The movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging was always going to be a surefire hit with adolescent girls. Why? Because it’s based on a book many of them have re-read endlessly and know by heart. Alice Wignall explores the power of teenage literary passions.
The movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging was always going to be a surefire hit with adolescent girls. Why? Because it’s based on a book many of them have re-read endlessly and know by heart. Alice Wignall explores the power of teenage literary passions.
Surprisingly, perhaps, their enthusiasm doesn’t come from a secret desire to take notes on the aforementioned perfect snogging; rather, they’re being carried along on a wave of residual passion for the book on which the film is based: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (America, apparently, is squeamish about the notion of “full frontal”, hence the name tweak).
