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Film Review: ‘A Girl Like Her’

A conceptually sophisticated, emotionally manipulative drama about America's teen bullying epidemic.

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The causes and consequences of teen bullying get a potent if not entirely persuasive airing in “A Girl Like Her,” a mix of found-footage thriller, mock-doc realism and public service announcement that rings true almost as often as it rings false. There is much to admire in writer-director Amy S. Weber’s well-acted, well-meaning cautionary tale about a high-school student who attempts suicide after being relentlessly targeted by a verbally abusive classmate. Yet the film’s agenda-driven approach, while sure to strike topical chords and generate exposure in American high schools far and wide, has the inevitable effect of compromising the drama, which seems less and less convincing the more blatantly it strives for authenticity.

Weber’s film has a tough opening scene: Jessica Burns (Lexi Ainsworth), a sophomore at South Brookdale High School, opens her parents’ medicine cabinet, downs a bottle of pills and falls unconscious. All this is shot from Jessica’s p.o.v.: She’s wearing a pin concealing a tiny camera, which we later learn was given to her six months earlier by her friend Brian (Jimmy Bennett), for reasons that will be revealed shortly. As the girl lingers in a coma, watched over by her heartbroken parents (Stephanie Cotton, Mark Boyd), a documentary filmmaker, Amy (Weber herself), starts filming in and around the corridors of South Brookdale High, determined to capture a definitive snapshot of the average public-school experience. It’s not long before Amy has begun tracking the story of Jessica’s suicide attempt, the motive for which she soon traces to Avery Keller (Hunter King), one of the most popular girls in school — and, as we later observe in Jessica’s secretly recorded footage, the sort of mean girl who would give even Regina George pause.

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In short, every moment of “A Girl Like Her” is meant to be perceived as “real,” captured by cameras that are explicitly accounted for in the story — whether it’s Jessica’s pin, Avery’s own video diaries or the more heavy-duty equipment wielded by Amy’s crew. It’s a shrewd enough conceit, nicely reflecting the obsession with self-depiction and technology that afflicts the average modern teenager (and quite a few adults as well), while also heightening the verisimilitude of what we’re watching. Working with d.p. Samuel Brownfield and editor Todd Zelin, Weber capably simulates the look and texture of a documentary, observing with fly-on-the-wall detachment as students hang out in the hallways, capturing the heated discussions at an emergency PTA meeting, and using school administrators and teachers as calm, rational talking heads.

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At a certain point, however, Weber pushes her conceptual strategy well past the point of plausibility. If what we’re seeing here is supposed to pass for an actual documentary, the result feels clumsy enough at times as to suggest a textbook demonstration of how not to make one — starting with the crew’s habit of eavesdropping on students in their most private moments (the sound recording in these scenes is improbably first-rate). Elsewhere, there are instructive reminders that throwing a verite frame around a scene doesn’t automatically render it believable, just as the act of filming a parent’s grief doesn’t become less exploitative simply because the camera is shaking along with them.

What makes “A Girl Like Her” intriguing in spite of these flaws is the fact that Weber’s interest clearly resides more with the villain than with the victim in this scenario, which may account for why Jessica, though well played by Ainsworth, never becomes more than an object of sympathy. Avery, by contrast, emerges as the true protagonist of a story that fully intends not only to expose her, but also to redeem her — to hold her up as a living, breathing embodiment of the old saying that “Hurt people hurt people.” Heading up a strong cast, the 21-year-old King (an Emmy winner for her work on “The Young and the Restless”) etches a fully rounded characterization here, doing full justice to Avery’s viciousness, but also to the defensiveness and vulnerability lurking beneath her stereotypical blonde-queen-bee surface.

Humanizing a monster — and allowing her to tell her story in her own words — is an eminently worthy aim in a movie that is nothing if not eminently worthy. But at a certain point, Weber’s meddlesome alter ego doesn’t seem to be documenting the events in question so much as auditioning for the job of guidance counselor, all but enfolding her characters in a group hug. The teary-eyed, over-scored montage that closes “A Girl Like Her” would feel manipulative in the extreme even if it didn’t build to a final shot of altogether remarkable dishonesty: For a movie that’s trying to teach the teenagers of America that their actions can have tragic repercussions, there’s something borderline irresponsible about the idea that a simple show of remorse is all it takes to make everything OK.

Reviewed online, Pasadena, Calif., March 29, 2015. Running time: 92 MIN.

