At first, I thought this movie would be some silly chick-flick that ended with your typical love story or something similar, but it was nothing like that. This movie is modest and deep at the same time. Ask Me Anything kept my attention very well throughout the entire movie, not once did I want to shut it off or feel I was wasting my time.
I was engulfed in the movie. Partially because I can relate to the main actress in the movie with wanting to take a hiatus from school after high school (I never did though), and liking older men. I also happen to like movies or stories with relation to the online world, feeling hidden online or just keeping a secret identity. A lot of people could very much relate to this situation or feelings, including myself. It kind of gives you a look into the world of a slightly promiscuous or curious, rather, younger female after high school.
They picked a great actress to play the main role, not only is she gorgeous and fit the part well, but she just fit into whoever this character was supposed to be, and it worked. The movie was not just centered around her online journal life, but her past, her relationships with her not so perfect family and other friends, but other people she happened to meet who don't have oh so bright pasts or present lives! It held my attention well and kept me asking what happens next...
The ending though, I was not a fan of. I figured it would have a good closing or something that left me wondering (which it did, but in a bad way). Basically it kind of shuts off after the end and cuts to clips of a woman writing on her daughters online journal (IRL main character??? Not sure if this was based on a true story... ) reaching out to her readers, saying that one day her daughter received a call that lasted so and so minutes, got into her car, drove away and never came back. Haven't seen her since. The movie kind of draws you in to this character with a messed up past and confusing life, and by the end you're wondering if she figures it all out. You get no answers about anything. She gets pregnant, no idea if she gets an abortion or keeps the baby, no idea who the father is, no idea what happens to anything. It made absolutely no sense - just kind of left you high and dry and you're like ... okay, what? It was not one of those good endings that left you wondering, although it DOES keep you wondering, it's just like in a way that leaves you feel cheated because there should have and could have been a better ending. It didn't really make sense to me.
Otherwise, it was a pretty decent movie overall and would probably watch it again after awhile, and suggest it to someone else!
I was engulfed in the movie. Partially because I can relate to the main actress in the movie with wanting to take a hiatus from school after high school (I never did though), and liking older men. I also happen to like movies or stories with relation to the online world, feeling hidden online or just keeping a secret identity. A lot of people could very much relate to this situation or feelings, including myself. It kind of gives you a look into the world of a slightly promiscuous or curious, rather, younger female after high school.
They picked a great actress to play the main role, not only is she gorgeous and fit the part well, but she just fit into whoever this character was supposed to be, and it worked. The movie was not just centered around her online journal life, but her past, her relationships with her not so perfect family and other friends, but other people she happened to meet who don't have oh so bright pasts or present lives! It held my attention well and kept me asking what happens next...
The ending though, I was not a fan of. I figured it would have a good closing or something that left me wondering (which it did, but in a bad way). Basically it kind of shuts off after the end and cuts to clips of a woman writing on her daughters online journal (IRL main character??? Not sure if this was based on a true story... ) reaching out to her readers, saying that one day her daughter received a call that lasted so and so minutes, got into her car, drove away and never came back. Haven't seen her since. The movie kind of draws you in to this character with a messed up past and confusing life, and by the end you're wondering if she figures it all out. You get no answers about anything. She gets pregnant, no idea if she gets an abortion or keeps the baby, no idea who the father is, no idea what happens to anything. It made absolutely no sense - just kind of left you high and dry and you're like ... okay, what? It was not one of those good endings that left you wondering, although it DOES keep you wondering, it's just like in a way that leaves you feel cheated because there should have and could have been a better ending. It didn't really make sense to me.
Otherwise, it was a pretty decent movie overall and would probably watch it again after awhile, and suggest it to someone else!