High school junior
Nadine has been having a difficult time with growing up and it’s become harder
since her father died. Now it’s
just mom, Nadine and her older brother Darian. She begins to think she might be able to handle this but
Darian starts to date Nadine’s best friend Krista. The one thing Nadine feels about this is infuriated!! She tries to convince Krista to stop
seeing Darian and she tries to convince Darian to stop seeing Krista. When none of her threats work for
Nadine or Darian, she turns her back on both of them. Nadine’s mom Mona wonders if it’s worth the multiplication
of their struggles for Darian to date Krista? Darian feels he has finally found someone who gets him?
The biggest problem
about the breakup of the friendship between Nadine and Krista is that Nadine
has NO other friends. The only
person she can seem to communicate with his her teacher Mr. Bruner. He seems to be immune to Nadine’s
awkwardness and turmoil? There are
a lot of illustrations of life as a teen in high school!! 3* (This movie is OK)
104
min, Comedy/Drama directed by Kelly Fremon Craig with Hailee Steinfeld, Haley
Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto,
Alexander Calvert, Erick Keenleyside.
Note: Imdb 7.5 out of 10, 95% critic 84%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 243
reviews.
Special
Note: Filmed in Surrey, Vancouver,
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada and Anaheim, California. Lakewood High School is actually
Guildford Park Secondary in Surrey.
Blake Jenner is not a child of Bruce Jenner, he was previously on Glee. Hayden Szeto plays the character Erwin and he is actually 11
years older than Hailee Steinfeld. He is 31 and she is 20.
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