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Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This show, just like Drake and Josh, iCarly, Victorious, etc.. was its prime. This show showed friendship and it was a new way of viewing comedy for kids. It also showed us how unlikely friends can become friends and even more than friends (Logan and Quinn). It gave us a glance of a new way of comedy and especially for Nickelodeon, I get why people hated it. It was unrealistic. Yeah I'll agree with that. But shows like this aren't meant to be realistic. It's the message within the show. And the message was no matter what you look like, whether you're a nerd like Quinn, or a well known person around campus like Zoey, they're all treated the same. Even though they can bag on each other from time to time, they always come around and make things better by apologizing and realizing their mistakes and what they've done. Acting for this time wasn't so bad. I'm reading comments from 2005- 2010 and I'm thinking to myself "You have no idea whats next for television if you didn't like this". Because after Drake and Josh and iCarly, TV went straight downhill. All those Nickelodeon shows and even Disney shows are TRASH. Should have enjoyed what you had until it was gone. Guess people didn't know.Comparing the writing 10 years ago compared to now, would you rather prefer the story lines of today kids shows? I'll wait. Compare the story lines from 10 years ago and today. Yeah, you'd rather have Zoey 101. It's an obvious choice. I think people back then expected a lot back then from All That and those other early 2000's shows and I don't blame them. I think Dan Schneider did a great job with this show and was amazing overall."They all have computers, they have flat screen TV's!" It's not a realistic fking show. Stop acting like it should be. It's a kids show. The message is clear and and I can't believe so many people didn't like it. I had to come on here to realize how many people really didn't like it. I used to think everyone loved it. This would have to be one of my top 3 shows ever.

The Pacific Coast Academy was an all boys boarding school. Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears) is one of the first girls attending joining her little brother Dustin. The bushy-haired Chase Matthews is immediately taken with the new girl. Her room 101 is shared with Dana Cruz and boy-crazy Nicole Bristow. In the second season, Lola Martinez (Victoria Justice) is Zoey and Nicole's new roommate. Quinn Pensky is the brainy girl. Logan Reese is the rich arrogant jerk. Michael Barret is Logan and Chase's nice roommate.This is one of those sunny, bright, wacky Nickelodeon kids TV shows created by Dan Schneider. For little kids, there is nothing particularly offensive. It's got a nice group of young photogenic friends. There is nothing real or substantive. These kids are mostly good child actor types. The biggest question is Spears. She is probably the least child actor of the group. She's a little stiff. I can only surmise that she got the lead for being Britney's little sister. She's able to grow into the lead role. The friendships and the support cast are the best parts of this show.

This is definitely my favorite Dan Schneider show. He doesn't use the laugh track, which is great because it always throws me off.I loved the ending, and the moment Chase returned was adorable. Quinn and Logan? Opposites attract, they're perfect and the way they finally admitted their love for each other in front of everyone at the prom was cute.I hate how people hate on Jamie Lynn Spears for getting pregnant, but her real life has nothing to do with the actually TV show. I love Zoey 101, and just because Spears got pregnant doesn't make the show horrible.The pairings are great, I love the character development.Compared to the stupid shows that play on TV today, this show is gold. You'll love it.Great soundtrack, great acting, great punchlines, great plots. Amazing show.

I know most of the people thinks this Show is bad, but do you know the reason why they say this? ''Because is not funny at all'', ''because is so cheesy and dumb'' ''I hate Jamie Lynn Spears'' ''Because is unrealistic and Zoey is always PERFECT'' ''Simply crap'', etc, well, what I have to say is: First, Zoey 101 is not focused into the whole ''funny'' thing, know what I mean? Most of the time isn't funny, but that's because is more drama. Teen drama, right? Besides, did you noticed that it hasn't the annoying laugh track as others TV Shows like iCarly, Drake and Show and Victorious? I think is more focused into the drama thing, and that's why is ''boring''. Second, is true that Zoey 101 is cheesy, but only sometimes; When something focused in the main couple (Zoey & Chase) happens, and it's not like they're all the time snogging or saying' things like: ''I love you, you're the reason why I'm living today, etc'', because first, they're not an official couple till the last season, and sooner of this, Zoey didn't notice about Chase's feelings, so what's with that? Maybe when they talk about Zoey 101 being corny is when Logan and Quinn are together, but that's the point; That happens in the last season, so they can't say that Zoey 101 is cheesy all the time. I have to admit that is dumb sometimes, but the jokes aren't crap like in Sonny With a Chance, Hannah Montana, etc where the majority of the time they're making jokes about snot or farts; Zoey 101 hasn't too much jokes anyways. A lot of people hate Jamie Spears, but that's not a reason to say ''this TV Show is crap, I hate it , I hate it, I HATE IT!'' Third, maybe is unrealistic, but it doesn't have to be exactly like the real life, actually I think most of the teenagers between the age of 13-16 can identify with this, most of the situations are actually things that happens in a random teenager life. Fourth, Zoey isn't perfect all the time, if you look closely, you see that she's overprotective, impulsive and almost all the time she thinks she's right. That's perfect?? I don't think so, and also the other characters aren't perfect. In conclusion, all those reasons why people thinks Zoey 101 is bad are stupid, what I think is that is a good TV Show, the characters are well developed and all those situations are really good. So, I gave it 7/10, I really like this TV Show, more than iCarly, Drake and Josh and Victorious.