Grade 7 students Lauren Arsenault and Tara Roddick caught the first screening of Justin Bieber's movie in South Keys Friday morning. (Ashley Burke/CBC)

There were some empty seats in Ottawa classrooms Friday morning, because a lot of fans of Justin Bieber couldn't wait to hit the early showings of his new 3-D biopic, Never Say Never.

Grade 7 students Lauren Arsenault and Tara Roddick were sitting on the edge of their seats at the movie instead of being in their seats at math class.

"This morning we had to call in to our school and say we were at a dentist appointment, because we have Bieber fever," Roddick said.

The friends said they just couldn't wait until after school to go see the movie.

Lauren knows everything about the Stratford, Ont., born teen idol. "I have a magazine, and it has 101 facts about him. It's kind of creepy, but it says he brushes his teeth in the shower as part of his morning routine," Arsenault said.

One row over in the theatre, eight-year-old Audrey Danis and her Mother Natassia might have these girls beat.

"I'm wearing tattoos of Justin Bieber, a T-shirt of Justin Bieber, and a necklace," Audrey said. "Sometimes I wonder if I'm a bigger fan than her. We listen to Justin Bieber all the time. She has a Justin Bieber room," said Natassia.

If you can judge by the number of young people who skipped school to see Bieber, it looks as if there will be sold-out shows and long lineups Friday night.

Fans can't seem to get enough of Bieber's life story, all 16 years of it. Actually he'll turn 17 March 1.