Flipped [Blu-ray]

Chickens, Tree Sap, and First Kisses
Okay, let's dispense immediately with the idea that this film is geared toward teenagers and all of their sappy crap that they go through. I assure you "mature adults" out there that this film will delight you also, unless you are a completely hopelessly lost Scrooge. This film should make sense to all ages. Everyone should identify with it. I don't care what kind of a snob, low-life, big wig, or puritan you are, you should enjoy this film. It's never too sappy when it deals with matters of the heart, nor is it too blunt and insensitive.
The film is told almost entirely in a voice over of one of the two main characters. It's told in a brilliant he-said she-said style where the same scene is often told twice from the two opposite points of view (Juli's and Bryce's). So we see the opening scene twice. The first time as explained by Bryce, and the second time explained by Juli. This sort of formula is used many a time in the unfolding battle of the sexes. Of course this doesn't...

He Said, She Said
Rob Reiner's "Flipped," based on the novel by Wendelin Van Draanen, is an all-around likeable film, a sweet, nostalgic, and reliable coming of age story about first loves and family dramas. It could even be described as a romantic comedy, even if the leads are really too young to know anything about romance. Do you remember how, as kids, you would talk about how you liked someone, and not just liked them, but REALLY liked them, you know, as more than a friend? That's the kind of innocence this movie brings to mind, which I guess is fitting since it mostly takes place in the early 1960s. The plot is perhaps a bit conventional, but it's also undeniably charming, and it features two strong leads who, although young, competently navigate their way through the screenplay, even when it falls victim to sentimental contrivances.

The story is about a boy named Bryce Loski and a girl named Julianna Baker, who first met in 1957 when they were only seven years old. Julianna, or Juli...

Sweet Movie with intelligence
This film was wonderful. It is not an art house movie full of pouty, pensive, mumbling people. Flipped is watching memories from a story your aunt and uncle are telling you.

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