So, again, while she may be wrong in her reaction and how Krista dating her brother is not a betrayal, you can see where she's coming from and why she would rebel the way she has and go after her crush (while messing things up along the way with her mother and brother) despite, at the same time, getting to know a really nice guy that's actually interested in her. Her mother, really, leaned more on Nadine's older brother, Darian, (whom Nadine feels has a perfect life) and she was sort of 'tossed' aside in favor of him. It should also be noted that Nadine's father, whom she was very close to, died when she was 13 of a heart attack while they were driving home. And when that one friend, you feel, whether rightly or wrongly, betrays you by dating your brother, it's no wonder that Nadine's world was turned upside down and nothing seems to be going her way. So, basically, being a teen really is a messy thing to go through, particularly if you only have one friend like Nadine does, in Krista. Some people in their 30s and 40s are still trying to figure out who they're meant to be. That's not easy and the teen years might not even be enough to accomplish this. Your teen years are, basically, where you decided the type of person that you're gonna be, theoretically, for the rest of your adult life. I think people like to pretend it's not difficult, but it is. Being a teen, where your body is completely changing and you're viewing things differently for the first time in your life, is not an easy time. I don't say 'infuriating' in a negative manner, though. Sometimes even all three in the same scene. Hailee is charming, funny and infuriating. But, thankfully for Hailee, she was able to duplicate the great performance she had in True Grit but, obviously, in a completely different role in this movie. You can certainly do far worse than having these two giving you directions. Of course, it helps quite a bit when the directors at the helm of True Grit are the Coen Brothers. That type of greatness is, in some cases, never captured again. She was great in the True Grit remake, but sometimes those performances like that, essentially, put someone on the map are singular. Anyway, how about we move on to how great Hailee Steinfeld is in this movie. Not going in-depth on that, because we'll be here forever. The self-conscious issues, well, really, I still have them to this day. That's neither here nor there, I suppose. But, I'd like to think that I'm a pretty good friend once you get to really know me. It takes a lot for me to really trust and, eventually, become friends with someone. That lent itself to me being, really, a very shy and introverted person. Some of my friends from high school probably don't even know what my mom looks like, that's how bad it was back in the day. We're very private people and, really, that was passed down onto me. Part of it is due to the fact of how I was raised. First things first, I came into the 'group' at the third grade and the group of friends I eventually ended in had already been established prior to my arrival at the school. Now that's not because of anything any of my friends did or said, it was more my feelings of inadequacy. But, in spite of all of that, I always felt like I was on the outside looking in (which you could say is one of themes of this movie, where Nadine, due to her shyness, doesn't put herself out there and she struggles to connect with people who aren't named Krista). I still love them to this day, naturally. Now, don't get me wrong, I had friends in school and I loved every single one of them. Mostly Nadine's loneliness and some self-conscious issues. And despite the fact that I'm not seventeen nor a girl, I can say that parts of the movie definitely spoke to me. But, at the same time, while I would like to see a movie about a man my age, of my nationality, exploring issues that are relevant to me, that's not to mean that I cannot connect to a character of another nationality and, even, another gender just as long as I can relate to parts of the story and what the lead character might be going through. There's still a lot of work to be done, but progress is being made. The film industry is improving in that regard as, now, there's a lot more variety in casting lead roles than at any point in the past. I'm just using black teenagers as an example to prove my point. This can be the case for any demographic. which is for the better, but it wasn't the case for quite a while. What I mean is, say, young black teenagers, normally, don't get to star in their own major motion picture. I often understand when people talk about having movies that speak personally to them because, for one reason or another, Hollywood just hasn't gotten around to making films for that particular audience yet.
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