• Production: A Parkside Releasing release and presentation of a Radish Creative Group production in association with Bottom Line Entertainment. Produced by Amy S. Weber, Jeffrey D. Spilman, Danny Roth. Executive producers, Russell Dann, Brian Oakley.
• Crew: Directed, written by Amy S. Weber. Camera (color), Samuel Brownfield; editor, Todd Zelin; music, David Bateman; production designer, Ronit Pinto; costume designer, Aline Hong; sound, Matthew A. Downey; re-recording mixer, Humberto Zamores; line producer, Tiziano Tucci; associate producer, Rachel Cole; assistant director, Glenn Miller; second unit director, Rachel Cole; second unit camera, Alex Grossfeld.
• With: Hunter King, Lexi Ainsworth, Jimmy Bennett, Amy S. Weber, Stephanie Cotton, Mark Boyd, Christy Engle-McGuckin, Jon Martin, Madison Deadman, Anna Spaseski, Mariah Harrison, Emma Dwyer, Michael Maurice, Christy Edwards, Kevin Yon, Linda Boston, Paul Lang, Gino Borri, Sarah Soraghan.

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The line between nonfiction and narrative is often blurred, and in “A Girl Like Her,” Amy S. Weber explores how traditional documentary storytelling techniques can be used to tell a familiar but fictional tale.

Using a mix of found footage and more traditional documentary style complete with intertitles, chyrons and an off-screen director interacting with the film’s characters, “A Girl Like Her” tells the well-worn story of teenage bullying and suicide. Jessica (Lexi Ainsworth) is bullied mercilessly by former friend and mean girl Avery (Hunter King), leading to Jessica’s eventual suicide attempt.

While she is in the hospital in a coma, her family, school administrators and friends attempt to figure out why. Flashbacks seen through footage taken by her best friend ,Brian (Jimmy Bennett), paint Jessica as a sweet but naive girl, and Brian outfits her with a necklace surveillance camera to capture footage of the bullying. This is countered with Avery’s video diaries, as the “director” has asked her to provide her own “popular girl” perspective.

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. Even the new angle of showing the bully’s struggle (Avery’s family problems at home) seems hackneyed.

Subtlety is not the film’s strong suit either, because points are hammered home rather than implied. Although the storytelling technique may feel innovative, the story itself is not.

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“A Girl Like Her”

MPAA rating: PG-13

Running time: 1 hour, 32 minutes

Playing: Arclight Hollywood; AMC Universal Citywalk Stadium 19.

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‘A Girl Like Her’: a powerful, faux documentary on bullying

A review of “A Girl Like Her,” which backtracks from a suicide attempt to the bullying that led to it. Rating: 3.5 stars out of 4.

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In the opening minutes of “A Girl Like Her,” we watch a pretty teen named Jessica (Lexi Ainsworth) doing what teenagers do: goofing around with her best friend, Brian (Jimmy Bennett), who’s capturing the moment on video; hanging out in her room, with its stuffed animals and ballet slippers; smiling sweetly for the camera, looking both achingly vulnerable and very happy. And then, we hear sobs, and see Jessica reflected in a bathroom mirror, a bottle of pills in her hand.

Amy S. Weber’s smart, powerful film begins with that suicide attempt, and from there moves both backward and forward to examine what compelled Jessica to do it, and what its fallout might be. Jessica, we learn quickly, was being bullied at school: at the hands of a preening Mean Girl named Avery (Hunter King), who’s quick to deny — surrounded by her fawning, hair-flipping posse — that she did anything wrong. As Jessica lies in a coma and her distraught parents search for answers, the story’s focus moves to Avery, echoing the words of a parent at a school meeting. “You need to get inside the bully’s head,” he says. “Hurt people hurt people.”

Structured as a faux documentary about Jessica and Avery’s Michigan high school, including found footage shot by Jessica herself with Brian’s help, “A Girl Like Her” cleverly hides its low-budget origins. (The low-rent documentary realism, complete with flat light and awkward shots, is completely believable; there are even a few shots of kids with their faces blurred, as if their parents didn’t give permission for them to participate.) 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. Watch King’s Avery, as her perfect facade begins to crumble — the villain of the piece becomes, believably, another victim.

Movie Review ★★★½  

‘A Girl Like Her,’ with Hunter King, Lexi Ainsworth, Jimmy Bennett. Written and directed by Amy S. Weber. 92 minutes. Not rated; suitable for teen audiences. Several theaters.

