Directed and Written by : Amy S. Weber
Starring : Lexi Ainsworth, Hunter King, Jimmy Bennett
Release Date : March 27, 2015
This amateur footage, faux-documentary, after-school special movie isn't perfect by any means. It has awkward camera work, it’s melodramatic at times, is exploitative at it’s worst, and emotionally manipulative at some plot points. Despite all that however, I feel very much compelled to champion it and tell everybody to see this movie about bullying.
It’s easy to do a movie about bullying, but it usually ends up being either sensationalistic enough to distance viewers from it’s message, or is too serious and over the top dramatic that it becomes unrelatable. This movie however kept a good balance to stay in point of it’s very important message, with the strength of it’s cast of young and adult characters, and the very personal touch done by Director/Writer Amy S. Weber.
As the story progressed, I found myself more and more emotionally invested with it’s characters. I particularly like the fact that this movie doesn’t take on a one-sided approach to the subject, and tackled many different point of views. If you’ve ever been a victim of bullying, or have caused distressed by being the bully, or are entering the young age of being a teenager, please see “A Girl Like Her.”
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