It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
... View MoreVery interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
... View MoreExactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
... View MoreThis is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
... View MoreBasically the movie's plot is a good idea/well-meant, but unfortunately completely miscast with Victoria Justice. Did she think (for lack of roles), 'if Charlize Theron gets an Oscar for ugliness, I can establish myself in an "ugly" role as a serious actress'? Ridiculous, especially since the "uglification" takes place only by giving her glasses - which does not provide any credibility and is also a massive insult for all girls who need to wear glasses and are still not ugly or (ugly) outsiders as a result. Eden Sher is a much better fit and convincing, but the evil cliché for the choice of the 'bitch characters' destroys all good approaches: the bad guys are of course all blondes (even including the principal!) - it cannot get any more trite - and on the "decent" side there is not a single blond - pure cliché AND not even true. When I look around as well as think of my schooldays, the power-hungry bitches who bullied others are/were all brunette or black-haired (roughly the Victoria Justice type or even darker). Maybe this is different in the US, but the prejudice that blondes were getting preferential treatment has not been true since the 50s / 60s. The (wannabe-)coolest/most popular and most beastly ones are the dark-haired girls - that's at least what I experience(d), sorry if it does not please you. Overall, the whole movie comes across as pretty insincere (despite the well-meant intentions and potent beginnings) or even as a mere vehicle, so that Victoria J. can finally pair-up with her buddy Avan Jogia (at least on film)- sorry, pathetic, not enough, wrong approach/execution.
... View MoreA new knock off of Means Girls but on a larger scale. Nice time killer to have background noise when doing other things. Promotes underage drinking so its not a good movie for kids. The cast seem to be a bunch of has beens that were awesome entertaining little kids on the Disney channel but the world has sense moved on and left them with this. Not a movie I would ever recommend to anyone to watch.
... View MoreIf you add a bit of jeekiness and weirdness, take away a little bit of Hollywood polish and sophistication, and possibly stir in a pinch of satire on the Mean Girls & The Clique, then you'll have this movie. It's not an award winning movie, but if you take it as fun, you'll be fine with it.
... View MorePlayed this for my two nieces, ages 11 and 12, and they loved it. I could hear them laughing as I was cooking in the kitchen. I watched most of it from afar and it looked good.My younger niece already asked to watch it again, so I figured I'd post this review for anyone else who might have girls in junior high. It seems perfect for them.
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