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Popular Theory Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: 12 yr old Erwin is a genius, far smarter than any of her high school classmates. But Erwin's genius has come at a price: isolation. She doesn’t have any friends and even her sister thinks she’s a social leper. Determined to win the State Science Fair, she teams up with classmate Winston, a fellow outcast and chemistry guru, to create a popularity chemical which they add into sticks of chewing gum.

Directed by: Ali Scher
Written by: Ali Scher & Joe Swanson
Produced by: Christian Hall, Errol Sadler, Ali Scher, Camilo Diaz, Aidan Guthrie

Cast: Cophia Reid-Gantzert (“The Baby-Sitters Club”), Chloe East (“The Fabelmans”), Lincoln Lambert (“Nope”), Marc Evan Jackson (“The Good Place”), Melissa Ponzio (“Teen Wolf”), Eugenie Bondurant (“The Conjuring”), Kat Conner Sterling (“The Gifted”), and Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
Transcript
00:00 [ Music ]
00:09 >> Welcome to high school, where surviving the fittest is acted out on a daily basis.
00:14 In other words, popularity is all that matters.
00:19 >> Me.
00:19 >> Are you lost?
00:21 >> That's me.
00:22 Growing up, I didn't have many friends.
00:24 I had science.
00:26 >> You spend every weekend by yourself.
00:29 >> No more science.
00:30 >> I'll just do science in my head.
00:31 >> I'll know if you're doing science in your head.
00:33 You're doing it right now, aren't you?
00:34 >> The first place winner of the science fair is going to be invited
00:39 to attend SIT's elite summer science program.
00:43 >> The SIT scholarship is mine.
00:44 >> Well, this is riveting.
00:46 >> Telling me not to enter the science fair is like telling me not to breathe.
00:51 >> I'd give anything to be popular.
00:54 >> What are you doing?
00:59 >> A popularity chemical.
01:01 It's going to require a lot of chemistry.
01:02 You could probably use a partner.
01:04 >> Aren't you going to introduce us to your little friend?
01:07 >> He's not a friend.
01:08 He's a colleague.
01:09 The gum contains a chemical.
01:11 When you chew it, the chemical is released, causing you to give off pheromones.
01:14 It's as simple as that.
01:16 >> I don't get it.
01:17 >> This gum will make you popular.
01:19 >> This is huge.
01:22 We could win a Nobel Prize.
01:24 Can we sit here?
01:25 >> I love your hair, Casey.
01:26 >> You do?
01:27 >> It's like poetry.
01:29 >> History has been made!
01:31 >> This is the kind of breakthrough that could change the course of human history.
01:36 >> The world's going to be better because she is that different.
01:43 >> Some people at school actually know you're my sister.
01:49 It's embarrassing.
01:50 >> The chemical is dangerous.
01:54 >> This pack of gum could bring the world to its knees.
01:57 >> Give us the gum.
02:02 [ Music ]

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