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Some Girls (2012)
An All-Famale Inbetweeners...
And I absolutely fucking LOVED it!!! Flawed characters that are still incredibly likable.
Also, VIVA FOREVER 😭😭 Jassa as Rocky is so incredibly endearing!
Turning Red (2022)
Ignore the "Holier Than Though" Reviewers
For the life of me, I don't understand why there are people so upset with this movie. Yes, she disobeys her parents, but what kid hasn't done that?! I'm extremely close with both of my parents, and you bet your ass I disrespected them in high school. You can have the most supportive parents in the world and still go through all of the trials and tribulations of being a teenager. I'm sure that the people up in arms about this movie and being disgusted with how "disrespectful" this movie was have NEVER done ANYTHING wrong in their entire life and were just the most absolute perfect children growing up *cue huge eye roll* I thought this was a fun and cute movie about staying true to yourself and embracing who you are (all sides of yourself)!! I think it's great for kids to see movies like this to know that all of their emotions they're feeling are okay and normal!
American Auto (2021)
Remember Parks & Rec and the Office?
Everyone seems to forget that Season 1 for both Parks & Rec AND the Office were very "meh." I think this show has a lot of potential and I love the characters (especially Ana Gasteyer).
tick, tick...BOOM! (2021)
Come to Your Senses
I should preface this by saying that I'm a musical theatre person first and foremost. I've been watching musicals since I was 3 years old, and I've been performing since I was 6. Before Tick, Tick, Boom! I had long given up on there ever being a perfect movie musical (besides classics like Oklahoma, Brigadoon, Sound of Music, etc). Hollywood producers seem to think that the only way to create a successful movie musical is to pack it full of movie stars who have barely made an appearance onstage.
I was intrigued to watch this movie because I love Andrew Garfield and so many of the actors in this film. However, I put off watching it for weeks because I was scared to be let-down once again by a disappointing movie musical.
This movie made me feel as joyous and excited as when I enter any theatre to watch a live musical production. Not only is this one of the best movie musicals I have ever seen, but the performances were some of the best I have ever seen.
Andrew Garfield approaches Jonathan Larson with such care and sincerity that it was hard for me to see where Garfield ends and Larson begins. If you go to YouTube and watch Larson's previous performances of Tick, Tick, Boom!, it is uncanny and downright incredible how good Garfield's performance was. I haven't felt this inspired by a performance since I witnessed Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in the Theory of Everything.
Not only that, but the film speaks to what being an artist truly means. It means going through incredible highs and lows. It means making sacrifices and sacrificing part of yourself. It means having self-doubt and becoming self-aware, while still trying to see your art truly realized.
I know that this film won't be for everyone, but it has stayed with me even weeks after watching it.
He's All That (2021)
Please No More Addison
Look. She's beautiful, but girl needs to get a better acting coach. She does not react well to whoever is in the scene with her, which makes all of her interactions really painful to watch. I felt like I was watching an elementary school musical theatre kid in their very first leading role. It's a shame because I liked the guy playing Cameron, and Addison's acting just reaaaallly dragged their scenes down. Hope to see him in more in the future. Addison: please stick to TikTok.
Anne (2017)
Please Renew For Season 4
Very rarely am I moved to the point of sad and happy tears over a series, but that is exactly what Anne with an E brought to me. To be alive at the time of this series truly feels like a gift, and I feel so lucky to have just been one of the many viewers who watched it. It feels criminal to leave the series like this when there is so much more potential and so much more to tell with this wonderful story. I have never wished so desperately for another season of a series, but please, PLEASE someone renew this series.
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Mindy Kaling: Amazing As Always
I laughed. I cried. I loved each stage of life with three strong women. This show was so stinking good and exactly what I needed. ALREADY gearing up for Season 2.
Rutherford Falls (2021)
Not What I Expected...But I Loved It
It's not traditionally funny like the Office or Parks & Rec, but it was definitely refreshing to watch. Not to mention, I loved that so many Native Americans are featured on this show when they are so often excluded from television and film or are only portrayed in a way that leans more towards a caricature.
