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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Lindsay Lohan is "It". I don't really know what "It" is, but that's what she is. Movie deals. Music contracts. Pretty much the cover of every teen magazine or tabloid out there. The adoration of millions of boys and girls around the world. Hanging around with Paris Hilton. She's come a long way since I first remember seeing her in the Disney's remake of "The Parent Trap". How do I feel about her? I'm a little here and a little there. Some pictures you see, and you can't help but like her. But others (including some of the not-so-endearing headlines) make me wonder.

Her latest on DVD is "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen". It's the story of a Mary "Lola" Cep (Lohan), a young girl who moves with her mother and sisters from New York City to the burbs of New Jersey. Along with losing her New York - the center of her universe - Lola worries that she's lost her chance at becoming a broadway star. Things start to look up when she lands the starring role in her high school drama production, but things aren't going so well in her social life - there's competition at school in the form of Carla Santini (Megan Fox) who eerily reminds me of a lot of girls I knew in high school. Compounding matters, the world's greatest rock band, Sidarthur, is in the midst of a breakup and Lola has to find her way to their farewell concert and her chance to meet her own teen idol, the band's lead singer, Stu Wolff (Adam Garcia). Will she make the concert? Will she meet her crush? will she get in a cat fight with Carla Santini? And you thought your life was too dramatic.

I liked the movie. I have a thing for teen movies. Always have. A little bout of arrested development. It was lite. It was fun. And the side of Lindsay Lohan that you can't help but like showed up. Add to that a catchy soundtrack (provided in part by Lohan herself) some funny fantasy sequences and you've got a nice little teen movie. Not really adult fare, but this wasn't made for the adults, was it? Plus, it doesn't hurt that the movie has a nice little message about being yourself, however far-fetched some of the situations these girls were in turned out to be.

Special features on the DVD release include an audio commentary by director Sara Sugarman, writer Gail Parent and producers Robert Shapiro and Jerry Leider. This was a pretty good commentary. The participants bring a lot of energy, and manage to provide a good mix of laughter and information about the film's production. I don't know if the audience that'll be watching this film (ie. teens) will be too interested. A Lohan commentary might have been a better idea. On the other hand, if there are any aspiring directors out there who just happen to be teen girls, this commentary could be a fun listen. (It should be noted that the disc contains both widescreen and full screen versions of the film - but the audio commentary is available on the widescreen version only.)

More features include a brief behind-the-scenes featurette titled "Confessions from the Set". Not really a makin-of feature, instead we follow around the director on the set as she interviews some of the cast and crew about the production. We hear people rave about Lindsay etc. The extras are rounded out by a deleted scene that was best left deleted, a music video for "That Girl" performed by Lindsay Lohan (a catchy tune) and some trailers.

Overall, not a bad DVD. For teen stuff, pretty entertaining with a message to boot. And for fans of Lohan, this DVD only goes to show why she's such a teen idol. So she has it all. The movie. The music. The adoration. The magazines. However, reading some of recent headlines, detailing her own life as a teenage drama queen, I can only hope she doesn't go all Britney on us. That'd be a shame.