44 reviews
- This movie didn't start good, but turned out to be a better movie.
- Story is good with a small suspense in the end.
- Acting was good. Girl who played Chapin acted well.
- This is a kind of teen movie.
- sujith789_reviews
- Dec 7, 2019
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- greyKbarclay
- Dec 24, 2023
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KInd of hillarious that all the good reviews are from new accounts that all seem to link to the cast in some way.
4.5
4.5
- natcalgary
- Dec 1, 2020
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This actually sounded like it would be good when I read the summary on my cable menu, but it ain't! This is a horrific "movie". First off, I never understand why screenwriters decide to have teenagers talk like complete idiots in teen movies, this is something that has been going on since the late 1980's. The writers take the "lingo" too far and the characters end up sounding like Nimrods. Nobody talks the way these kids do 24/7. I was a teen in the late 1990's, and they did this then in teen movies too, you would think that they had learned something since 1999, but no. There was a point where you could watch teen clique movies and enjoy them, the movies from the 1970's through the early 1980's are actually quite decent. The characters in this one have no gut, no core, they aren't fleshed out at all. They make it so that you couldn't possibly care about a single one of them. If they all died you would just shrug your shoulders. There were just a bunch of people running around and you never got to know them. They were really stupid too, and I've never seen such a misfit group. The bad girl is so lame, sideways hat and skateboard included. She's a nasty little chump, but would be an absolute joke in some of the Chicago schools. The script was clearly thrown together, they tried to make this out to be some suspenseful thriller. Where at? This is the kind of film that they should make suspects watch over and over again, they'll give up the goods just to end the torture.
- ivegonemod
- May 17, 2012
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Triple Dog follows a group of 16 year old girlfriends as they take part in an extreme game of 'Truth or Dare' called 'Triple Dog', which is where the film gets its title from.
Triple Dog is not ground-breaking, but still feels fresh. Some may judge it as being nothing more than a teen movie, but as the story develops, there are many hidden depths to it. It reflects aspects of what it is to be a 16-year-old girl and how peer pressure, fitting in and being socially accepted can become the most important thing in the universe, even at the expense of your personal well-being or morals. Within this I feel like the film contained a very valuable message and although the ending was rather predictable, it was a fitting ended and I appreciated it.
It has plenty of entertainment value as the characters took part in extreme dares, but there is also emotion attached to it. The characters face dares that are very personal and specifically chosen by their friends to humiliate them based on their values and personalities. Beyond this, there's an element of mystery that is interwoven throughout which takes the movie beyond a group of friends daring each other to do ridiculous and extreme stuff.
The characters had interesting dynamics and good chemistry which was interesting to watch and added to the intruige of the story. Unlike most others in this genre, Triple Dog, felt like it tried to give attention to the characterisation of the main characters and their relationships with each other.
Overall, I enjoyed Triple Dog; it's entertaining, has an element of mystery, contains valuable messages and is led by a bunch of decent characters in comparison to other films in this genre.
Triple Dog is not ground-breaking, but still feels fresh. Some may judge it as being nothing more than a teen movie, but as the story develops, there are many hidden depths to it. It reflects aspects of what it is to be a 16-year-old girl and how peer pressure, fitting in and being socially accepted can become the most important thing in the universe, even at the expense of your personal well-being or morals. Within this I feel like the film contained a very valuable message and although the ending was rather predictable, it was a fitting ended and I appreciated it.
It has plenty of entertainment value as the characters took part in extreme dares, but there is also emotion attached to it. The characters face dares that are very personal and specifically chosen by their friends to humiliate them based on their values and personalities. Beyond this, there's an element of mystery that is interwoven throughout which takes the movie beyond a group of friends daring each other to do ridiculous and extreme stuff.
The characters had interesting dynamics and good chemistry which was interesting to watch and added to the intruige of the story. Unlike most others in this genre, Triple Dog, felt like it tried to give attention to the characterisation of the main characters and their relationships with each other.
Overall, I enjoyed Triple Dog; it's entertaining, has an element of mystery, contains valuable messages and is led by a bunch of decent characters in comparison to other films in this genre.
