So, me and my bf started to watch this film with a good spirit and from reviews had an expectation that it would have some resemblance to the good old 90s classics. We love the 90s and early 2000s teen movies, they had so much soul and character and sometimes just silly simple laughs. BUT this movie underwhelmed us quite fast, I´d say within the first 20 minutes or so. Here are my top 5 good things about the movie:
1. Maya Hawke is a lovely actress 2. For nostalgic reasons, I loved every little second seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar on the screen 3. The idea and premise of the movie was good and captivating 4. The production and style were quite okay 5. Who doesn´t love a good twist
And now for the top 5 worst things about the movie that made it underwhelming and worth a score of 5 for me:
1. I do not enjoy Camila Mendes in that role (not a fan of hers at all) - she feels inauthentic and then to no fault of hers her character is written in such a way that I cannot root for her, not even at the end, she is just simply a bad very self-centered person in my opinion 2. The film tries too hard with too many weird details, such as students randomly working at the farm. At first you watch all of that and it seems okay, but then when you dissect it you realize that it was unnecessary and weird.
3. Goes along with the 1. Point but none of the characters had redeeming qualities. None. Maya Hawke was meant to be mean and that's fine and logical, but the rest of them were douchebags and towards the end some of them pretended to be nice suddenly. This whole dynamic was senseless for me.
4. The story with the twist would´ve certainly been more impactful and shocking if the characters had a better and more sincere friendship, that just wasn´t shown in my opinion.
5. The love interests of the characters - just no. So boring, so forgettable and not at all relevant to the whole story whatsoever. Besides for Camila´s revenge boy of course. But he as well could´ve been so much better as a character, so much deeper and conniving.
1. Maya Hawke is a lovely actress 2. For nostalgic reasons, I loved every little second seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar on the screen 3. The idea and premise of the movie was good and captivating 4. The production and style were quite okay 5. Who doesn´t love a good twist
And now for the top 5 worst things about the movie that made it underwhelming and worth a score of 5 for me:
1. I do not enjoy Camila Mendes in that role (not a fan of hers at all) - she feels inauthentic and then to no fault of hers her character is written in such a way that I cannot root for her, not even at the end, she is just simply a bad very self-centered person in my opinion 2. The film tries too hard with too many weird details, such as students randomly working at the farm. At first you watch all of that and it seems okay, but then when you dissect it you realize that it was unnecessary and weird.
3. Goes along with the 1. Point but none of the characters had redeeming qualities. None. Maya Hawke was meant to be mean and that's fine and logical, but the rest of them were douchebags and towards the end some of them pretended to be nice suddenly. This whole dynamic was senseless for me.
4. The story with the twist would´ve certainly been more impactful and shocking if the characters had a better and more sincere friendship, that just wasn´t shown in my opinion.
5. The love interests of the characters - just no. So boring, so forgettable and not at all relevant to the whole story whatsoever. Besides for Camila´s revenge boy of course. But he as well could´ve been so much better as a character, so much deeper and conniving.
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