Late Bloomer (TV Movie 2016)

Late Bloomer: Directed by W.D. Hogan. With Italia Ricci, Nathan Parsons, Madison Pettis, Beth Broderick. A woman falls for a guy who bullied her in high school.

“This movie surprised me. I donu0026#39;t laugh much at movies because the humor usually doesnu0026#39;t appeal to me. And an lol is really rare. In this movie, I had several lollu0026#39;s.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story was a bit unusual and except for the last two scenes wasnu0026#39;t that predictable. There are several intentionally silly situations, like Jenny climbing a tree so she can fall and hit her head. But there are some artfully orchestrated situations also. Thereu0026#39;s some witty dialogue. And one of my personal favorites, there are some great facial expressions.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt also covered a very serious topic and even offered one possible alternative as a ray of hope for those who are bullied. Bullying is a terrible social injustice perpetrated by the privileged over those who arenu0026#39;t, and the thing is that the bullyu0026#39;s donu0026#39;t really gain anything from it except hollow self-importance. Authorities can try to overcome it and donu0026#39;t really try hard enough, but only when the bullied believe in themselves will the bullying go away. Unfortunately, that is such a hard thing to do when youu0026#39;re bullied and it will not occur as long as any of us believe the lies that weu0026#39;re told by almost everything around us in the world except true friends and family (unfortunately not always) and God.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting is pretty good. Thereu0026#39;s chemistry in places where itu0026#39;s needed, and thereu0026#39;s antagonism in places where thatu0026#39;s needed. For me, the star was Madison Pettis despite her being slightly secondary to Ricci. Remember what I said about facial expressions? But she also shows hurt in more ways than just tears. I didnu0026#39;t care for Derek Krantzu0026#39;s performance. He was just shallow and lame, but some of that was the writing.”