some really good written shows and movies! But then they also fund things like Riverdale so you really have to weed through the trash to find the gems. I just think it's really sad how rare good writing is when decent writing used to be the norm because they couldn't hide behind special effects. Special effects honestly made movies so much worse than they were without the effects.

[@katmarrs7054]

This came up because I watched the movie last night. After Aaron Carter passed away I wanted to re-watch Lizzie McGuire. I enjoy how they released the episodes out of order so they made no real sense but covered up the fact that Miranda wasn't in the last six of them, including the one where it was revealed Gordo had a huge crush on Lizzie (which was ignored the entire rest of the season and movie). But man... I'm disappointed. Disappointed that the show was canceled (I think?). Disappointed in the way the movie went. As a kid I thought Lizzie and Gordo had A LOT more on screen time together and formed a real bond and relationship not just share one kiss and the movie ended lmao. Disappointed there wasn't even the revival. Adam Lambert deserved better and we deserved to see Lalaine again.

[@foodie8790]

okay as a high school custodian staff; 2-month summer vacation, union member, and a 9 to 5 work week: that guy knows its his last act before a paid vacation lol

[@rubysparks4915]

Along with the weird sister vibes, the movie completely ignores the fact she's being romanced by a guy at least 16 or 17 while she's 14. It would be more palatable if she were a high schooler graduate rather than one leaving MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[@gpgp1841]

@Ruby Sparks exactly, I was so confused by the fact that no one is talking about this

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I think it would come off worse if she was graduating high school - so, probably 18 - and was being flattered and manipulated by a 16 year old.

[@Paidnotspaid420]

EXACTLY! Im 5’3, in 9th grade rn shes at least 5’6 and 25 years old in this movie😭

[@ghostkittyx]

@@Paidnotspaid420 Hilary Duff was 14 in this movie 🤨

[@Paidnotspaid420]

@@ghostkittyx actually according to math she was 16 but ok

[@stephaniespurling6105]

I love the older 2000s teen movies so much. Nowadays I feel like they over sexualize the teen characters so much it makes me uncomfortable to watch it.

[@Missmagazinebura]

Same

[@ninjanibba4259]

Like the 2000s didn't have it? This is uncomfortable

[@dragon22214]

@@ninjanibba4259 this is pretty tame for Disney

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@dragon22214 i get that, but it's still weird as a plotline

[@izzywoods794]

To be fair, the kids back then were actually kids. Now a days on networks (sometimes Disney included) theyre like 30.

[@jct3439]

6:50 I’ve coined this phenomenon, “The bella swan effect”

[@TobiasFangorIsntCis]

“I love her like a sister” “so why’d you break up?” Are you serious, Lizzy??

[@missfictionfanatic]

The idea of parents letting the 14 year old go to Europe with very little adult supervision feels very different after seeing Taken.

[@lanmandragoran8337]

Still a very real thing thats happening, btw.

[@k4zum4s4m4]

I'm from brazil and went to the US at age of 15, with about 50 other kids my age and 3 adults to take care of us... One of which was barelly an adult at age of 19...

[@tevia777]

I went to Europe when I was 12 and did ok by myself.... lol. You just need to know how to handle things... Taken was a good movie tho :)

[@eugeniawong249]

More like what parents would be willing to pay that much for a middle school graduation!?

[@shannon9180]

It’s crazy to think this was all for a middle school “graduation” 😂

[@emmetlover206]

Imagine what they would do for a High-School graduation.

[@shannon9180]

@@emmetlover206 haha exactly

[@emilymeyers6069]

Like we didn’t get one😭 also that was the year corona started 😭😭😭😂

[@Galiant2010]

We had a day trip to the state fair... lol Fun, but also reasonable.

[@bensmith3890]

It was?! I remember I thought it was high school too! they were like 14 and going to Rome?! What the crap?! I remember being 14 I was an idiot!

[@SizzlingVibe]

Okay but Gordo saying “Thank... you...” after she kissed him is the best part of the whole movie 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🤣🤣🤣

[@noface3641]

"Back when I was in school I always thought it was weird how there was all these unwritten rules that girls had for each other for like no reason" Well to be fair, its exactly shows like these that cultivates these ideas in us. In 6th grade you don't come up with that shit on your own. But you see characters you adore wear a new, glamorous outfit everyday, or get embarrassed wearing the same one twice... it does something to you as an impressionable young girl:/ it was never written about boys' characters in children's TV, adults only found in necessary to write about girls. You grow up thinking "this is what girls are like, this is how I am supposed to be".