- shannen-l-c
- Nov 21, 2019
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- paperhearts_xo
- May 11, 2015
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- BenderJFry
- Mar 31, 2012
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4.6 out of 10? This movie was so fresh and unique. The acting was strangely very good, and the depth to the plot was, for me, totally unexpected. When I rented this, I suspected I would be able to handle maybe half an hour before turning it off, but I was so wrong.
The director had very minute attention to detail and it really showed. I liked the way that the shots were framed and found the camera work to be near perfect. So yeah, maybe the ending wasn't a complete surprise but the way everything came together was what made this movie a hidden gem. I found the final 10 minutes to be genuinely authentic and emotional.
It's a shame this was marketed as a teen thriller with a silly title and DVD cover-work because it was much more like a psychological drama.
The director had very minute attention to detail and it really showed. I liked the way that the shots were framed and found the camera work to be near perfect. So yeah, maybe the ending wasn't a complete surprise but the way everything came together was what made this movie a hidden gem. I found the final 10 minutes to be genuinely authentic and emotional.
It's a shame this was marketed as a teen thriller with a silly title and DVD cover-work because it was much more like a psychological drama.
- weezebumble
- Dec 22, 2010
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The movie had a great plot and great acting just kinda curious on how when the girl is in the water it looks deep and she is completely submerged but at the end of the movie you can clearly see the bottom #bad graphics.
- janaschulz9
- Apr 11, 2011
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This movie still hasn't been released in the US, at least not in wide distribution, and that is a shame. Despite the 2 (so far) 1 star reviews, that appear to have been written by the same person, this is not a bad movie. The characters are a bit stereotypical, but, name a teen movie where they are not. And, frankly, the teens in this movie are far more believable than in most teen films. Part of the problem might be that this film seems to be categorized as a thriller, and it definitely is not. It is a coming of age movie. I like that the characters do develop over the course of the film. And, while it is hard to empathize with the main character, Chapin, in the beginning, by the end of the film I did. I am also a Brit Robertson fan from her work on the TV series 'Life Unexpected'. And, why this film got an R rating is beyond me. Oh, and this film passes the Bechdel test(look it up if you have never heard of it). That may be the reason for the unhappy reviews.
I'm not much a fan of these movies with major of cast of teenagers or teenage girls, yet after watching Tormented (2009) and John Carpenter movie The Ward, also if it has lot of profanity and other typical teenager stuff. The girls plan on doing a game of dares no matter how challenging or illicit (like shoplifting, streaking, faking a seizure in public place, have sex with a guy), otherwise one's head gets shaved completely (bad for a girl), at one's birthday party
All the while, there's that whole mystery element surrounding the death of girl named like Stacy St. Clair who drowned in a river whether it was an accident, suicide or if she was pushed over a bridge in a fight, with several speculations in flashbacks. Eventually, it turns out she did jump...as she dared to, and Chapin guiltily feels responsible that she nearly does the same.
As for cast, I've seen Britt Robertson in Wes Craven's Scream 4 as Marnie Cooper while she plays some punk tomboy named Chapin - decent performance memorable scene when she steals from shop after creating an explosive diversion by microwaving can of beans. There's Alexia Fast as pretty birthday girl Eve who's a new friend to Chapin, Scout Taylor Compton - who I've seen in April Fool's Day remake, Laurie Strode in Zombie's unlikeable Halloween movies, and 247°F (friends trapped in sauna) as outcast girl Liza who carries pet rat for a friend, weird and gross. And, Emily Tennant is female cast member I focused on the most, as shy girl Sarah who was dared to streak on the street.
And the ending credits "Waking" by Hayley Taylor is good finish. Overall, quite a likeable movie.
All the while, there's that whole mystery element surrounding the death of girl named like Stacy St. Clair who drowned in a river whether it was an accident, suicide or if she was pushed over a bridge in a fight, with several speculations in flashbacks. Eventually, it turns out she did jump...as she dared to, and Chapin guiltily feels responsible that she nearly does the same.
