Remember the Daze, originally titled The Beautiful Ordinary, is a 2007 drama film released in theaters in April 2008. The film was directed by Jess Manafort. The plot of the movie has been described as a glimpse into the teenage wasteland of suburbia 1999 that takes place over 24-hours, and the teenagers who make their way through the last day of high school in the last year of the past millennium.

The film was selected as one of the eight films competing in the Narrative Competition at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival which took place June 21-July 1. This was the world premiere of the film.

In February 2008, the movie s title was changed from The Beautiful Ordinary. It was released in two theaters in LA, one in New York and one in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2008 and was released on DVD on June 3, 2008. The movie was filmed primarily in Wilmington, North Carolina during May 2006.

Plot

On the last day of school in 1999 several suburban teenagers decide to get high and party. Julia Ford (Amber Heard) feels frustrated because her boyfriend has failed his final year of school and must repeat it. Unsure whether or not to stay with him she decides to try to hook up with her friend Stacey Cherry s (Marnette Patterson) abusive boyfriend hoping that by sleeping with him Stacey will finally leave her boyfriend and Julia will figure out whether or not she wants to stay with her own boyfriend.

After her friends tease her about never having a boyfriend Brianne (Melonie Diaz) begins to openly flirt with drug dealer Mod. This incites Dawn s anger since, unbeknownst to the rest of their friends, Brianne and Dawn are secretly dating.

Tori (Leighton Meester) plans to take mushrooms with her best friend Sylvia but wants to delay it until after she is done babysitting. When Sylvia takes the mushrooms when they are in charge of the kids Tori decides to join her and the two end up shirking their babysitting duties.

Everyone convenes on the football field where a fight breaks out. Julia does not have sex with Stacey s boyfriend as he leaves her mid-make out. Stacey has sex with Riley, who had been desperate to lose his virginity, finally using the fact that she cheated on her boyfriend as an excuse to break up with him. Despite Dawn s willingness to go public with their relationship Brianne insists that they stay closeted.

In the morning Thomas, a shy photographer hanging out on the fringes of the group, develops photographs of the events of the previous day.

Cast

• Amber Heard as Julia Ford
• Melonie Diaz as Brianne
• Marnette Patterson as Stacey Cherry
• Alexa Vega as Holly
• Leighton Meester as Tori
• Wesley Jonathan as Biz
• Aaron Himelstein as Riley
• Chris Marquette as Felix
• John Robinson as Bailey
• Lyndsy Fonseca as Dawn
• Sean Marquette as Mod
• Khleo Thomas as Dylan
• Shahine Ezell as Eddie
• Katrina Begin as Sylvia
• Charles Chen as Thomas
• Caroline Dollar as Kiki
• Max Hoffman as Zack
• Sunny Doench as Mrs. Turner
• Moira Kelly as Mrs. Ford
• Brie Larson as Angie Ford
• Douglas Smith as Pete
• Stella Maeve as Lighty
• Michael Welch as Stephen
• Robert X. Golphin as Boy #2
• Neil Strickland as Extra

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 0% based on reviews from 6 critics. On Metacritic it had an average score of 36 out of 100, based on reviews from 6 critics.

Peter Debruge of Variety said that the movie demonstrates considerable promise on the part of its director and her up-and-coming cast but had no great secrets or revelations. Laura Kern of The New York Times wrote: Ultimately, the ensemble of more than twenty featured characters seems as vapid as the intentionally caricatured adults who pop up on occasion. Where are this decade s John Hugheses? Or even the Cameron Crowes?

Year	2007
RuntimeMins	101
RuntimeStr	1h 41min
Plot	A glimpse into the teenage wasteland of suburbia 1999 that takes place over 24 hours, and the teenagers who make their way through the last day of high school.
Awards	Awards, 2 nominations
Directors	Jess Bond
Writers	Jess Bond
Stars	Katrina Begin, Charles Chen, Melonie Diaz
Produced by	Jess Bond,Jim Dominello,Kevin Loughery,Nancy Newton,Judd Payne,Tracey Perry,Matthew Rhodes,Amanda Van Sickle
Music by	Dustin O Halloran
Cinematography by	Steve Gainer
Film Editing by	Larry Bock,Meg Reticker
Casting By	Venus Kanani,Mary Vernieu
Production Design by	John D. Kretschmer
Set Decoration by	Missy Berent Ricker
Costume Design by	Emmy Taylor
Makeup Department	Wendy Bell,Sandra S. Orsolyak,Joan Shay,Jason Willis
Production Management	Tim Pedegana,Dale Williams
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Eric Davies,Brian Avery Galligan,Matt G. Sheets
Art Department	Gillian Albinski,Jason Calamusa,Danielle Couture,Doug Kelejian,Bill King,Otto Lindsey,Chris Shader,Douglas G. Young
Sound Department	Matthew C. Beville,Brian Dunlop,Christopher Eakins,Jenny Elsinger,David Esparza,David Hingorany,Marshall McGee,Paul Ordonez,Shelley Roden,Leslie Shatz
Special Effects by	David Hill,William Purcell
Visual Effects by	Akanii,Ashley Farber,Erin L. Nelson,Tefft Smith,Brad Sutton,Olcun Tan,Wilson Tang,Thomas Tannenberger,Mike Tosti,Sherman Toy
Stunts	Jennifer Badger,James Christopher,Keith Long,Heather Miller,Chris Moore,Dean Mumford
Camera and Electrical Department	Jamie Baglio,Logan R. Berkshire,Troy Carlton,Lynn Dodson,Rusty Edmonson,Scott Frye,Jay Hardie,Reggie Hayes,Adam Horne,Roy Knauf,Colby Moore,Jon Myers,Ritchie Nannini,Fred Norris,Bob Shober,Dave Spencer,Jeff Sterner,David Troutman,Jeff Wallace
Casting Department	J.C. Cantu,Tara Feldstein,Lindsay Graham,Brendon Murphy
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Jane Beck,Denny Colliver,Eulyn Colette Hufkie,Olivia Miles,Sara Walbridge
Editorial Department	Tony Bacigalupi,Tony Dustin,Perri B. Frank,Todd Kolker,Frank Pass,Everette Webber,Esther Young
Location Management	Zack Atkinson,Kristin Dombroski,Brandon O Neil Leonard,Jordan Melograna,Andy Sleet
Music Department	Tracy Chrisholm,Jaxx Nassar,Julie Pearce,Karyn Rachtman,Lise Richardson
Script and Continuity Department	Thom Rainey
Transportation Department	Skip Long,Linda Pickett,Scott Siler,Kim Smallwood,Tim J. Walters
Additional Crew	Noor Ahmed,Ryan Bennett,Troy Blischok,Anderson Boyd,Jen Brett,Rose Cox,Aaron Cruze,Jon Decker,Stephen Elliott,Bridget Evelyn,Linzy Ewing,Sean Galvin,Barbara Efthymiou Harris,Dana Hawley,Nadine Jolson,B. Kyle Lewis,Katarzyna Kait Malec,Pamela Miller,Karah Moszeh,Jean Nolte,Ashley Novasad,Mike Park,Shaun Redick,Dave Rhodes,Valerie N. Robinson,Tara A. Senior,Lassiter Stone,Michelle Antoinette Boley,Danica Goodman,Karman Graham,Laurie Kimsey,Michalla Petersen,Heather Soellner
Genres	Comedy, Drama
Companies	Mirror Cube Films, Persistent Entertainment
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	5.7
ImDbRatingVotes	3656
MetacriticRating	36
Keywords	girl wears a bra and panties,vandalism,teen movie,bully,underage drinking