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Interview: Amy Weber talks about “A Girl Like Her”

I was lucky enough to chat with the director and writer of the film “A Girl Like Her” and tackle the issue of bullying and suicide. If you didn’t know already, “A Girl Like Her” is a documentary-style drama that focuses on two girls who have more in common than they realize. The main character, Jessica, is constantly bullied at school by the token mean girl, Avery. However, things get a little out of hand when Jessica decides she just can’t take it anymore. There may be a few spoilers ahead, so fair warning.

Weber has tackled numerous teen issues in the past, but one thing that she noticed is that a common trend with young adolescents is the topic of bullying and suicide. So she wanted to do something a bit different from what’s been done before and give us more perspective. “Kids don’t have a safe space to be themselves. I made this movie for all the kids. I wanted to give the film an authentic voice,” said Weber, when asked why she decided to focus on bullying and suicide.

It’s obvious that we’ve been hearing a lot more about suicide and bullying these days than ever before. Perhaps it’s because technology has given us more exposure, but one this is for sure, bullying today is not taken as lightly as it used to be. “The days of the ‘schoolyard bully’ are over. You don’t get to escape the bully once you’re home and away from school anymore because of the internet”, Weber continues to give us more insight on the topic “the internet has opened a new type of bullying that we cannot control; we can’t control the internet.” She finished off by stating something we’ve said numerous times daily, but never about bullying, “the internet has changed everything”.  It surely has.

Weber admits that one of the main ideas of the film is “the only way to save a victim is to hear the bully”. We asked her about Avery a lot, as she seemed like one of the more complex characters and she had no issues defending someone who would normally be known as a ‘villain’ in real life. “It was two fold,” she said “Maybe even genetic. I don’t believe she was born a mean girl, I believe she was taught to be one.” Weber continued to talk about Avery’s home life stating “She had a role model at home who taught her how to gain control by controlling others and belittling and demoralizing others”. We finished off with the topic of Avery by stating a simple fact, “she was a victim in her own home”.

One of the things I enjoyed most about the film is that it didn’t only focus on the victim, but it delved deeper by showing you the point of view of the bully. Granted, bullying is never the answer and isn’t really justified. However, just because behavior is not justified, it doesn’t mean it can’t be understood and that’s what Amy S. Weber portrayed so wonderfully in this film. I recommend it, 100%. It will teach you a few things, but most of all to be more open-minded and understanding about what adolescents deal with today. Contrary to popular belief, they are not invincible because they’re young, wild and free, but they sure are vulnerable. They can be torn down as quickly as they are built up and that is something that should never be forgotten. “A Girl Like Her” really changes up the docu-drama genre and is really making waves. Check out the trailer below and make sure to catch the film at your local theater.

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I know, I know. It’s a movie about BULLYING. That’s a bit heavier than the usual TN fodder, but this movie is INCREDIBLE.

What’s the film About?

A Narrative film shot in a documentary style, director Amy S. Weber sends a film crew sent into South Brookdale High School to find out what makes this school one of the top in the country. Early into her visit in the school, student Jessica Burns (Lexi Ainsworth) attempts to take her own life. Through a series of interviews with students, Jessica’s one and only friend Brian Slater and listening to the rumor mill, it’s clear to Amy that Jessica was bullied and Avery Keller (Hunter King) was at fault. What follows is an eye-opening story of the plight of many teens in today’s social media obsessed society, and a real look into the struggles of today’s teens.

The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bully Avery played by the incredible Hunter King.

And when I say real,  I mean real. In the middle of screening this movie, I had to look up details to verify what I was watching wasn’t an actual documentary- it felt SO real. I cried- no I  wept-  over this film. If you have a teenager, know a teenager or love a teenager, watch this film and encourage teenagers you know to watch it, as well.

Learn more from the Director and lead actress

I got a chance to talk with director Amy S. Weber on the phone and conduct an e-mail interview with actress Lexi Ainsworth (who plays bullying victim Jessica Burns) this week. If this doesn’t convince you to see this movie this week, you’re dead inside*:

Direct Amy S. Weber

I asked Amy how she got the idea for the film and she told me it was a decade in the making. Her experience is with making educational films with young people- telling true stories of their experiences. A theme kept emerging over and over again– one of low self-esteem and a fear of being vunerable. She was inspired by the kids on the front line.

