Classic Teen Movies That Got Away With Not Explaining Major Things

There is nothing in the movie Grease to indicate that it's a fantasy or that magic exists in the world. It is a high school musical. So how in the flying Wallenda does the car fly away at the end? Also, why does the car fly away at the end? It is complete nonsense. To get away with that, there absolutely must be some sort of establishment earlier in the film that the car is either magical or extremely technologically advanced.

It's hard to point to another example of this in film. It's like if, at the end of Sleepless in Seattle, instead of taking the elevator down, Sam and Annie just jumped off the roof of the Empire State Building and flew away. Utter nonsense.

Josie (Drew Barrymore) is a 25-year-old who poses as a high school student for journalistic research. First of all, there's no indication that she's attained legal authority to adopt a false identity, making her infiltration of a high school sketchy or perhaps even legally jeopardizing. Even worse, however, is her English teacher Sam Coulson (Michael Vartan), with whom she fosters a romantic relationship.

While this technically wouldn't be illegal given her actual age, it's a pretty significant red flag that Mr. Coulson considered dating one of his students. In the end, a reasonable school board would have fired him and filed for a restraining order.

After Fogell/McLovin gets punched in the liquor store in Superbad, the cops show up, so Seth and Evan bail. Thus begins their frantic search for alcohol, as they assume Fogell will no longer be able to provide it. But Fogell gets to hang on to his booze, and all he needed to do was text Seth and Evan to tell them everything was gravy.

Had he done that, which seems like the first response of anyone in that situation, none of the shenanigans would have ensued. Sure, this had to happen for the sake of the plot, but they should have had the robber steal Fogell's phone or something explaining why he couldn't contact them.

In the surprising 2006 Oscars snub She's the Man, Viola (Amanda Bynes) impersonates her brother, leaving the high school she attends to go to his for two weeks, impersonating him so she can play on the boys' soccer team for good measure. However, she could have tried out for the soccer team as a female, as under federal law (Title IX) it's illegal to deny the right for someone to do so based on gender.

Then there's the issue of her leaving school for two weeks with absolutely no consequence. Also, her roommate Duke (Channing Tatum), is totally into her while she's impersonating a man... and that interesting sexuality subplot is never addressed.