![]() She and her sisters (one biological, the other two adopted) live with their aunt ( Molly Ringwald) and spend their time poking around on their phones, putting on retro outfits and playing in a garage band. Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples) narrates a YouTube clip, explaining how she became an overnight internet sensation. “Truly Outrageous” is a stretch, but “Mildly Engaging” isn’t much of a tagline. This movie sure means well, and it’s just entertaining enough to (slightly) slip off the shackles of the great cultural conformity factory it ultimately represents. The music is catchy, the costumes are dazzling, the friendships are sweet and Rio (Ryan Guzman), the protective older boy who eventually falls in love with our lead character, is soooooo cuuuuuuute. ![]() ![]() But those are all big words that have no impact on its intended audiences. The moralizing is omnipresent, the script is desultory and its understanding of the way business and media work is positively jejune. B ased on the 1980s cartoon produced by toy manufacturer Hasbro, Jon M Chu’s updated, live-action film adaptation is by no means anything you’d call a great film.
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