In our conversation Amy casually dropped that the ENTIRE FILM was improvised ! She did not write a script into the screenplay. I talked to Lexi about this and told her: The movie felt SO real. It was awkward in that way- like I was peeking in on a REAL family dinner and a REAL convo between two best friends. How did you get that unscripted feeling? She said

Living in our characters while we were on set helped tremendously. Also not having a script gave us that advantage.

Actress Lexi Ainsworth plays bullying victim Jessica Burns

Oh yeah, that “NOT HAVING A SCRIPT” helped! I asked Amy to elaborate on why she made that (brilliant) decision. She said (paraphrased)

“It was a gut feeling that this film had to be unique. iI’s not the first time this story has been told. It was more important to me that this came across as authentic as possible. I needed to get into the world of the kids. I didn’t want to feel like it was told from the perspective of an adult teaching a lesson. Authenticity was the main reason to chooes the documentary, unscripted genre.  It was the only way the story could be told.

I asked why Amy choose to tell the story of those kids- why those girls. She told me that they seemed perfect from the outside. They looked like they had it together. They were from a school that just received a National award, but underneath it all, someone was slipping through the cracks. They were- they are – every day girls. Lexi added:

It unfortunately is a story that is shared across the world. Especially now more than ever with social media it has become very relevant and a story many of us can relate to. It gives both sides to the story to understand not just the victim but how a bully becomes a bully.

While the story was a beautiful one and (no spoilers here) had a redemptive ending, in a way, I did feel discouraged about bullying in general… not knowing WHAT could be done. I asked Lexi what she thinks her character Jessica should have done (or other kids in her situation) other than make the choice she did:

I think talking to an adult such as a faculty member or her parents would have had the best outcome. I know it can be embarrassing or too painful to talk about but the only way to take action is to address the issue head on.

Amy has an incredible perspective on bullying and doesn’t think how we currently handle bullying (with punishment) is the right solution. She thinks it’s about mentoring and caring for the bullies– often times they are people suffering too. It was incredible to hear her thoughts on the topic and her passion about ridding society of this problem is clear. Amy is an advocate about the Peacekeeper’s Movement which you can learn more about on the film’s website

Please go see this film. You won’t be disappointed.

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It's difficult to make a movie about bullying without resembling an Afterschool Special. To her credit, writer/director Amy S. Weber avoids this hurdle. 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. Some scenes are overwrought, a few of the supporting performances are uneven, and the ending is a little too neat. On the whole, however, A Girl Like Her offers an emotionally honest examination of an important and often overlooked societal problem.

The movie is presented using a first-person format but this overused technique (most often employed in "found footage" horror movies) has a purpose here beyond gimmickry. By employing a faux documentary approach, Weber gets us into the lives and minds of the characters - something critical to understanding both the bully and her victim. The downside is the usual with first-person films: those with motion sensitivity may find the nausea factor creeping in. (Sitting far from the screen and occasionally looking away is the best advice I can offer to combat this. It's not as bad here as in films with a more aggressively moving and shaking camera.)

A Girl Like Her opens with the attempted suicide of Jessica Burns (Lexi Ainsworth). The pills she swallows leave her comatose. As the story unfolds through hidden camera footage and interviews conducted by documentary filmmaker Amy Gallagher (Weber), we learn that Jessica was the victim of a relentless campaign of bullying carried out by her former best friend, Avery Keller (Hunter King). With Amy lying unresponsive in a hospital bed, the story shifts to Avery and reveals a dysfunctional home life and overbearing mother. In a departure from a typical narrative about bullying, A Girl Like Her makes the effort to explore Avery's mindset rather than present her as one-dimensional villain.

The bullying comes, as is the case with most real life incidents, as an injury of a thousand cuts rather than a single, traumatic incident. Avery's abuse is more psychological than physical - she threatens Jess frequently but her actions rarely go beyond a push or a trip - but it has the desired effect and takes its toll. With the omnipresence of text messaging, Jess doesn't have a respite when she leaves school for the day. The bullying accompanies her everywhere even when Avery isn't near. It's the constancy more than the virulence that wears Jess down. Weber presents this with intelligence and sensitivity.

The two leads - Lexi Ainsworth as Jess and Hunter King as Avery - provide compelling portraits of teenagers on opposite sides of the bullying. Ainsworth, whose resume includes a stint on General Hospital, shows the gradual psychological deterioration of Jess as the bullying mounts. King, also a soap opera veteran, offers a portrait of a girl who's oblivious to the trauma her actions are causing. Some of the supporting performances aren't as impressive, including an over-the-top portrayal by Christy Engle as Avery's controlling mother. The role doesn't call for subtlety and Engle doesn't deliver it.

