Day #23 - Tall Girl

Jodie is 6'1". Which makes her the laughing stock of her school. No boy will go out with her because she is so tall. Then an exchange student arrives. A tall exchange student. Jodies desperately wants to be with him.

This Netflix Original came out in 2019 and I have actively avoided it since. I was never going to try and attempt to watch this film. But I am loyal to the challenge so I gave it a go.

I wish I hadn't. Jodie is a whiny and unlikeable character. It's sad that she has been bullied for her height her entire life, and it has clearly given her many insecurities. But she acts as if she is the only person in the world who deserves to feel sad. Yes, it's frustrating that both her mum and sister are multi-award winning beauty queens who were both insanely popular at school, whilst she is called a freak for being tall. She makes hating her height her entire personality.

Then there's the people in her life that she takes it out on. Her dad, whilst he is overbearing and slightly paranoid, recognises her insecurities and tries to help her as much as he can to become more comfortable. In return, she shouts at him and slams doors in his face.

Jack is one of her best friends since childhood, and it's very clear he has a massive crush on her. This boy worships the floor she walks on. Not that this means she has to date him or return those feelings, and he doesn't expect that from her. The minute he decides to try and move on and not make her the centre of his world anymore, she rejects him and makes him out to be a horrible person.

Then there is Fareeda, the only character I actually liked. She is Jodie's other best friend and she spends all day snapping at people for bullying Jodie. All Jodie does is complain to her about how hard her life is and doesn't leave Fareeda any room to vent about her problems (if she even has any, this girl has next to no screen time). There is even a section where Jodie, then Jack, have lunch with her and she makes the comment that neither of them have time for her problems. I want a movie about Fareeda, it would be a lot more interesting than this.

​This is not a movie that is worth a watch. Netflix really missed with this one.