[@happytofu5]

at this point, I wonder who came up with the idea that you're not supposed to repeat outfits - I'd assume its a rich people thing that showing off new dresses is necessary to show off your status and prove you're worthy of getting married? just guessing here, but thats how I imagine it must have started.

[@applecoreeater]

When I watched this movie again recently I was like "sooo... we just aren't going to discuss the fact there is one chaperone for a group of teens that big?"

[@carlycrays2831]

Wouldn't a lot of parents want to come if only because an Italian vacation is cool?

[@phineasbubble8961]

I live in Germany and a few years ago went to Paris with a school group. We were five students and had two teachers with us and they still didn’t trust us enough to let us take phones with us because we…I didn’t even know what they were afraid of

[@lanmandragoran8337]

@@carlycrays2831 The parents who can afford to take that kind of time off and go wouldn't want to be there with kids. The rest work for a living. Pretty simple, really.

[@chantelles3641]

A "friend" once called me out for wear the same shirt twice in front of like 20 people. WTF? Does she not have a washing machine? We're not friends anymore that was the last straw.

[@carlycrays2831]

Kate wasn't her friend. She was a popular girl who hated Lizziw

[@chantelles3641]

@@carlycrays2831 Thanks Carly. I was just commenting on all the girl world unwritten rules 😊

[@kelsey2333]

Omg pls tell me how old or what grade you 2 were in when this happened. I cant imagine anyone being very old nor mature if they say shit like that

[@MissCaraMint]

Is this an American thing? This never ever happened at my school.

[@chantelles3641]

@@kelsey2333 I'm 32 and she's 30

[@marivega3294]

WTF. I always thought the class was graduating from high school and not middle school.

[@juliaabarrientos]

i LOVE this movie: the soundtrack, the plot, and hilary duff. i’m about to go to europe for 2 weeks, and i really wanted to go to italy because of this movie (but i’ll be going to 3 other countries instead). the criticism you give is always fun to watch, so i appreciate the time you put into making this

[@bartrese]

The best part of this whole movie was her awkward hip shake at the big performance. Imagine Shakira if she was terribly ill. IYKYK

[@sarahestrada978]

Lnaooo yes, my sister once said that Lizzie was the inventor of shaking those hips and we laugh everytime we rewatch the movie

[@ddjsoyenby]

lizkiras hips can't lie.........she has no rhythm.

[@alexisd6106]

That was def a stunt double too

[@Jaggededge112]

I’d like to give you a like but you’re at 420 so…. Lol

[@TumblinWeeds]

I think the trend with Disney movies is they’re becoming more and more attractive to kids and more and more detached from reality. One of the visual signs is how much more ‘cartoony’ the cartoons are. The eyes have flipped in size to look more aggressively childlike.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

@@epsi NO! Never speak of the cursed raisins! They're always listening. Always watching. Anyone who speaks of them summons their own demise.

[@boboboy8189]

I suspect Disney is involved with children grooming

[@lanmandragoran8337]

I can tell you what happened that you were asking about in the end. We started treating preteens like toddlers, and teens like preteens, and anyone under 21 like they weren't well on their way toward being/already being an adult.

[@JamesChapmantj]

I absolutely love your channel. I'm going through a rough time in my life and your comedy makes it so much easier. Thank you.

[@miknelltech221]

12:46 "oh I pegged you right from the start" My dirty mind just can't😂😂

[@tayamikaokwudire8039]

This actually happened with my English teacher. She didn't know what peg meant and said it to a kid, and the half of us that did know started laughing while everyone else searched it up and also started laughing

[@droth1031]

They were graduating MIDDLE SCHOOL?! Just a year later, we got The Incredibles, and Bob comments, "It's not a real graduation! They're moving from one grade to the next! These people keep finding ways to celebrate mediocrity!" Makes you wonder if someone from Pixar was taking an underhanded shot at this movie...