Unlike the documentary Bully , A Girl Like Her didn't cause a ratings controversy. The most objectionable language is censored, allowing the movie to obtain a PG-13. This will allow the target demographic - adolescents either faced with bullying or possible witnesses to it - to see the movie. The way in which it is presented, the verisimilitude of the situations and characters, and the immediacy of the production may reach them in a way that a more polished film wouldn't. For older viewers, the movie works both as a cautionary tale and a drama. Weber has a message; the effectiveness with which it is delivered captures our attention.

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Stranger Things may have given Millie Bobby Brown her start, but the actress isn't wholly defined by the show. She has taken on several new projects since Stranger Things' premiere, most of them successful. One particular highlight is the Enola Holmes franchise. Brown plays Enola, the intelligent and precocious younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, who sets out to solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance. More recently, Millie Bobby Brown led a fantasy movie that has done surprisingly well, and could be her path forward after Stranger Things season 5 .

10 Best Moments From Millie Bobby Brown's Damsel, Ranked

Despite average reviews, Millie Bobby Brown and her co-stars have some powerful and emotional moments in the fantasy action adventure movie Damsel.

Why Millie Bobby Brown's Damsel Is Now One Of Netflix's Most-Watched Movies Ever (Despite Bad Reviews)

Damsel is netflix's 8th most-watched movie ever.

The biggest reason why Damsel could be Millie Bobby Brown's next franchise is because the movie has proven to be quite successful. Netflix recently revealed that Damsel is its 8th most-watched movie of all time for the platform. The film has a total of 137.2 million views and 251.5 million streaming hours. These statistics, though exciting, are rather unexpected. When Damsel first premiered in March 2024, the movie received largely negative reviews. It earned a 56% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, three months after its release, the movie broke into Netflix's coveted top ten.

Typically, a movie with negative reviews such as Damsel's would not see such an increase in viewership, however it is Millie Bobby Brown's role in the movie that continues to bring audiences in.

Damsel has grown so popular because of Millie Bobby Brown's star power and the movie's reviews reflect this. While many criticized the film's weak storytelling, they often praised Brown , who gave a strong performance despite the subpar movie around her. Typically, a movie with negative reviews such as Damsel's would not see such an increase in viewership. However, it is Millie Bobby Brown who continues to bring audiences in. Her talent and Stranger Things fame are the fuel pushing Damsel along to such great heights.

Damsel's Popularity Makes It More Likely To Be Millie Bobby Brown's Post-Stranger Things Franchise

Damsel's success makes sequels more likely.

Although there is still a year before Stranger Things' end , Millie Bobby Brown needs a plan following the end of her iconic franchise. Damsel could be the way to go. Now that the fantasy epic has secured a place among Netflix's most-watched movies, it is more likely than ever that Damsel will get a sequel . Even though Damsel 's reviews weren't overwhelmingly positive, audiences are still watching it, so a sequel would not be too outrageous. If this happens, Millie Bobby Brown could have her next big franchise already lined up and ready to go.

Stranger Things season 5 is expected to be released in 2025.

Damsel is a good choice for Millie Bobby Brown after Stranger Things because of the projects' similarities. As Princess Elodie, Brown has brought elements of Eleven into a brand-new story. Like Eleven, Elodie can be blinded by her own ignorance, but when she discovers the power within herself, she can fight back against her enemies. Both characters are fierce and admirable in that way. Luckily, though, Damsel's fantasy setting is different enough that the movie stands apart from Stranger Things . It is a step in a new yet familiar direction for Brown.

What Future Damsel Movies Could Look Like

A damsel sequel could see elodie saving more lives.

Although Damsel had a clear-cut ending, the potential for sequels is strong. The first movie set up Elodie as a powerful character committed to justice and fairness. With these qualities, it would make sense for the princess to continue saving lives and taking down corrupt kingdoms like the Aureans. Elodie's title as princess is another avenue the Damsel 2 movie could go down. Perhaps Elodie has responsibilities as a princess that she must fulfill, which could lead her into another story of adventure. Ultimately, the possible storylines are pretty much endless.

