Spring Breakers sees a couple of ex-Disney Channel actresses, clad in bikinis and obviously keen to shed their wholesome reputations, head to Florida to party for the spring break holiday.
You think you know what's coming next? Well, the guy who stood up during my screening and yelled "f**k this", then threw his rubbish at the screen as he left, obviously didn't.
Spring Breakers is an extraordinary film, a mish-mash of genres clearly intended to shock, provoke and titillate. It's an arthouse version of a T&A exploitation film, littered with pop cultural references, about just how far kids will go to get their kicks.
Director Harmony Korine made a name for himself by scripting Kids and directing Gummo, and it's clear from the start that his trashy, enigmatic lead characters Brit (Benson), Candy (Hudgens), Faith (Gomez) and Cotty (Korine) aren't average college girls. Three of them steal a car and rob a cheap restaurant to fund their pilgrimage to Florida, a trip they believe is necessary to "find themselves" and escape their mundane lives.
Escape involves integrating into the seedier side of Florida, which is made possible by meeting Alien (Franco), a drug-dealing, gun-wielding rapper living the American dream - gangsta style.
