Ignore the negative reviews and give this movie a chance.
Yes, you've seen the "popular kid befriends nerd to manipulate them for the benefit of the popular kid only to experience a change of heart" movie before.
But you've never seen it done like this.
Angourie Rice - a criminally underutilized and under-appreciated actress - gets to shine in this role. The breaking of the 4th wall to talk directly to the audience throughout the film and keep the viewer on the "inside" of Honor's less than honorable plan is a fun twist and great storytelling mechanism.
The big twist at the end was also unexpected - I mean, you know SOMETHING was coming but I don't think many saw that coming.
Is this an award winning, groundbreaking film?
No - but it takes a tried and true formula of coming of age/romcom movies we have seen for decades - and comes at it from a different angle, with a slightly different outcome than we've seen before. Most people will laugh/smile/tear up throughout.
The result is an enjoyable 97 minutes.
Plot summary
Honor is an ambitious high school senior whose sole focus is getting into Harvard, assuming she can first score the coveted recommendation from her guidance counselor, Mr. Calvin. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a Machiavellian-like plan to take down her top three student competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition, Michael.
July 30, 2022 at 10:34 AM
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A new spin on an old story, with a fun twist.
It let me feel good
First, I didn't expected that it will be good and I just wanted anything to see turs out it is good. The plot was pleasent but not in a bad way, there is things I didn't thought that it would happen. The comedy part in the show was delightful not to make you laugh out loud but to make you smile, and I was smiling through the whole movie. Also my reactions to any evnt in the film was so interactive. If you were free and you don't have anything to watch you should watch this absolutly.
Angourie Rice is perfect in the lead role
Not another teen movie with young adults playing high school students? Yes, but this one's a winner. It's clever, witty, engaging, has heart and is knocked out of the park by a star winning performance by Angourie Rice. I enjoyed how the tone shifted from Machiavellian to honesty and truth, though the counselor/student sub plot is a little creepy. Should appeal to all ages and I'm an old dude.
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i love it sm( ??? )?
one would thought that the whole generation is like these paranoid schizo spoiled brats and fortunately only those from " wood hillz " and the majority talks normal and have some developed stages of emphaty at least.
incels are triggered
Angourie should mosdef do p*rn
anjourie gilf
20mins in and this is so terrible... torture forcing myself to watch even that much. Not Okay was kinda similar vibe but far far better. give that a try.
That's angour not angourie in Hindi. @muaz7
Feminist Bs indeed...wake up girls, life is harder than this stupid fantasy...
feminist bs.
Great, i love this
Angourie Rice, Angourie means grapes in Hindi. Her both names are food @oldnewman
Angourie Rice... Angourie means cucumber in Greek. Her both names are food
I love it too...
Loved this! Such a lot of fun - very much like Clueless (1995) in many ways as both a hip & slightly geeky, coming-of-age story. Well worth a look. Thanks again, Freeman.
Such an awesome movie! Definitely leaves you feeling good after watchin'. Love it! :)
There's NO honor in this society.
glot remko butclop