not horrible nor great

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

When first viewing the cover of the movie on Netflix, I thought this movie would be about camping on a summer trip, the description also implies that. Very first glance at the movie, the casting was off with age and acting experience. This movie seems like it would be fun and family friendly but, it is NOT. SPOILER: There is one girl in the movie who's mother is dating an abusive guy that is very depressing. There is also another girl who's parents were going through a divorce and she was very depressed about it. Then, there was another girl who's brother just got back from war, and he was horribly disabled(missing a leg) and was an alcoholic which is a very negative influence of anyone. Also, the parents were also yelling at the brother and telling him that he needs to get his life together which can upset people who didn't go to college and parents nagged on them. Another little girl in the movie, was forced to do acting when she didn't want to. Also, the girls in the movie who were supposedly "best friends" rarely hung out together. END SPOILER: This movie also had no major events that made a plot. It was just a big group of little boring events. We would not recommend this movie to anyone unless you like making fun of awful and ridiculous movies.

I actually loved this movie. I was just browsing through netflix when I came across this. I thought that it would be an easy going pre-teen based movie, where the girls get up to girly things. I thought it would be similar to 'An American Girl' movies, which I like to watch. However it was completely different. The movie didn't require a high budget or A-list actors to tell a good story about little girls experiencing big world problems. I really enjoyed the movie and thought that it was really gripping. All the girls were very nice to each other which also inspired me. They dealt with their problems in a very appropriate way which I admired.

It's the summer before middle school for Vanessa, Lizzie, Jess, and Peri-- four school friends--but that's not all they have to think about. Each girl faces her own challenge to tackle, challenges relatable to the audience, perhaps. All while staying together and soaking up the summer sun.While the protagonists are 4 ten and eleven-year old girls, some of the issues that they face could be a little suggestive for younger children. Nevertheless, adults and older children will reminisce about their vacation days, and may find some traits in the girls to compare themselves to.A low-budget film, but a fine one, in my opinion.

For what it is, it's perfect. It's not pretentious or sentimental or trying to be something it isn't. It makes no claim to be a film for kids as far as I can see, it's just a film about kids, facing real life situations, and managing them well. The adult players are integral to the story and there's a nice balance between the kids playing with other kids, and interacting with their far from perfect parents.It scores high because it deals with happiness, sadness, success and grief in a realistic way, not getting bogged down with sentimentality or ramming 'important lessons' down our throats. I don't see why kids around the same age as the stars couldn't watch this, but as I said it certainly doesn't set out to be a film for kids. It's by no means hard-hitting, more quaint than edgy.These four girls are all little stars and I'm surprised to see none of them have appeared in another movie. What their character show is is although we don't live in a perfect world, we can make our world perfect. Well done all of you :)