Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Fantastic!

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

I just saw this now, on Netflix streaming movies. Based on the book by writer-director.Britt Robertson, in a very good role, was about 22 or 23 during digital capture, she plays 17 just turning 18 Katie Kampenfelt. She is attractive and bright but has a secret. She is seeing an older man, a 32-yr-old professor (Justin Long). So she makes up the excuse that she wants to spend a year "finding herself" so that she can stay closer to him.On the advice of a school counselor she initiates a blog, "Ask Me Anything" under a pseudonym. Meanwhile she also gets a job, first at a bookstore but being only 17 her mom makes her quit upon finding out the bookstore owner (Martin Sheen) was once convicted of a sexual offense. So she finds a job as a nanny and soon starts an attraction with the man of the house, 40-something businessman (Christian Slater).So we see Katie struggling with life's issues, her boozing dad hospitalized, her boyfriend getting too familiar with her best friend, and a number of other things. Certain people in her life try to convince her that she can slough off her bad habits and make a fresh start but she doesn't know if that is what she wants.It is a very smart script and Ms Robertson is very effective in the role. The ending does not tie up all loose ends, the filmmaker wants viewers to interpret the whole movie in a way that is satisfying to them.SPOILERS: In the last few minutes Katie disappears after a "blocked" call is received, her family are looking for her. Then we see her mom, her employers, her friends all played by different actors from the movie, as if we had been seeing a real story, But the better interpretation is all those we see through 90% of the movie are "characters" that her blog represents, in most cases some exaggerations inserted. Now she is gone, maybe she took the advice, maybe she disappeared to make a completely fresh start.

The movie educates the general populations on an important topic.The topic is one we as a nation have decided to avoid. There is perhaps 20% of our population which has been affected by molestation. The effect of a childhood molestation are understated.Though referred to on numerous occasions, the factor which shaped the main characters life was only the molestation. We must be more aware of it to help those who are suffering.There are faults with the production that additional more money spent would have corrected. A larger budget would have allowed for more extensive cutting and the foreshadowing referred to by another reviewer. More budget could have create an advertising budget to have prevented this film from going straight to video. But it is sad when good films get placed in the seldom seen category.From what I have seen in my life, the characters personalty is completely in line with the symptoms of the problem. Too many women say "I am not bothered", and then demonstrate the behavior depicted in the film.

This film will definitely give people mixed feelings. You'd be confused on whether to describe it as something that's easy to relate to or something so stupid, that it shouldn't have been written. The film/director tries so hard to convey us to be on the protagonist's side, but she gives us so many reasons not to. She plays around with older and committed guys, how can you feel sympathy for her?However, there's that sense of sweetness and innocence in her that makes you (or maybe it's just me) feel like she's worth your time and love. It was so easy to relate to her story. She sort of inspire me, in a way. So story-wise, it's okay but the twists and ending ruined everything.They tried to put so many characters, so many sub stories that it made the film very confusing. Maybe too confusing. Then, they wrap it all up with and ending that supposedly was to connect everything and make it look interesting and reasonable. However, it failed to do just that. It made them look CONFUSED. The whole production! Did they want to make a romantic-drama film? Or a thriller film? I feel like they wanted to do so many things in one film.ALTHOUGH, BRITT ROBERTSON definitely did great with her character.

I happen to stumble upon As Me Anything because of my love for Christian Slater and films normally featuring a cast my age. This movie grabbed me the minute it started (the soundtrack is excellent). On top of an amazing cast, this movie felt completely authentic. Its extremely hard to find something original anymore, that actually makes you stop and think. The main reason I fell in love with Ask Me Anything was the reality of it. Yes, I loved the story line, but the actual detail in both the book (Undiscovered Gyrl) and film were what sealed the deal. When Katie is standing in front of the mirror with makeup all over her face, or when she over reacts to her mom, the way she runs from store to store looking for jobs, or the slightly inappropriate jokes she makes to Christian Slater on the first phone call. They are REAL. Real emotions and actions of young adults, and that was so refreshing. Most movies and TV shows today that feature young adults might be fun to watch, but they aren't realistic, its not how people in there late teens act or speak. This film is startlingly raw and true.