[@sunspotmill1291]

Touche!

[@lizfanfan2249]

My guess is one of writers daughters were nagging them to go see the movie.

[@brieoshiro]

I had a weird crush on Gordo as a kid haha I kinda remember watching this movie back then too. I miss this era, everyone was so much more innocent. "Teen" shows now are insane and I'm scared of teenagers if that's how they really act lol Oooh speaking of old movies, anyone remember Zenon? I loved that stupid movie b/c of the ending song haha

[@GreysonMacAllister]

5:22 As someone who worked it, school maintenance employees aren't successful. They're overworked and underpaid to the point that I made more working at McDonald's than as a high school janitor

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

This movie was a lot of fun, and nobody is changing my mind. It's what dreams are made of.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Nobody can slander this movie it’s just a fun happy movie

[@danisle4379]

I see what you did there. Lol

[@noemistephanie93]

Same

[@carolinekalunde3711]

Hey now! You are absolutely right😂😂

[@TheRegart]

Sings: Hey hey hey hey...!

[@justineizaguirre3999]

The first time I watched this I swear they were graduating High School, now you tell me they're in middle school and I'm like... YOU ARE TELLING ME THIS WHOLE STORY IS HAPPENING WHEN THEY ARE LIKE 14?! WTF

[@IndigoFireFandubs]

My sister loved Lizzie McGuire so we went to theatres for this. I will always remember that Agent Cody Banks was in theatres at the same time (which also featured Hilary Duff) and when the opening credits started, until the title reveal, we genuinely questioned whether we somehow walked into Agent Cody Banks by mistake 😂

[@rachelfelder6958]

Honestly this is one of my comfort movies and I can probably quote all of it at this point. It was so weird hearing all those lines without the accompanying music XD And I have to say I was shocked that Alex didn't put up the grandma when they kiss at the end, but he's right it's a ridiculously short kiss XD

[@rquintal13]

As someone who has never seen a lot of these Disney channel movies - but remembers hearing about them in some form when I was younger - this is definitely the single best way to watch them now that I am older

[@izzywoods794]

Slight disagree. Get at least two friends and have a binge-a-thon with alcohol (assuming youre an adult). Super fun to make fun and sing with them. Then watch Alex’s videos😂

[@atharvsharma3351]

I am an Indian, and am unaware of most of the shows and nostalgia associated with them, but still Alex and his videos never fail to make me laugh. Now, I have as much knowledge about the movies and shows as him.

[@beingsaee]

Same!

[@priyachoudhary9896]

as an Indian, the only original runs I remember was wizards of Waverly place. That's it. And only because my sister was a Selena Gomez fanatic back then. I think it was when I was 5 and older. Then at 15 discovered others, though super late.

[@atharvsharma3351]

@@priyachoudhary9896 I remember my cousin sisters being super fans of Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana, and the Twilight series. I didn't know much about the shows, neither was I much enticed to them; but because of them talking about those shows and collecting stickers etc, I just knew the shows by their names. However, his videos explained and exposed me to them hilariously. And of course, the classic Disney shows...

[@AnaB01]

@@atharvsharma3351 I swear the Hannah Montana obsession was real lol my friends had bottles, bags n what not with Miley Cyrus' face all over them

[@atharvsharma3351]

@@AnaB01 Haha!! And I was too young to assimilate the obsession but now I understand why... They were mid teenagers back then. And their obsession with Twilight and its main couple was next level! We laugh when we discuss about all that now.

[@DajiaStar]

Today they make teens go through heavy stuff, like Euphoria or outrageous Pretty Little Liars

[@IvoryMane]

12:12 The infomercial that turned me gay

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Alex Meyers is the David Gordon of KZbin. All the ingredients are there: Nerd, Real, Sarcastic and Beautiful.

[@jacobasuncion3132]

Well said 👌🏽

[@mariahdibben4066]

Yesssss

[@introvert_who1641]

I thought you said Gordo meaning chubby or fat in Spanish 😭🤚🏾

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@introvert_who1641 OMG DEFINITELY NOT WHAT I MEANT

[@NeroLeMorte]

Haha yussss

[@kelseybaloney4984]

I love how Hillary Duff is literally the same character in every movie she’s in

[@gringa978]

Herself 😂

[@TheListenerCanon]

Yeah... That's why I think it's one of the reasons why I can't stand her as an actress. As a person, obviously she's a sweetheart but her acting...ughhhh.

