Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo (2011)
Starring: Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and Katie Cassidy
Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
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Grade: A++

The three girls in this movie are adorable. I've always loved Selena and the few things I've seen Katie in, she's been good. I'm always surprised by Leighton Meester. She is really good in this movie, especially because she is so different from most of the characters she plays. Grace (Gomez) has finally saved enough to go on her trip to Paris and is going to take along her best friend, Emma (Cassidy). Her newly married mother and step-father make arrangements for Grace's step-sister, Meg (Meester) to go too. She's very studious and never has any fun, so Emma, the fun loving and crazy best friend, is not happy about her coming along. Once they get to Paris, things don't get much better. The tour Grace picked goes to fast, the rooms they booked are terrible, and the tour eventually leaves them behind at the Eiffel Tower. After getting caught in the rain, they go into a nice hotel to dry off, with Grace saying she wants to leave because nothing is how she imagined it. As Grace goes into a stall, Cordelia Winthrop Scott comes out. Emma and Meg are amazed at how much Grace looks like Cordelia. When they overhear that Cordelia is going to try to get away for a couple days, they talk Grace into pretending to be her for a couple hours so they can get food and rest in a nice hotel. The next thing they know, it's the next morning and they are rushed from their room to a limo waiting to take them to Monte Carlo. As the girls get deeper and deeper in their lie, they meet new people that make it harder and harder to tell the truth.