This is a pleasant film. I can't imagine anyone hating it or loving it. It is jarring to see Olivia and Chloe have such harsh words for each other's characters in their arguments, but that's as high as the stakes get. We know Izzy's not going to get in any major trouble in L.A., and we know her father isn't going to turn out to be horrible man. Therefore, Swoosie Kurtz's character ends up providing "comic relief" where not much relief is needed. Maybe a wackier story line would have been if Jasmine had a son and he went off to L.A. to be a drag queen, but that wouldn't have been a showcase for Chloe. So what we have is a kinda funny, kinda dramatic mother-daughter story with music as a backdrop. This film may not be gripping or hilarious, but the target audience (pre-teen girls, Olivia fans, gay men) will find it enjoyable, and most others should find something to like about it. A few of them might even view it again.
