Sorority Wars

Sorority Wars is a 2009 American comedy-drama television film directed by James Hayman and written by Michelle Lovretta. It stars Lucy Hale, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Phoebe Strole, Amanda Schull, Rob Mayes, and Faith Ford. The film was shot in Vancouver and premiered on Lifetime on October 17, 2009.

Premise

18-year-old Katie Parker and her best friend Sara Snow are planning to rush into the Delta sorority, which was founded 27 years ago by Katie's mother Lutie and Summer, whose own daughter Gwen is currently in charge of the Deltas on campus. However, when Katie overhears something troubling, it drives a wedge between her and every house on Sorority Row as she is now an outcast. To counter all the hate, she joins the rival house Kappas, but this just sparks a full-scale battle.

Cast

Lucy Hale as Katie Parker
Courtney Thorne-Smith as Lutie Parker
Amanda Schull as Gwen
Phoebe Strole as Sara Snow
Kristen Hager as Heather
Rob Mayes as Beau
Adrian Hough as William
Sarah-Jane Redmond as Dana
Chelan Simmons as Casadee
Faith Ford as Summer
Marie Avgeropoulos as Missy
Scott Lyster as P.J.
Christine Willes as Mary Lee Snow
Catherine Lough Haggquist as Hilary
Meredith Bailey as Sally
Diana Bang as Lauren
Andrea Brooks as Shawna
Natasha Gulmans as Lana

Reception

Reviews of the film were positive. Linda Stasi of the New York Post gave the movie a rating of 3.5 stars out of 4. She described it as "bizarrely entertaining in a mindless, I-need-to-veg-this-weekend kind of way." She praised lead actress Lucy Hale as "quite a talent". Writing for Variety, Brian Lowry had a similar opinion of the movie, calling it "moderately engaging" and "cheerfully mindless". He said that Hale was "very appealing".