![]() ![]() The great thing about Netflix movies and shows is how they are breaking all the preconceived notions of how a movie should be made and we are seeing diverse storylines that the networks would never have risked airing. I find it a much welcome break from the usual BS cheerleader, jock, geek stereotype that everyone associates with american teen movies. ![]() Perhaps you went to a school more similar to the Mike character. Anyone complaining about how this doesn't fit their idea of high school obv doesn't get it. Seeing lots of complaints about the girls' behaviour and drug use but the movie is set in a hippie school, similar to where I went to school and yes, we were very mutlicultural, very promiscuous and very into marijuana. It starts off pretty badly with white girls talking like gangster rappers but it does pick up as it goes along and it was definitely reminiscent of my last few weeks of high school. Only reviewing this because the other reviews were so polarised. The plot was meh, but entertaining enough, and the lack of teen-girl-drama tropes more than compensated. The characters were a little boring, but refreshing. In short: I appreciate the accuracy of the movie, and I like what the movie WASN'T about. It shouldn't be that way, but I actually kind of appreciated that accuracy and the fact that it's not the focus of the movie yet another way the story subverts expectations. Infuriatingly, that situation is all too common for girls and women in high school and college, and it often plays out exactly as represented in the movie: we deal with it, it scars us, but we move on knowing there's little that would be done if we reached out. And while I know one review said the movie normalized rape, the sad thing is.the experience of rape IS normal. The girls are sexually liberated (and - surprise! - it's not a big deal!) and get theirs first (11 minutes!). Yeah they use drugs, but it's not a big deal and not an overwrought plot point (although who decided cigarettes were in again?). And I'll take a slow plot over one that revolves around crushes and popularity contests any day. The characters (who, yes, are 30-year-old actresses) are confident, high achievers, happy at school, a little deviant, and don't fall into boring stereotypes. Okay, this movie isn't winning any awards for plot, but I enjoyed it nonetheless because it's a totally fresh take on being a girl in high school. ![]()
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