[@lynettebr]

Have you seen Agent Cody Banks?? Her acting was AWFUL

[@kieranstark7213]

@@lynettebr And Foodfight! Everyone (mainly Charlie Sheen) sounded like they were very half-asleep because of how incompetent this piece of shit is!

[@martypants6391]

9:09 pov every girl going into middle school

[@annaboo27]

Omg. I’m dying 💀💀💀 You’re animation is perfect 😂

[@rubinschwarz]

the older movies play more into our teenage delusions back then is what comes to my mind. going to europe as barely a teen to fall in love with an Italian celebrity and being betrayed seems pretty delusional to me.

[@ValleyMyStar]

Remember all the Olsen twins movies, vacationing all over the world 😝 I’m still waiting when that happens to me haha

[@thesoffgengar]

when i was in 1st grade we had this event at school called "family day" and it would have themes for the class performances for the parents and stuff. so basically my class was assigned the theme of the Lizzie McGuire movie and we did a dance performance lip synced to the song at the end from the film. anyway we were supposed to "dress up" like lizzie and none of us understood that at all because she was a white 14 year old and we were 6 year old filipino kids and we were still just toddling based on how our parents understood that assigment

[@LLLLLP0]

lmaooooo

[@72586jejones]

That is really funny! What a memory! Thanks for sharing. This makes my day.

[@trinaangelmira]

Oh my godddd 😆 Same but with High School Musical! Each section/class was assigned a song to dance to and ours was “We’re All in This Together”. I remember being really happy with that because I really didn’t want the hassle of trying to do “Bop to the Top”- costume, choreo and all xDDD

[@Slaus900]

I've just been binging your videos and sometimes I just need to pause so I can crack up at the animations omfg

[@treefrog1018]

"Lizzie McGuire, you are an outfit repeater!" The heck? Where in America is this a thing? I was bullied to the end of time in middle and high school and NO ONE commented on my lack of fashion at all. (And I was a sweatshirt and jeans kinda kid).

[@bridgettawinchester3063]

Omggg as an adult women I’ll jokingly call other people or myself an outfit repeater and this is where it must’ve came from 😭😭😭

[@hunnykun101]

I loved this movie back in middle school and liked the soundtrack. And Hillary Duff is great. As cheesey this film is but at least she didn't end up with Paolo then he magically redeem himself near the end and decided to go after Lizzie. Btw Gordo and Lizzie were the friendship turn lovers I liked. Say can you review Cadet Kelly?

[@NeroLeMorte]

Cadet kelly is that brand new baby smell you never knew you wanted.

[@xaniso6955]

Fun Fact: In Rome the most popular cheese according to a Google Search is Pecorino Romano. That particular cheese wheel looks nothing like what is in this movie so I decided to .25 the playback speed starting at 07:25 with the sound off because demons. To my knowledge all cheese wheels have indented into them the type of cheese, age, environment, location, or some combination thereof. Apparently it's a pretty big industry. Putting aside the happy cheese wheel Italian lady's possible golden tooth, I eventually reach 07:37 and *ENHANCE* "Parmigiano" is slapped on that wheel. Pop over to Google and...yeah, looks pretty close. Some issues, but let's take it at face value. In short: The wheel that joyful Golden Toothed Italian Woman gave to Lizzie is likely a Parmigiano-Reggiano. Aka -> Parmesan. IT WEIGHTS 82 LBS, OR JUST OVER 37kg. If you want your own and don't live in or near Italy, you can purchase one on Amazon for the low-low price of around 1,200 US dollars. Anyway, back to the show! Edit: I forgot to move the playback speed back to x1.00 and now there's a dark shadow on my ceiling...

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Thank you for your efforts! And Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao to your demons!

[@RealBradMiller]

I'd love my own cheese wheel.

[@xaniso6955]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews "Jackiiiie! One moooore thing..."

