Rotten
Seems less and less convincing the more blatantly it strives for authenticity.
Justin Chang, Variety
A Girl Like Her
Everybody's dreamgirl. One girl's nightmare.
2015 · 1h 31m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Amy S. Weber
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A Girl Like Her
Overview
Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. But when a shocking event changes both of their lives, a documentary film crew, a hidden digital camera, and the attention of a reeling community begin to reveal the powerful truth about A Girl Like Her.
Director and cast
- Amy S. Weber Director
- Hunter King as Avery Keller
- Lexi Ainsworth as Jessica Burns
- Jimmy Bennett as Brian Slater
- Amy S. Weber as Filmmaker/Amy Gallagher
- Stephanie Cotton as Margarete Burns
- Mark Boyd as Gerald Burns
- Christy Engle-McGuckin as Kassie Keller
- Jon W. Martin as David Keller
- Madison Deadman as Amily Sailler
- Anna Spaseski Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A Girl Like Her unfolds with a clear-eyed approach to the subject - a drama that fleshes out the principals and shows, without excusing the bully, that pain is not the exclusive domain of the victim.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Hunter King is believably despicable as the prototypical Mean Girl, but we DO feel empathy for Avery as she begins to realize the depths of the destruction she caused.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Performed with unflinching honesty, it's a story that'll be familiar to countless teens, and the film could well have a long life as required, vivid viewing for high-schoolers, who'll have plenty to discuss after its poignant ending.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
The narrative momentum quickly stalls out, as the story adds little to dynamics of high school bullying. The characters are two-dimensional at best, with dubious and paper-thin motivations.
Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
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