I absolutely loved Reagan's character. She has so much heart, and I am glad to see a bigger woman portrayed on screen without being a joke or purely seen as the "bigger girl."
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
Wow. Just....Wow.
So I started watching this show because I know the guy who plays Leif. At first, I thought it was a light hearted show that would be akin to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend or Glee. But it is so much more than that. Because I'm a musical and theatre person, I've always expressed myself through music. But seeing every day people internalizing emotions through music just hit in a very different way that I wasn't expecting. I know that not everyone relates to musicals and breaking out into songs, but every one of us, at some point, has listened to music that sets our souls and minds free. And that's what this show sets out to do. It showcases the fact that every one of us connects to music in a way that is difficult to describe, but that most of the time, that's the best way to describe our feelings.
Sing Street (2016)
I love this movie
It was such a fun original movie! I'm really excited for the stage musical version of this because I think it will transfer brilliantly to stage!
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Mindy Kaling: Amazing As Always
I laughed. I cried. I loved each stage of life with three strong women. This show was so stinking good and exactly what I needed. ALREADY gearing up for Season 2.
The Middle (2009)
Like Your Own Family
Wow. I don't think I can say enough good things about this show. My father grew up in Indiana, and although he had three sisters, the Middle feels exactly like what growing up in a small town in Indiana is like. Every character has their own endearing quality to me, and I cried during the last episode because I was just so happy to see everyone have the happy ending they so rightfully deserved. This show, to me, is that comforting warm hug you get whenever you go home, no matter where that is for you. I can only hope to have a life and family full of love like the Heck's.
Party Down (2009)
Sad it's only two seasons
I'm sad that it's only two seasons because it was a hilarious show and totally bingeworthy. However, if this show hadn't been canceled, we may never have had Ben Wyatt.
Teachers (2016)
Best Friend and Daughter of Teachers
I'm only 5 episodes in, but I am absolutely hooked. If you've known any normal teachers, you realize that they live outside of the class room. My best friend works at a somewhat rough school, and I find her stories very relatable to this show. My mother was also a T-shirt who literally took no prisoners for school. Give teachers more credit, y'all
Love, Simon (2018)
I Was Blown Away
So, I normally don't write reviews on IMDB. I've watched a lot of movies, and while I wouldn't say that this is the best movie I've ever seen, I think a lot of what is captured in this movie is very realistic to our present. There are many reviewers who say that this movie is not realistic for several reasons: why would a teenager be that close with their parents? Why would a teenager wait for someone on top of a Ferris wheel? Why would a teenager fall in love and only commmunicate with someone I've the internet?
Well, just because it didn't happen to you does not mean it didn't happen to someone else. I am someone who was/is very close to their parents, even as a teenager. The Ferris wheel scene is TOTALLY something I would have done as a grand gesture in high school. And I communicated with my husband only through text messages for the first full month we were talking (I had seen him before but still!!)
I am not a lesbian, but I am a very big ally for the LGBTQIA community. I remember when I first saw two men as partners on a design show in the 4th grade, and I asked my mother why there were two men that were so close. When she told me that they were together, my response was something along the lines of "Aww. That's so sweet." Any time one of my friends or relatives has come out to me as gay, I've made sure to make them feel at ease and to help them realize that that part of them does not change how I perceive them. Who you love should not change who you are.
That was the most powerful thing I got from this movie. Simon knew who he was. He wasn't afraid of being gay; he was afraid that people would stop viewing him as Simon. When we have kids in the future, if one of them is gay/lesbian/bi/trans/etc, I hope that they never feel like they have to hide that part of themselves because they worry about that changing who they are to me. They will still be my son or daughter.
I know that this film is not indicative of every coming out story, and I am so sorry for those who did not have a supportive coming out experience. I wish I could send you all of my love and let you know that any negative reactions you received does not dictate who you are. I was just happy to finally see a film that showed a much more positive outcome for someone coming out. I am hopeful that this will bring more LGBTQIA stories to our cinemas and TV screens.