Crossroads starring Britney Spears is a Y2K Vibe
Crossroads, which came out in 2002, is now on Netflix. Here are the reasons Crossroads starring Britney Spears is a Y2K Vibe, which include the stars, the fashion, the music, and more!
Crossroads starring Britney Spears is a Y2K Vibe
Let’s count the ways! Plus, you can watch Crossroads NOW on Netflix.
The fashion in Crossroads starring Britney Spears is peak Y2K fashion aesthetic.
You’ll find ALL the Y2K fashion essentials: bucket hats, newsboy caps, crimped hair, baby butterfly clips, ALL the sparkly make-up, french manis and more..
Better yet, Britney starts out as a Sandy from Grease good girl in a pink prom dress and curled hair and suddenly is transformed into a sexy Y2K vixen with crimped hair, a crop top and a distressed denim mini.
The co-stars are a who’s who of Y2K!
Britney, of course. Dan Ackroyd plays main character Lucy’s dad while Kim Cattrell plays Lucy’s estranged mom. Plus, there’s a cameo by a ten year-old Jamie Lynn Spears who plays young Lucy as she and her friends bury a time capsule.
Crossroads has all the Y2K music!
The movie has a road trip plot and Lucy and her pals turn up the volume on Bye Bye Bye by *NSYNC. Britney was dating Justin Timberlake when the movie released.
Bowling for Soup! Remember them? The Crossroads soundtrack includes Greatest Day (2002) and Suckerpunch (2000). BFS and Britney shared a record label, Jive Records.
During the course of the movie, Lucy shares her lyrics with the hunky Ben, who writes music for them and creates the masterpiece called I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.
But Britney Loves the 1980s!
The movie opens as good girl Lucy sings along to Open Your Heart by Madonna. Yes, this song released in 1986, but Britney is a big fan of Madonna and her music. (Remember that kiss….)
The gang’s car breaks down and they need money, so they enter a karaoke contest (I mean, you’ve got to give Brit a chance to sing!) She and her friends Mimi and Kit (played bu co-stars Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning) belt out I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, another female music legend.
Other Fun Facts About Crossroads Starring Britney Spears
Justin Long (the Apple guy, who dated Drew Barrymore in the Aughties) plays Britney’s lab partner and prom date.
In her memoir, The Woman in Me, Britney says that she just “became” Lucy. She walked like Lucy, talked like Lucy and became Lucy.
Justin (I assume she means Timberlake and not Long) said, “Why are you walking that way? Who are you?”
The Woman in me, chapter 11
Have you seen the movie? What do you think?
