Wie Jodi über sich hinauswuchs (2019)

Wie Jodi über sich hinauswuchs: Directed by Nzingha Stewart. With Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter, Paris Berelc. Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the confidence to stand tall.

“Some turns the movie takes are a bit annoying, and the score is too noticeable and tiresome after a while. But otherwise I actually liked it for the most part in its first hour or so. Itu0026#39;s an innocent little teen comedy and I donu0026#39;t see too much wrong with that personally. However, most things toward the end are unforgivably kitschy and cringey which really brings the whole flick down by a lot. The performances, even if by people who mostly didnu0026#39;t act much or at all before, are very solid. Tall Girl overall is so surface level and just not good enough, even if it has some honestly good flashes of a kinda nice movie. On a sidenote I gotta say Maggie Rogersu0026#39; Light On at the end was such a nice surprise, but the song was edited weirdly which sort of fits this whole movie. It could have easily been so much better, but simply wasnu0026#39;t in the end because of odd choices in the script which made the flick feel silly by the time the credits started to roll.”