As for cast, I've seen Britt Robertson in Wes Craven's Scream 4 as Marnie Cooper while she plays some punk tomboy named Chapin - decent performance memorable scene when she steals from shop after creating an explosive diversion by microwaving can of beans. There's Alexia Fast as pretty birthday girl Eve who's a new friend to Chapin, Scout Taylor Compton - who I've seen in April Fool's Day remake, Laurie Strode in Zombie's unlikeable Halloween movies, and 247°F (friends trapped in sauna) as outcast girl Liza who carries pet rat for a friend, weird and gross. And, Emily Tennant is female cast member I focused on the most, as shy girl Sarah who was dared to streak on the street.
And the ending credits "Waking" by Hayley Taylor is good finish. Overall, quite a likeable movie.
- MarkLynnIreland1294
- Jul 10, 2022
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- appleduck101
- Oct 21, 2014
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I always chose truth...and I could never play triple dog dare.
Dare without the truth or the fun.
I watched the movie for free on tubi. No clue of the quality, but watched anyway. Feel free to glance other reviews regarding nuts & bolts of movie's twists and turns. My impression of the movie was favorable. It had an old school vibe with pretty decent acting & character development. The scenes were shot very well. The movie kept me curious & guessing. Its often difficult to create characters to care about, but the writers pulled it off nicely. I warmed up to more than one actor. Its clearly not a blockbuster movie, may even qualify as a good tv movie of the week. All in all, I enjoyed the movie. The music was also fitting, and careful placed to evoke emotion when needed. Enjoy!
- pinnacle-60900
- Mar 5, 2024
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I'm not too sure which movie the other person saw, but it surely wasn't this one. This movie couldn't have had more dismal char's in it. I see absolutely no reason why they were even together to begin with. None of them even seemed to like one another, let alone be involved in a sleep-over with one another. If you have any liking for movies of ANY type, I would surely pass on this one. If you do dare to watch it, be prepared to be extremely disappointed. Your not going to care about any of the char's. Or even care if you finish the movie. Don't waste your money or time on this worthless piece of movie trash.... I realize this may seem a bit harsh, but I was extremely sorry that I even began to watch this....
I feel duped by the other reviewer who left their comment, this is overall a bad film and poor entertainment. Please do not waste your time. I waited for the surprising twist that was hinted at, and I really wish I hadn't.
All the actors are bad, giving very weak performances. The characters are all one-dimensional and stereotypical - you have a catholic prude, a 'crazy wild child', prime and proper girl, the freaky outsider (Rat Girl?), they're all in there. No real character development or exposition, you feel no sympathy for the main characters and you don't care what happens to them.
The film is predictable, within the first 20minutes you pretty much know the 'twist', don't bother staying around after that. The pranks are dishwater dull.
The ending was awful. Truly.
All the actors are bad, giving very weak performances. The characters are all one-dimensional and stereotypical - you have a catholic prude, a 'crazy wild child', prime and proper girl, the freaky outsider (Rat Girl?), they're all in there. No real character development or exposition, you feel no sympathy for the main characters and you don't care what happens to them.
The film is predictable, within the first 20minutes you pretty much know the 'twist', don't bother staying around after that. The pranks are dishwater dull.
The ending was awful. Truly.
- randomnoid
- Sep 28, 2010
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I don't know where the negatives are coming from, as this was a great movie. This film was very watchable, and very enjoyable. It wasn't a normal teen drama, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to watch, and it dealt with adult themes as well as teenage issues. I'll admit, it was very different from what I normally watch but I'm glad I watched it. There were some very funny moments, as well as some very human moments.
The actors did a great job, and never seemed false or wooden. They seemed as natural in the role of teenagers as I've seen really. Each of the main characters developed realistically over the course of the night portrayed in the film, anything more would be over the top.
I'm suspicious of the strongly negative user reviews saying that the acting was 'weak', and wonder about deliberately false reviews. The negative reviews couldn't be more wrong, and are probably designed just to sink the movie for cynical commercial reasons.
The actors did a great job, and never seemed false or wooden. They seemed as natural in the role of teenagers as I've seen really. Each of the main characters developed realistically over the course of the night portrayed in the film, anything more would be over the top.
I'm suspicious of the strongly negative user reviews saying that the acting was 'weak', and wonder about deliberately false reviews. The negative reviews couldn't be more wrong, and are probably designed just to sink the movie for cynical commercial reasons.
