{"id":3763,"date":"2015-03-27T04:47:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T11:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2015-03-27T04:47:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T11:47:49","slug":"review-a-girl-like-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=3763","title":{"rendered":"Review: A GIRL LIKE HER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?attachment_id=3765\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-27-at-7.33.00-AM-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2015-03-27 at 7.33.00 AM\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-27-at-7.33.00-AM-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-27-at-7.33.00-AM-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-Shot-2015-03-27-at-7.33.00-AM.png 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?attachment_id=3670\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fixbutton.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"fixbutton\" width=\"100\" height=\"112\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3670\" \/><\/a>Life is tough for 16-year-old Jessica Burns (played by Lexi Ainsworth), especially when she draws the ire of high school siren Avery Keller (Hunter King).<\/p>\n<p>After being bullied by Avery, she turns to filmmaker-in-training and best friend Brian Slater (Jimmy Bennett) to document the abuse. But Jessica discovers that being a part of her own personal reality television show takes its toll.<\/p>\n<p>Using a clever modern visual scope, that employs the use of hidden cameras, documentary style techniques, and the DSLR video look, writer\/director Amy S. Weber, manages to paint a very intimate picture of high school life in this social media age. After a period of adjustment, viewers will quickly accept the first-person point of view camera work, which is thankfully stabilized and mostly avoids the \u201cBlair Witch\u201d trappings that leave people nauseous. And instead of being a gimmick, this storytelling approach is wholly appropriate\u2013teens today film everything and even share their deepest secrets with the world in Kik groups or on Instagram. How many followers does your kid have online?<\/p>\n<p>No doubt to be compared to movies like director Marisa Silver\u2019s 1988 film \u201cPermanent Record,\u201d \u201cA Girl Like Her\u201d is a fitting cautionary tale. Some scenes reminded me of the 1990 picture \u201cPump Up the Volume\u201d where the parents are depicted as both out of control, while others are understanding and in touch. And by adopting the visual scope which today\u2019s teens are accustomed, \u201cA Girl Like Her\u201d should connect with the key viewer demographic without coming off as too preachy.<\/p>\n<p>The overall effect makes the actors seem more authentic, with images captured in a video \u201cyou are there look\u201d as opposed to standard cinematic methods. The film ultimately comes off as a hybrid combining seamlessly documentary, narrative and reality television styles. What could have been a cheesy disaster proves to be emotionally potent, especially as family lives and motivations are explored.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in limited release in theaters across the country, \u201cA Girl Like Her\u201d is more than an after school special. It is impactful\u2013and I don\u2019t want to give anything away\u2013as we learn about the bullied and the bully, both are victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s after school special is a potent cautionary tale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3767,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions\/3767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}