Spring Breakers **

Harmony Korine directed this Crime drama. Watch Preview. Cast:  James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine. Rated R for strong sexual content, language, nudity, drug use and violence throughout. Run time is one hour and thirty-four minutes.

Four sexy college girls (Gomez, Hudgens, Benson and Korine) plan their spring break getaway and three of them pay for it by burglarizing a fast food shack. When they reach their destination they end up in jail and are bailed out by a local drug dealer (Franco).

The title would lead the average person to think this was a "Girls Gone Wild" takeoff. Wrong. It has elements of that in the beginning but this is basically an art film telling a story of some bored college girls without any moral foundation or sense of consequences going on a nihilistic vacation where self pleasure is the only goal. Dialogue is repeated over and over to show how unexciting their lives are and their actions are far from responsible. I got what the director was saying, it's just that it wasn't in the least entertaining. And, the ending is highly unrealistic to say the least. If you're looking for an art film this is in the three to three-and-a-half star range. But unless viewing a multitude of topless young women is your idea of entertainment, this has nothing else you'll enjoy seeing.

There are no additional scenes once the final credits begin. A large screen will enhance the topless beach scenes but won't add much to the film's story. Theatres/Times.