Above all, a Damsel sequel should try to be better than the original movie. Although the film has managed to gain significant viewership, its bad reviews are not so easily ignored. If Damsel 2 suffers from the same problems as its predecessor, there is no guarantee that it will bounce back as well. Therefore, Damsel 2 must provide a stronger story and better special effects, tightening up on quality. If this happens, Millie Bobby Brown will have a much better chance of succeeding post- Stranger Things.

Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Release Date March 8, 2024

Writers Dan Mazeau

Cast Brooke Carter, Robin Wright, Millie Bobby Brown, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Angela Bassett

Genres Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Geek Girl’ On Netflix, Where An Awkward Teenager Becomes A Runway Model Overnight, But Is Still Totally Awkward

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The new Netflix series Geek Girl isn’t meant to be inspirational, but given that its protagonist is a neurodivergent runway model, people can gain a little bit of inspiration from it. Mostly what it tries to do is show how an awkward teenage girl manages to do well in a profession where you have to put yourself out there every time you step on a fashion show runway.

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Opening Shot: Scenes of London. A model stands in front of clicking cameras. “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek,” says the voice of that model. “Being a model was never my dream.”

The Gist: “I guess to us, it isn’t a makeover, it’s a full metamorphosis,” says Harriet Manners (Emily Carey) as we see flashes of her life as a top runway model, interspersed with her previous life in high school. Her hair isn’t done, she’s wearing no makeup, and she falls down a lot. She’s not sure why her classmates have called her “Geek Girl” over the years, but her social awkwardness and ability to dive deep into subjects she’s interested in is pretty much the dictionary definition of the word “geek.”

She tries to blend in, unlike her next door neighbor Toby Pilgrim (Zac Looker), but that still doesn’t stop her archnemesis Lexi (Mia Jenkins) from calling her “Spanners” and making fun of her pretty much nonstop. Thankfully, she has her more social bestie Nat Gray (Rochelle Harrington) to help her make school tolerable.

The textiles class Harriet and Nat are in won a competition to attend a show at London’s Fashion Week; it’s important to Nat that they’re on time for the bus, because she hopes to make an impression with some of the model scouts in attendance. Harriet barely makes the bus and falls on her back in the aisle, much to the delight of Lexi and her friend group. Then her backpack gets passed around, and someone writes “GEEK” on it. To further the indignity, Harriet and Nat have to wear neon green gym clothes after Toby accidentally spills his smoothie on them.

Undeterred, Nat introduces herself to Wilbur Evans (Emmanuel Imani), a well-known agency rep who is scouting for models. He says she’s stunning, “but this is fashion. Stunning and beautiful are not enough.” He’s looking for someone with a particular “It” factor, and that person happens to be Harriet, who is busying herself in the lobby trying on a bejeweled hat frame and knocking everything down.

When she causes a scene after she knocks the displays down, Lexi and company gleefully video it, intending on posting it on their socials. But what they don’t realize is that Wilbur and his assistant Betty (Hebe Beardsall) have brought her into a green room and told her they want her to model for their agency. Harriet, finding out that Nat met Wilbur and got turned down, leaves to support her friend, but not before having a meet-cute with top male model Nick Park (Liam Woodrum), who is definitely attracted to her, even if she doesn’t know it yet.

What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Based on Holly Smale’s teen book series of the same name, Geek Girl certainly has the vibe of a show aimed for that age group, though the show its vibe reminds us the most of is Never Have I Ever .

Our Take: The whole idea behind Geek Girl is that, despite this fashion world whirlwind that has snapped up Harriet, underneath the couture wardrobe and expert makeup and hair is still the same awkward “geek girl” that was unmercifully made fun of by the likes of Lexi and her buddies “the Olives.”

There are hints that Harriet is neurodivergent, but a label isn’t really attached to it by Smale, who created the series with Jessica Rusto. She didn’t write the novels that way, not even realizing she had written a neurodivergent character until she was diagnosed as autistic three years ago. Carey herself has told fans of the novels that she is on the spectrum, as well. So it’s a pretty reasonable thought to conclude that Harriet is neurodivergent, but the fact that Harriet herself just says she’s awkward and doesn’t fit in is almost refreshing, because Smale and the writers don’t feel the need to point it out.

The second episode brings the hows and whys of Harriet’s entry into the fashion world into focus. Wilbur and Betty go to Harriet’s school to find her when a designer their agency works for, Yuji Lee (Sandra Yi Sencindiver) decides she wants a fresh face to model the centerpiece of her next line. At the same time, a particularly humiliating run-in with Lexi prompts her to go for it, with Nat’s help, because, as she says in her voice over, she was tired of feeling like “I’m never enough.”

