So some girl is a teenage delinquent, performing stunts on her BMX bike with her two buddies. She accidentally rides her bike through the window of a house, causing thousands of dollars in damage, and she's given the choice of juvenile detention, a military academy, or to go back to gymnastics training. (She used to be the greatest gymnast in the whole world, yadda yadda yadda). She gets stuck with the gymnastics training, and off we go. The other girls don't like her, she quit the team before and besides they're all jealous of her because she used to be the greatest gymnast in the whole world...
But that stuff doesn't even matter. This girl is the single most annoying character I think I have ever witnessed in my life. She gives self-centered narcissism a bad name. She thinks the entire universe revolves around her. She has the maturity level of a nine year old, which is even more grating considering the actress who plays her is 24 years old. Every single thing that comes out of her mouth is a smart-aleck remark, spoken in that "cutesy" way that fans of Lizzie McGuire will probably think is clever. It's like a lesson in how to be "cool" for six year old's.
Anyone over the age of 12 will just find it intolerable. Best of all, there's absolutely no human being there - she's so superficial that she completely redefines the boundaries of what it means to be superficial. She doesn't want to do anything with her life - considering she's in her mid twenties, living at home, and hanging out with a bunch of kids in their early teens you'd think she's be feeling a little anxious by now. And she does nothing but argue with everyone, about everything, all the time. She doesn't want to do this, she doesn't want to do that, she thinks this is stupid, that is stupid, everything is stupid. And if I ever - EVER - in my entire life see someone hold their hand up to their face as if to mimic a telephone, ever again, I swear I'm going to absolutely lose it. And if all this isn't bad enough, she's portrayed as being so good at gymnastics that even though she hasn't practiced in years, after about two days of utterly half-hearted effort she's already outdoing all the other girls who have been working hard, day in and day out, for the entire time that she's been a complete slacker. I hesitate to even think what kind of message this sends to young girls who might be interested in gymnastics.
There's absolutely no way I could make it through the first half hour of this film even with liberal and near continuous use of the fast forward button. This is just the worst thing I've ever witnessed. Teen movies are supposed to make you nostalgic for all the crazy fun times you has as a kid. This thing just makes me damned happy to be an adult.
But that stuff doesn't even matter. This girl is the single most annoying character I think I have ever witnessed in my life. She gives self-centered narcissism a bad name. She thinks the entire universe revolves around her. She has the maturity level of a nine year old, which is even more grating considering the actress who plays her is 24 years old. Every single thing that comes out of her mouth is a smart-aleck remark, spoken in that "cutesy" way that fans of Lizzie McGuire will probably think is clever. It's like a lesson in how to be "cool" for six year old's.
Anyone over the age of 12 will just find it intolerable. Best of all, there's absolutely no human being there - she's so superficial that she completely redefines the boundaries of what it means to be superficial. She doesn't want to do anything with her life - considering she's in her mid twenties, living at home, and hanging out with a bunch of kids in their early teens you'd think she's be feeling a little anxious by now. And she does nothing but argue with everyone, about everything, all the time. She doesn't want to do this, she doesn't want to do that, she thinks this is stupid, that is stupid, everything is stupid. And if I ever - EVER - in my entire life see someone hold their hand up to their face as if to mimic a telephone, ever again, I swear I'm going to absolutely lose it. And if all this isn't bad enough, she's portrayed as being so good at gymnastics that even though she hasn't practiced in years, after about two days of utterly half-hearted effort she's already outdoing all the other girls who have been working hard, day in and day out, for the entire time that she's been a complete slacker. I hesitate to even think what kind of message this sends to young girls who might be interested in gymnastics.
There's absolutely no way I could make it through the first half hour of this film even with liberal and near continuous use of the fast forward button. This is just the worst thing I've ever witnessed. Teen movies are supposed to make you nostalgic for all the crazy fun times you has as a kid. This thing just makes me damned happy to be an adult.