A confused teenager writes a blog revealing her daily activities and secrets, advised to do so by her high school guidance counselor in lieu of moving on to her first year in college.A confused teenager writes a blog revealing her daily activities and secrets, advised to do so by her high school guidance counselor in lieu of moving on to her first year in college.A confused teenager writes a blog revealing her daily activities and secrets, advised to do so by her high school guidance counselor in lieu of moving on to her first year in college.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Waiter
- (as Sascha Saballet)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWinner of 'Best Actress' for Britt Robertson at Nashville Film Festival 2014
- GoofsWhen the old guy talks with Katie at the party, he talks about how the Apache desecrated the enemy and what they did to General Custer's cavalry, who, in fact, died at the hands of the Sioux.
- Quotes
Paul Spooner: Dear Miss Kampenfelt, since you expressed a desire today to learn more about adult life, here are ten bitter truths for your reading pleasure. Number one, complete honesty is a complete lie. Two, marriage is sacred only to those who have never been married. Three, money is more integral to happiness than romantic love.
Katie Kampenfelt: Four, every human being is a contradiction. Some hide it better than others. Five, never underestimate the tendency of human beings to act contrary to their own best interests. Six, were it not for the fear of getting caught, most of us would behave like savages. Seven, all sex has consequences, most of them dire.
Joel Seidler: [reading the last three bitter truths] The older you get, the faster time flies until months pass like days. There's no such thing as living happily ever after. Everything gets worse.
- ConnectionsReferences Adam est... Ève (1954)
- SoundtracksMy Christmas Song
Written by Alexandra Nicholas
Performed by Zanny
This film explores human behaviour and morals but does so in a way i did not find preachy which allowed me to think about characters' behaviour and assess for myself what I believed to be right and wrong. This film is not for everyone and the ending, which i will not spoil, may leave a bitter taste in some peoples' mouths but in my opinion it tied the film off in a way that matches the tone of the rest of the film.
There are strong performances throughout, especially for Britt Robertson (Katie), and all the characters came across as mostly believable. Cinematography is also fairly strong yet isn't extravagant enough to distract from the unfolding story.
My only issues are the editing can be somewhat distracting or disjointing in parts but that may be a personal grievance, I also felt the run time could have been 15 minutes or so shorter as some scenes felt irrelevant and mundane although that may be the intention and the ending could leave some people disappointed.
Overall it is a solid coming of age tale with strong characters and acting with only a few issues to be found.
7.9/10
JH
- joshdavidheath
- May 23, 2016
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- Also known as
- Undiscovered Gyrl
- Filming locations
- Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena, California, USA(Driving to Dan's new house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
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- Budget
- $950,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color