It’s that motivation that drives Harriet, and seeing her transformation will be fun to watch. Whether that makes her feel like enough, or if the glitz of the fashion world makes her lose herself is going to be the crux of this show’s first season. But what we do know is that Carey has the ability to play Harriet as both the unassuming, awkward version of Harriet as well as the glamorous, more confident version… who just happens to still be awkward.

Sex and Skin: None, and we guess that any story that involves Harriet and Nick Park getting together will be more of the romantic variety instead of anything sexual. Parting Shot: Back to model Harriet, who turns on the runway after pausing in front of the cameras. Her voice over talks about stars are born out of chaos and messiness. “But once we start shining, the universe is never the same again.”

Sleeper Star: We’ll give this to the adults on the series: Tim Downie, who plays Harriet’s music-oriented father Richard, Jemima Rooper as her practical stepmother Annabel, and James Murray, who plays Mr. Finnes, the school’s headmaster.

Most Pilot-y Line: Harriet’s voice over can be a bit intrusive, but then again it’s a good way to illustrate what’s going on in her head a lot of the time. It’s especially effective when she can’t think straight in Nick’s presence. Our Call: STREAM IT. Geek Girl is a well-written and well-acted look at what happens when someone who doesn’t usually embrace surprises in life does so out of the simple desire to be seen.

Joel Keller ( @joelkeller ) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com , VanityFair.com , Fast Company and elsewhere.

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‘geek girl’ review: emily carey shines in netflix’s wholesome ya fashion comedy.

The 'House of the Dragon' star plays a self-described 'geek' who becomes a modeling sensation in this adaptation of Holly Smale's series of novels.

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One of the trickiest aspects of HBO’s House of the Dragon was the way viewers spent roughly half of the drama’s first season with “younger” versions of our two heroines — Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower — before a time jump brought longer-term stars Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke to the screen.

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Geek Girl is a likably wholesome, generally low-stakes YA fairy tale — references to Cinderella abound — that might even skew too young for the My Life with the Walter Boys audience, much less something like Euphoria . And much less an audience that watched House of the Dragon .

Though I come to Geek Girl from far outside of any of its core demos and probably would have gravitated toward something with a hair more edge, I appreciated the show’s fast-moving and poppy — heck, it even has a character named “Poppy” — sensibility, its warmth and the confidence of Carey’s central performance.

Following in the footsteps of similar disingenuously ugly-duckling protagonists in the Princess Diaries / She’s All That vein, Carey’s Harriet Manners is a self-described “geek,” which her frequent voiceovers define in a variety of semi-complimentary ways. She’s socially awkward and she has nerdy obsessions that make her a reliable source of conversational trivia. She also falls down constantly, at least in the pilot, because that’s what awkward girls do.

Although Harriet is picked on by the cool kids at her school, she has a devoted best friend in Rochelle Harrington’s Nat, an encouraging neighbor friend in Zac Looker’s amusingly odd Toby and loving parents in Tim Downie’s Richard and Jemima Rooper’s Annabel.

See, while Harriet is a geeky ginger with no interest in modeling, limited interest in fashion and no clue how to proficiently walk in a casual sense much less on a runway, she’s “giving alien superstar vibes.” Suddenly, Wilbur is offering Harriet a dream opportunity. Unfortunately, it’s Nat’s dream, which will cause the sort of very, very temporary low-stakes conflict that Geek Girl specializes in.

Also causing low-stakes conflict? Harriet has attracted the curiosity of male-modeling superstar (or so the show tells us) Nick (Liam Woodrum), much to the chagrin of Nick’s staged social media girlfriend Poppy (Daisy Jelley), another aspiring model. Nick is referred to as being a teenager once, presumably because there’s something a little creepy about his putting the moves on a sheltered 16-year-old girl. That claim about his age isn’t convincing, but that’s definitely not a wrinkle Geek Girl wants to explore.

Harriet has to overcome the skepticism of Wilbur’s boss Jude (Sarah Parish), who’s supposed to make you think of Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada , only she isn’t especially mean. That’s because nobody in Geek Girl is especially mean, other than Harriet’s primary school nemesis Lexi (Mia Jenkins) and even she’s soft by 2024 teen-bullying standards.

