Alex Martin’14 | Staff Writer

While it seems weird that it has been over two years since the movie “LOL” was filmed at South, the large production that seemed to take over Grosse Pointe was finally exposed to the world earlier this summer.

During the summer of 2010, Grosse Pointe felt like Hollywood. There were trailers, golf carts transporting movie stars, and plenty of body guards to keep fans away from teen celebrity Miley Cyrus. Not only was a huge, mega million dollar star staying here, but her character in the movie attended South.

“I was at Panera and I saw Miley in the village,” said Kaela Sanocki ‘14. “There were a lot of people chasing after her for a picture. She didn’t really want to take many pictures and I heard she wasn’t very nice to some of her fans.”

Many Grosse Pointers were excited once the trailer was finally released this winter.  Unfortunately, even with Cyrus and Demi Moore as the two starring roles, “LOL” was not publicized. According to Los Angeles Times, Lionsgate released the teen romance, a 2008 remake of a French film of the same name, but executives did not believe the movie would be commercially appealing.

“I think the movie would have been more successful if it had come out in theaters because I think people would have known about it and wanted to see it because Miley Cyrus was in it,” said Sanocki. “The only advertisement I saw was announcing it was coming out on DVD, not in theaters.”

Miley Cyrus plays Lola Williams a teenager who goes through heartbreak and begins to rebel. Her mother Anne, played by Demi Moore, finds Lola’s journal and learns that she and her daughter have not been communicating well. Throughout the movie, Anne attempts to reconcile her relationship with her daughter.

“I really liked how the movie had a lot of love in it with the mother and daughter characters,” said Kara Couvreur ‘14. “They fought, but in the end they grew closer.”

The plot was a bit scattered, and the actors were okay, Sanocki said. Couvreur agrees that the plot was sort of non-existent and the story seemed to be a bit jumbled.

“I thought it was good,” said Devyn Gilbert ‘14. “I liked the guy in it.  Demi Moore was OK; I didn’t like Miley. She bugged me.”

“LOL” filmed scenes in the gym, bathrooms, a classroom, and the walking area between the S-building and the main building. However, the film neglected to show some of South’s most unique features, such as Cleminson Hall and the Tower.

“I was looking out at South and I saw her during a scene when she comes out of the school,” said Couvreur. “It was really cool to see how movies were actually made and how many takes they have to do. And it was cool to see all the actors and actresses outside their trailers.”

According to perezhilton.com, “LOL” only made $46,500 in the US but because of its European theme, it grossed $1.6 million in Scandinavia, and had success in Norway, Finland and Sweden.

Despite the “box office flop”, Cyrus seemed to be pleased with it. She tweeted: “Thank u so much for everyone who went to see ‘LOL’. It is a film I loved making and I am proud of… That’s really all that matters to me.”

“I wanted to watch the movie because South was in it and I wanted to see it,” said Sanocki. “It’s cool to think that we go to a place where camera crews were and where Miley Cyrus was. It’s too bad we couldn’t have seen it on the big screen.”

Despite “LOL” not having Hunger Games or Twilight success, seeing a familiar place like Grosse Pointe South on the television screen is worth the one hour and 37 minutes.