[@wildstarfish3786]

you forgot the 0 in 0.25

[@Verinexa]

Parmigiano is usually sold in pieces or smaller wheels

[@brenningestiehr8762]

i've seen a few video essays about "why today's cartoon sucks" that very basically theorize that the shift in how kids consume and share media drove a shift from storyline focused content to gif-able content. so it doesnt matter is an entire episode wasn't very good/appealing, as long as it had a couple of scenes or lines that resonated enough to be captured and shared online, the episode is considered good and successful. so maybe that shift in media is also affecting YA movies? or ya know maybe we're just too old to relate to the new culture the younguns today are making lol

[@heathermurrell9178]

You would be the most fun person to watch movies with 😂 I have like the exact same sense of humor. These videos got me losin it 🤣

[@isobelduncan]

The Paolo and Lizzie "romance" was actually quite cute, until you remember that a grown man is taking advantage of a minor. On another note, I do like how Sergei (the bodyguard) defends and aids Lizzie at the end, calling Paolo out on his bullshit.

[@BrieJhayNicole]

He was not grown, I believe he was supposed to be 17

[@dot.3391]

Grown in the sense he’s like three years older than her

[@lanmandragoran8337]

@@dot.3391 Buddy, if you think this isn't happening every day across America, you're delusional. Want another fact that feels like a fever dream? 12 years old is the age of consent in Angola and The Philippines. The world is fucked up, and a 3 year difference between a 17 and a 14 year old is the LEAST of those problems.

[@durapider5046]

That is completely normal and acceptable in Europe. Don't apply your American standards

[@lanmandragoran8337]

@@durapider5046 To be fair, shes an American girl. And MOST American girls are straight braindead for the first 23 or so years of their life. Don't apply your European standards to American girls, eh?

[@nnodireginald6912]

4:54 😅😅😅 "Two failed marriages and a mortgage"

[@limmiedee7405]

it wasn't an unwritten rule girls had for each other but rather the pressure to conform to beauty standards pushed by media aimed at younger girls. being objectified and sexualized because of your gender from a young age will do that to you

[@jakerez4666]

So glad a video of yours showed up in my recommended the other day. The fast forward part 😂😂😂

[@angeldite30]

This was one of my favorite movies as a young kid, watching it now I’m like “these are children doing all this in Italy unsupervised “. I thought they were so old and mature lol

[@Adrianaofficial]

I think its because she looks at least 17 😂

[@witchywoman2008]

My favourite thing about this movie was Kate finally getting her act together and becoming a good person.

[@gregoryrodriguez5621]

5:28 36 hour bus ride??? Wtf???

[@DamonBanks142857]

I always enjoy your videos. I like the way you break down older movies and tv shows that I most wdidn’t watch

[@imaiyla]

I swear the acting was better when I was younger

[@thedjhoneybear4368]

Pretty confident that the decline in teen movies directly correlates with the creation and continued popularization of KZbin, and how writers and market researchers began thinking they understood, "the youths."

[@lemonadelemon1960]

First of all, it's a movie for kids. Adults will look at a cartoon and point out all the things that don't make sense. "Larry the lobster is a cooked lobster" while a seven year old is just trying to enjoy their favorite cartoon. Now said child is scarred for life. Thanks, grandpa.

[@Venquine_R]

Now this is one movie I still love watching even 19 years later - and dang, doesn't that make a person feel old. I was only 13 when this movie came out. And while I hardly watched Lizzie McGuire (somehow I could never turn the tv on when the series was on) I loved the episodes that I did get to see and I loved this movie.

[@thedrunkenelf]

“La la la! See? I can go solo!” -Paulo. I can’t explain why but this was the biggest inside joke in high school. Every day I heard it.

[@Caxsy]

"It's um it's complicated." (Fanfare)

[@julia.907]

I can't unsee Paolo as Fez now lol he even has an accent!

[@Reereez4795]

As soon as I saw the “Baby Bottle Pop” commercial, nostalgia immediately kicked in and I remembered the “Socker Boppers” commercial. More fun than a pillow fight, apparently

[@amberlache92]

Blow em up put your hands inside. NOW ITS TIME FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!

[@mrs.b.6908]

Blow em up, put your hand inside. Get ready to have the time of your life! Never had them, but that song is forever burned in my brain.

