Picture This (film)
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| Written by | Temple Mathews |
| Directed by | Stephen Herek |
| Starring |
Ashley Tisdale Robbie Amell Lauren Collins Shenae Grimes Cindy Busby |
| Theme music composer | Richard Marvin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) |
Brian Reilly Patrick Hughes Ashley Tisdale |
| Cinematography | Bernard Couture |
| Editor(s) | Robin Russell |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Blondie Girl Productions Hughes Capital Entertainment |
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| Original network | ABC Family |
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Picture This is a 2008 romantic comedy film released on July 13, 2008 on television by ABC Family, branded as an ABC Family Original Movie, and on July 22, 2008 on DVD. The film is produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and drew 5.3 million viewers, one of the top movie ratings of the night.
Mandy Gilbert (Ashley Tisdale) is an unpopular teenager at her high school. She lives with her overbearing father Tom (Kevin Pollak), and has only two friends, Alexa (Lauren Collins) and Cayenne (Shenae Grimes). Mandy is constantly bullied and embarrassed by the popular girls of school, particularly Lisa Cross (Cindy Busby). However, it so happens that she is in love with Lisa's boyfriend, the popular Drew Patterson (Robbie Amell). She is about to turn 18 and wants her life to change. She wants to be noticed by Drew.
When she discovers Drew is on the school swimming team, she decides to apply as well. At the pool, she loses her glasses and hits her head then falls in the swimming pool. It results in Mandy being knocked unconscious and falling into the water. When she awakens, she finds out Drew gave her CPR. Drew now gets to meet Mandy and they talk to each other. Lisa thinks Mandy is a threat and tries to humiliate her, by taking Drew to the pet shop where Mandy works. Because Mandy is a clerk there, Lisa hopes Drew will laugh at her. Things take a different way, as Drew doesn't care about Mandy being a clerk there. They converse yet again, and Drew invites her to go to the Commons the next day.
Meanwhile, Mandy is annoyed with having an old dinosaur of a phone, which doesn't seem to work all the time. The next day, Mandy turns 18 and is surprised by her father with a new and expensive video phone. She also receives contacts and thinks her life couldn't be any better. However, she is scared when Tom reveals his intentions in moving with her when she goes to college at UCSB next year. Mandy is too afraid to say anything about it, though. Later that day, she flirts with Drew at the lake near school, which her dad specifically said not to go to. When Lisa is informed that Mandy is with Drew, she is outraged and uses Mandy's video phone to film it, which she accidentally dropped and shows it to Tom, who then confronts Mandy. Before going home, Drew asks her out as his date at his party on Saturday. Mandy happily accepts. At home, Tom is disappointed in Mandy's actions and grounds her, saying she cannot go out or use the phone, television, or Internet. Mandy is shocked with her father, since the punishment means she is unable to attend Drew's party.
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