What sets the series apart nicely is Harriet, who is demonstrably neurodivergent. She struggles with social cues and all manner of external stimuli. She calms herself with several behaviors that are instantly recognizable as “stimming,” if you recognize such things.

“I’m not going to let you or anybody else define her by a label,” declares Richard, her protective, doting dad, when he and Wilbur share a moment of concern about Harriet being thrust into this environment. Accordingly, the show, created for TV by Smale and Jessica Ruston, is very cautious about labeling Harriet, much less actually using what the series The A Word referred to as, well, the a-word.

Is there a part of me that thinks Geek Girl would be more courageous to actually address Harriet within the context of autism? Perhaps? But I see Richard’s point as well. The show is about situating Harriet, a nexus of discomfort, within a world in which our perception is that everybody must be comfortable with how they look and present themselves. Explicitly diagnosing her would serve a purpose, but the show’s greater goal is giving her a discomfort that’s universal for most adolescents, however easy it is to break her specific code.

Carey plays Harriet in a holistically satisfying way that puts her difficulties and her coping strategies on an equal plane, especially when it comes to her close interactions with her friends and family — Looker, Harrington, Downie and Rooper are solid as well — which give the entire story a sweetness that builds to several effective emotional climaxes in the closing episodes.

Carey is very good at receding into the background when that’s Harriet’s preference and when the actor has to play that most familiar of genre tropes — the moments in which she emerges as a swan — Carey makes the scenes believable without ever making Harriet too much at ease.

I wish series director Declan O’Dwyer weren’t so enamored with those tropes. Geek Girl must have at least a half-dozen “Harriet enters a room in slo-mo so that we know she’s stunning!” moments, in at least three of them wearing the same fetching red dress. There are similarly repetitive aspects to the series’ visual grammar, like the way scenes in London and Ottawa keep going back to the same generic establishing shots.

Visual limitations aside, O’Dwyer keeps the series moving at a healthy pace — it helps that the events of the 10-episode first season appear to take place within a week — and the soapy mixture of comedy, muted drama and romance remains in decent balance.

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Jennifer Lopez called out the “negativity out in the world right now” amid ongoing rumors that she and husband Ben Affleck are headed for divorce .

In a new “On the JLo” newsletter that was blasted to subscribers via email on Wednesday, the singer thanked fans for making her new Netflix movie, “Atlas,” the No. 1 film on the streaming platform.

“Hi everybody, I just found out some great news and it’s all because of YOU!! ‘ATLAS’ is #1 worldwide again this week!!! Thank you all so much!!!” she wrote.

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“It may seem like there’s a lot of negativity out in the world right now…but don’t let the voices of a few drown out that there is soooo much love out there.”

Lopez, 54, concluded her message by thanking her fans again and telling them she loves them “so much.”

The “Selena” star’s newsletter was sent out as speculation continues to grow over the status of her marriage to Affleck.

Reports that the pair — who  tied the knot  in July 2022 — are having marital issues began when Lopez  attended the 2024 Met Gala solo  in New York City on May 6.

Though a source told TMZ the “Gone Girl” star, 51, could not attend fashion’s biggest night because he was filming “The Accountant 2,” Affleck was  present for Tom Brady’s Netflix roast , which was filmed the night before the Met in Los Angeles.

Additionally, Affleck has been spotted on several occasions without his wedding ring on and he even has been reportedly staying at a separate house .

Meanwhile, his wife was  seen house hunting  with a friend in Beverly Hills, Calif.

A source told Us Weekly that Lopez and Affleck are  “on two completely different pages”  now that their honeymoon phase is over.

The outlet reported that the “Pearl Harbor” star “doesn’t agree with Jennifer’s lifestyle,” feels “worn down” by the marriage and has “checked out.”

“Both have demanding careers that often require them to be in different cities,” the insider added.

Despite the gossip about their marriage, the “Gigli” co-stars have put on a united front.

They recently attended Affleck’s daughter Violet’s high school graduation party together and attended his son Samuel’s basketball game.

Though the “Gone Girl” star and Lopez avoided locking lips at the game, a source told People that the fact they attended together was a “good sign.”

The “Boy Next Door” actress and Affleck initially dated from 2002 to 2004. They  rekindled their romance  in 2021 and  got engaged  the following year.

They tied the knot in Vegas in July 2022 and had a  second wedding in Georgia  the following month.

Lopez shares twins Emme and Max, 16, with ex Marc Anthony, while Affleck is dad to Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

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