On the birthday of Eve (Alexia Fast), she welcomes her friends Sarah Algrenn (Emily Tennant); Cecily Girber (Janel Parrish) and Nina Spalding (Carly Mckillip) at home. Out of the blue, the outcast Liza (Scout Taylor Compton) also comes to the party and later the troubled student Chapin Wright (Brittany Robertson) joins the girls. Chapin feels bored and proposes a "triple dog" game, where each one of them is challenged to do something bad. If the girl refuses, she would be head shaving. The girls spend the night playing pranks until they learn the truth about the suicidal jumper Stacy St. Clair (Julia Maxwell), who had jumped off from a bridge and found dead miles away.
"Triple Dog" is one of the awfulest films about coming of age that I have ever seen. The story is stupid from the very beginning, with teenage girls that have problem of relationship among them gathering and playing an absolutely silly game. This is not the only film that I see with this kind of game and I can not judge whether it is popular among American teenagers but it is so pathetic that the plot can never work.
Brittany Robertson is gorgeous and acts well, but the screenplay does not help her. However, the worst is the quantity of fake reviews to mislead the IMDb Users. I found strange how a viewer might like this flick and I found that most of them belong to people with only one review to promote "Triple Dog". My vote is one (awful).
Title (Brazil): "Verdade ou Conseqüência" ("Truth or Consequence")
"Triple Dog" is one of the awfulest films about coming of age that I have ever seen. The story is stupid from the very beginning, with teenage girls that have problem of relationship among them gathering and playing an absolutely silly game. This is not the only film that I see with this kind of game and I can not judge whether it is popular among American teenagers but it is so pathetic that the plot can never work.
Brittany Robertson is gorgeous and acts well, but the screenplay does not help her. However, the worst is the quantity of fake reviews to mislead the IMDb Users. I found strange how a viewer might like this flick and I found that most of them belong to people with only one review to promote "Triple Dog". My vote is one (awful).
Title (Brazil): "Verdade ou Conseqüência" ("Truth or Consequence")
- claudio_carvalho
- Aug 9, 2011
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The thing is, if you go to IMDb (Internet Movie Database), the definitive movie site for All movies, you will see Many negative reviews for this movie. This is because with a title like Triple Dog (I Triple Dog Dare You), you tend to expect content along the lines of "Saw" meets "Mean Girls".
But actually it was just a Very well acted coming of age movie; the "Dares" were all really rather lame, but they all monumentally contributed to the film's continuity and meaning, and established what was important throughout, that is, "what Really happened to Stacey St. Clair"....
I Highly recommend this movie!...
But actually it was just a Very well acted coming of age movie; the "Dares" were all really rather lame, but they all monumentally contributed to the film's continuity and meaning, and established what was important throughout, that is, "what Really happened to Stacey St. Clair"....
I Highly recommend this movie!...
The premise sounded interesting but it was nothing but a vapid film that had no point at all. Could have been a decent film had it gone in a different direction. Total crap.
- bangel3322
- Jul 24, 2020
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Nothing thrillerish about it. Just teenage girls trying to be cool. Full of teenage girl drama. So if you're into that....
I'm not
I'm not
- docholaday-04166
- Oct 14, 2019
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Bad acting, illogical scenarios, and stupid actions. This movie was just terrible. Only gets a one star because of the work put in to make it. Even still what a production crew this was.
Totally great movie!, despite the couple of hate reviews, they are probably some "twilight" lovers who got disappointed with this movie, this one got really good characters, gorgeous girls, fun, drama, great acting (not like Kristen Stewart, thanks god!) everything you need for a good movie.
Yes the end is a bit predictable (actually, it was kind of a surprise for me), but that doesn't make the film bad, the direction is very good, you never get bored even if you know what will happen next.
So, if you love the twilight saga and those kind of crap, you will hate this movie for sure... If you are looking for some good and different stuff, this is for you.
Yes the end is a bit predictable (actually, it was kind of a surprise for me), but that doesn't make the film bad, the direction is very good, you never get bored even if you know what will happen next.
So, if you love the twilight saga and those kind of crap, you will hate this movie for sure... If you are looking for some good and different stuff, this is for you.
- rafael_reyes78
- Dec 26, 2010
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