[@Piprue]

I graduated high school 7 years ago but what always haunts me is when I was in History class for my senior year, two girls in front of me were chatting and I heard them say they never wear the same outfit twice, including shoes. I have never felt more poor in my life.

[@mischr13]

"the popular kids" is just another way of saying "the kids with rich parents". once you realize very little of your social standing in HS is actually in your control, a lot of the pressure is relieved. at least for me it was

[@jamiemohan2049]

Lol, it a waste of money to buy clothes to wear them once. They likely lying or genuinely spoilt rotten. Twats really, only a twat would buy something to wear it once.

[@Schneeeulenwetter]

if they never wear the same outfit twice, it just kinda shows that they're not as creative. plus some outfits are just too good to only be worn once!

[@lordmango6060]

16:20 I think it has to do with the fact that back then, movies and teen shows were more... "sincere." Now, because of the internet and social media, teen shows are trying to hard to be relevant and go viral

[@winko567]

this movie hits differently when you hear the Lizzie McGuire creepypasta schizophrenia theory that Lizzie McGuire has schizophrenia due to her crazy animated alter ego & that Miranda was actually Lizzie's "imaginary friend" and that she disappears towards the end of the series because Lizzie starts taking medication & after Lizzie was an outcast through out middle school with Gordo as her only real friend, Kate & everyone else start feeling bad for her & want to make her apart of things so she goes on the vacation to Italy with everyone else in her graduating middle school class which actually causes her schizophrenia to come back WORSE than before, with her having extreme fantasies of impersonating a rockstar in Italy & it also explains why all the songs sung at the concert are in english despite being in Italy & after she is taken home, it's deemed that Lizzie is too 'unstable' to be in a normal school enviornment & should be homeschooled instead which is why the series ended.

[@michellek4349]

There was supposed to be a sequel but Hillary Duff’s mom was such a nightmare and demanded so much that the studio said “You know what? Forget this. Forget Lizzie Mcguire.” So if anybody wants someone to blame: Hillary’s mom was so unpleasant to work with that disney was willing to give up a sure fire blockbuster.

[@softea267]

I’ve heard this also, but it was just her mum- Hilary was super young and pretty much whatever her mum says went. I don’t blame her at all- if anything her parents will be to blame for how overworked she was, But ALSO for how quickly people stopped employing her.

[@maliaferry8212]

The show was about middle school and the Lizzie McGuire show was only 3seasons. It was more that Hillary was done with that faze of her life and wanted to try new things.

[@michellek4349]

@@softea267 I completely agree, it’s more her mom than anything but when you’re a child actor unfortunately that means your guardian comes with you. The damage to her reputation was already done when her mom was no longer in charge sadly.

[@jessicav931]

I am confused for the answers to this comment. Who was even blaming Hilary? What damage to her reputation?

[@michellek4349]

@@jessicav931 Hillary was blacklisted, her show was cancelled, bc of her mom’s demands and attitude. She was considered a nightmare to work with and her mom was her manager.

[@an-qo6by]

I love how I watched this movie, literally 100 times, and in all those times I never accepted that it was a middle school graduation, even though they said it multiple times.

[@italianlovecake]

So I was friends with a girl named Elizabeth when I was in first grade, and Lizzie McGuire was her favorite show. Like no subtlety, it was her FAVORITE! Her uncle Jim was the director of the movie. I and a bunch of her other friends went to the premiere and we cheered when his name came up. I haven't talked about her in years.

[@boscovisionbottomtext2658]

What song does that Japanese music "Literally the greatest Italian accent if all time" at 14:00 come from?

[@aliendog7627]

Pretty sure it's "hopes and dreams" from Undertale

[@kaliland9296]

When I was a senior in high school, we went to Italy for a choir trip and we had a teacher chaperone who looked just like Miss Ungermeyer and we got her to do the airport speech to the parents while we were on the plane and it was honestly such a great way to conclude my childhood

[@bookishnewt8468]

9:39 not gonna lie this plays through my head anytime a big o’ red flag pops up in a show/movie I’m watching or any book I read.

[@terriadams8824]

man the editing is amazing

[@MonicaVideoNinja]

I also think that the actors back then were really special and talented which made the movies so much more interesting as opposed to the teen movies today. 👍🏻