The Lizzie McGuire movie was A LOT weirder than you remember 

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

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. 😐

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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. 🤣

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

"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).

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???

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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?"

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

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

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.

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

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

"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".

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 😂

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.

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...

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

The actress that plays their principal also is the voice of Lois from Family Guy (along with many other comedy roles). I cant unhear it now. Paolo also had a major part on seasons 1-3 of Pretty Little Liars.

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

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?

I already have honey thanks to you, Alex, but I dont skip your add because it's super hilarious

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

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

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

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 🤣

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

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

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.

This was my childhood!!! Although, looking back, I kind of forgot that Lizzie is basically 13-14 in the movie. Honestly, you’d think based on all the stuff that happens she’s graduating high school. Hell Gordo even mentions how the principal can get students onto an Ivy League! Also by this movies logic, unless Paolo is also 13-14 then him “courting” Lizzie to get her to replace Isabella isn’t just manipulative but also grooming 🫣

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.

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

I never understood how Paolo's whole plan was to embarrass Isabella/Lizzie by showing how she can't sing, when it turns out Lizzie could sing all along and performs at the end anyway

man the editing is amazing

I’ve always loved alex meyers use of phone bone from the bone comics as his logo

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.

I think the Disney Executives saw how they could have Lizzie play the 2 roles, and the whole pop star gimmick. The movie did fairly well. And then from this they made the premise of the Miley Cyrus show 🤔🤷‍♀️ just saying.

Please do a video on the Babysitters Club Show! I'd love to see your take on the show!

14:49 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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

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.

I remember watching this when I was like 7, and until today I always remembered the characters being full adults out of college, not middle-schoolers

I swear the acting was better when I was younger

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

I loved this film as a kid! I had it on video and even bought the soundtrack on CD! The label that’s still on it says it cost me £14.95! Madness! I also never realised they were only finishing middle school! Love your videos, please keep doing early 2000s kids\ teen films 🙏🏼🙏🏼

This movie album was the first CD album I saved for and bought for myself (I was 5 and I still have it to this day) AND I AM UPSET YOU DIDNT MENTION A SINGLE BANGER?? THE MAKEOVER SONG YOU BETTER WORK?? THE MR.SHOO RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW FIREWORKS SCENE???? ✨upset✨ Edit: Also I love you and your content and I’m not that mad ✨🤗

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.

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

4:24 FACTS!

Pleeease do more 2000s teen romcoms 🤩🤩 your takes are hilarious

5:42. The right corner outfit reminded me of Miraculous Ladybug LOL

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

I love these videos! Thank you Alex! 🎉🎉

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. 👍🏻