The Clique is a
direct-to-DVD film based on the popular
teen novel series by author
Lisi Harrison.
The film is a production of
Warner Premiere with
Tyra Banks as executive producer.
[Entertainment Tonight, ] Filming began in February 2008 in
Rhode Island and ended in March 2008. The film was released on November 18, 2008.
Plot
The Clique's plot mainly follows the first novel in this series by Lisi Harrison. The books lead the viewer through the middle school lives of five girls: Massie Block, Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory, Alicia Rivera, and Claire Lyons. The girls, besides Claire, belong to the most popular group at their private school Octavian Country Day (OCD) called the Pretty Committee. Claire moved from
Orlando, Florida into Massie's guest house and is not accepted into the exclusive club. On her first day, Alicia pranks Claire by putting red paint on her pants causing the art teacher to think she has had her period. Claire's first friend is who she meets at lunch, Layne Abeley, a unique girl who doesn't care what anybody thinks, has a very strange sense of style, and has food obsessions. Claire goes to drastic measures to get on The Pretty Committee's good side, even hacking into Massie's computer and telling Massie's friends misleading information. This causes Massie's friends to turn against her, until Claire's misdeeds are found out, and the Pretty Committee is restored. Massie, however, will not just forgive and forget. She continues to behave especially rudely to Claire, as punishment for depriving her of her friends for a few days, and even throws an egg at her, much to the Pretty Committee's vindictive delight. Throughout the movie, it is well known that Massie has a crush on a boy named Chris Abeley, who is Layne Abeley's brother, whom she met because he rides his horse on the same trails as Massie. The movie closes at an auction held at Massie's house to raise money for scholarships for the school. As the day of the auction is Chris Abeley's birthday, Massie plans to jump out of a cake, and surprise him, but Claire finds out about Massie's idea, and that Chris has a girlfriend. Claire's kinder side takes charge; she prevents Massie from jumping out of the cake before any incident. The last scene shows Massie writing her state of blog. She puts Claire in the "Out" like she did in the beginning of the film but also puts her in the "In". which shows that claire might get into the pretty committee
Main Characters
Sugarloot.com hosted a Clique contest in September 2007, where the five finalists went to
Los Angeles, California for an audition.
Juliana Parinello was the winner and played Debby Weezer, a girl on the bus who has allergic reactions to a brand of lip gloss called "Glambition" (a line of makeup created by the Pretty Committee for Kristen's class project).
Clique author
Lisi Harrison named the character after a close friend.
