In the tradition of classic sitcoms from the sixties and classic dramas from the seventies and early eighties and superhero shows of the sixties a show from the past has released a reunion movie. Unlike alot of other reunion movies this one is one that i've been quite excited to see just because the original show was one when I was a kid and so then join me as I review the film that sees a bunch of high school friends reunite for a wedding with the film in question being called simply just "Zoey 102" enjoy.
The plot of this film is Zoey is now a TV producer and is put in charge of her shows live finale only for it to fall on the exact date as the wedding to one of her friends. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time this films plot was really cliche as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is one of this films executive producers Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks and Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews. Also starring in this film is Christopher Massey as Michael Barret , Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky , Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese , Podcast host and actress Abby Wilde as Stacy Dillsen , Jack Salvatore Jr. as Mark Del Figgalo , Owen Thiele as Archer March , Thomas Lennon as Kelly Kevyn , Dean Geyer as Todd , Maurice LaMarche as The Voice Of LUV-6 , Katelynn Bennett as Camille and Audrey Whitby as Lyric.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty alot better then what I thought that it would be. As nobody was expecting great or even good acting from this film and yet we got good acting in this film which does make sense as alot of this films cast had been playing these characters for years and so they would of course no what performances would best suit their respective character.
As the title of this film would suggest this film is a sequel to the hit mid 2000's Nickelodeon show Zoey 101. From what I recall about this show it wasn't that big of a show with the show having a modest fan base but that fan base is loud and the cast are passionate about continuing to play these characters in anyway that they can with the cast frequently reuniting in various ways be it appearing on TV or just meeting up and going out for a meal but there was no need to continue this shows story as there was a short film in 2015 which did a good job of catching us up with alot of the characters and tieing up some of the shows loose ends.
I would be amiss if I didn't talk about the fact that there actors from the show who are not in this movie with the most notable being Alexa Nikolas. To cut a long story short Alexa left the show during the shows second season where it was rumored that she was fired however in 2019 Alexa herself came out and said that he quit the show because of the fact that she was being bullied by alot of the shows cast most notable of which being Kristin Herrera who was fired after the shows first season Alexa then went on to complain that Nickelodeon failed to protect it's child stars in several occasions something that we now know to be true thanks to the fact that the continued to fire creep Dan Schneider all the way until 2021 if you want to find out more you can listed to what she said on Christy Carlson Romano's Vulnerable podcast on Youtube.
I;m going to try and keep this as spoiler free as possible but if your expecting the 2015 short film "What Did Zoey Say?" to be followed up on then get ready to be disappointed. As this film has pretty much nothing to do with that short film whatsoever which is a shame because the way that short film ends sets itself up for a sequel or for the events of the short film to be at the very least referenced in someway shape or form and yet for whatever reason the makers of this film just chose to ignore the events of that short film even tho it's canon to the events of the show and should there for be canon to the events of this film.
One of the things that the show did somewhat well was the relationships between the characters with the characters developing very reel relationships that would form apart of their character arcs. However this film doesn't really do that as none of the characters apart from Zoey herself have no arc to speak of and so that forces us the audiences to focus more on who the characters are going to end up with at the end of the film and so the relationships in this film don't come across as being real and genuine they instead come across as being fake with the films drama just coming also coming across as being forced and cliche that you really can see it coming a mile away.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty one minuets and twenty nine seconds. Which is about fifteen to eleven minuets longer then what this film really needed to be with the film comes across as being quite boring alot of the time as we spend alot of the time with the characters just getting ready for the wedding and that's it and there's only so long that we can see that before it starts to get boring and while this film does have the nostalgia factor going for it that also wears of pretty quickly but I will admit tho that this film does have some pretty decent pacing to it tho.
So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some decent jokes but at the same time this film has alot of really bad jokes in it as well which I guess is in keeping with the show as the show also had alot of really bad jokes in it as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this wasn't that bad of a reunion film but that's also the issue as it wasn't all that good of a reunion film either with film giving Zoey far to much focus and none of the other characters enough focus and that really did bring the film quite alot as this was an ensemble franchise in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are un this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Zoey 101 fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Zoey 101 fandom wiki page since alot of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Zoey 101 fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.