It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

A shy and somewhat homely high school girl named "Tamara Riley" (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) writes an article for her school newspaper concerning steroid use among some of the student body and some people affected by this revelation seek their revenge upon her. So they trick her into believing that her English teacher, "Bill Natolly" (Michael Marsden), who she has a crush on, is waiting for her in a hotel room. Once there they videotape her taking her clothes off and getting into bed. When she realizes she's been duped a struggle ensues and she is killed. But what the students who set her up don't realize is that she is a witch and has cast a spell upon herself which brings her back to life. Only this time she is neither shy nor homely. But she is very vengeful. At any rate, in my opinion this movie was surprisingly good. The acting was fine as was the script and the cinematography. One particular fault was the students generally looked older than what you would find in a typical high school. But that often happens with movies of this type so it isn't anything unusual. And while the plot was hardly novel the film did have several attractive women in Katie Stuart ("Chloe"), Melissa Marie Elias ("Keesha") and the aforementioned Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Worth a watch for those who like films of this type.

Tamara is another teen horror flick in the style of The Craft (1996) or Little Witches (1996) but I do recommend it to the fans of the gorier genre too because it really has something to offer. You can easily see that it was made by a horror genre writer, Jeffrey Reddick. People who love The Final Destination franchise, which he wrote, can pick up this flick without a doubt.There's one scene that is really worth mentioning and that is the 'hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil' one. It's shown in full glory and it is a bit gory for some I presume. Of course by being a teen horror you had to have some school issues, like they did here by a nerdy girl falling in love with her teacher. One prank with her goes terribly wrong but the nerdy girl, Tamara, did believe in spells and returns as a sexy chick out for revenge. The acting was okay and Tamara (Jenna Dewan-Tatum, from Grudge 2) did some changes to become the sexy girl. Although it's all about sexuality there isn't any nudity added. But it is when she touches her victims that the horror comes in. Sadly towards the end there's a bit use of CGI but I figged it because it had to do with some supernatural thing. If you come across Tamara pick it up and this is really an exception by adding on the sleeve 'from the producers of...'. Mostly that's a bad sign, but here it 'finql'ly wasn't.Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

For some reasons, the reviews do tend to be polarized on this movie. It's not the worst film ever made, but it's certainly not deserving of a standing ovation. It had its ups and its downs to me, and I'll try to lay them out as fairly as I can.Ups: 1. This may be a shallow observation, but I thought most of the lead actresses were pretty cute. Sad to admit it, but that makes it more watchable. I wouldn't mind seeing some of them in other roles. 2. I also liked that the ending wasn't as cliché as it might've been. Not that it was great, it just wasn't as bad as it could've been. I respect writers who don't only kill off the "bad" characters.Downs: 1. Tamara wasn't ugly in the slightest, she just dressed dorky. They could've at least had her wear glasses and switch to contacts, which is sort of standard fare for the "transformation into a hottie" thing. Hell, how hard is it to fake some acne scars?? 2. Some of the acting wasn't really top-notch. It wasn't all horrible or anything, but most of it wasn't great. 3. Biggest Problem: The "moral arc" of the movie was quite bent by my standards. I really, really didn't like how she lumped everyone together and sought vengeance on the most innocent of the people present. I mean, I felt that the characters that were the least involved got it the worst. It's as though the moral of the story is "being bullied and threatened into not reporting a crime is worse than committing a crime" and I 110% do not agree with that.Moreover, I don't agree with some of the judgments that she passed on people. Gonna punish someone for humiliating you and killing you?--go ahead, you've got the moral high ground there. But for having an eating disorder? That's something that you try to help a person through, not in the same galaxy as something like date rape.Mostly because of the last mentioned problem, I had a really had time getting into the movie. I mean, I have no problem sitting through a B-rate, somewhat trashy movie. But at least make a character that I can sort of cheer for as she acts out her vengeance, instead of someone that I quickly start to feel was so morally twisted that the "bad guys" might've done the world a service by killing her.

Tamara is pretty much a Carrie rip-off, even the poster art is almost identical. Whether it was intended to be original or not, I'm not sure, but with a few less clichés and a bit more character development, this could have been a film like May, smart and scary, and eccentric. Perhaps this film is a 'takes one to know one' kind of story. socially troubled girls, may find this emotional but everyone else will see Tamara as what it is, a sexy, but shallow horror movie. Tamara Riley becomes the most hated girl in school after she writes a news paper article which rats out a number of her school mates in a certain way. One night, a bunch of them play a nasty prank on her, but things go wrong and she is accidentally killed. In the panic, they bury her body in the woods, but somehow she comes back from the dead, more cunning and sexy than before, and with a mind for revenge.The trick to enjoying the movie is whether or not you feel engaged enough to root for the protagonist. She was done a major injustice but she is also doing injustice to others. The sex appeal of Tamara is really secondary. Tamara is nothing more or less than amusing in a twisted way, but if you want a similar movie that actually gets you thinking, watch May.