Even though the pace of this movie was slow-going, the ending and the fact that it made me sob made it for me. I think this movie was important, though a bit cliché. Though I don't know the exact amount of sleeping pills it would take to kill yourself, I doubt the 10-15 Jessica took would do it. It would probably severely inhibit her, possibly destroy her liver, or other horrors, but death would probably not occur. Human lives are fragile but they are very difficult to take. So (spoiler) I wasn't really surprised when she made it in the end. I liked that this movie took the approach of sympathizing with the bully, actually. Bullies are human, too, and I think we often forget that. Though I strongly disliked Avery's character in this movie, I could sympathize when she was upset about what she did. Most everyone has bullied at some point in their life, not many to this extent, but we do have to learn to forgive ourselves. That being said, we must try not to bully once we've noticed we have, but I digress. It's important to spread awareness, so this movie is good in that respect, but some things seemed slightly inaccurate to me. Like I said, the dosage wasn't enough to kill an average teenager, and I was surprised the principal or authorities didn't check social media for bullying instances once there were allegations against Avery. That stuff is online forever, and you can find it if you know how to look for it. Also, the acting was okay, not bad, not great. I do, however, love Jimmy Bennett so it was cool to see him in this. But I wish they would have at least given Jessica a little bit of a personality. All I know about her is that she's shy, non-confrontational, and knows a fact about laughing. I understand if she didn't fight back when Avery was abusive, but you'd think she'd at least try to run away or ignore her or something. I don't know, I guess I'm just comparing myself to Jessica because I totally would've decked Avery and gotten in trouble while Avery'd get off scot-free because that's just how life works.
Review of A Girl Like Her
