Movie #794 "16 to Life" is a refreshing coming of age film, and so much more to my liking than the previous one that I blogged about ("The Spectacular Now" which the critics seem to love), and probably hardly anyone noticed when this came out in 2009. I liked the cooky characters this girl works with, who all seem like they care for her in their own ways --- and I really liked the main character, Hallee Hirsh. I guess she's a child star going from children films to adult, and instead of twerking like Miley Cyrus to be noticed, she tackles this film and takes on the lead, a 16 year old on her birthday, with a lot of complexity and charm in her character, with her birthday goal to be kissed. Like the french film ("Shall we Kiss"), the emphasis on the kiss and its importance is covered here. and again, I enjoyed that. I'm going to recommend this for my niece to see because I felt the values in the film made it a good one for a teen to watch. I would have liked the ending to have more to it (seemed to end a tad soon), but other than that and the actress with the phoney accent, I found this , like I said at the beginning, refreshing.
16 to Life2009NR89 minutes I'd give it 3.8 out of 5 stars
On her 16th birthday, never-been-kissed Kate (Hallee Hirsh) decides to play cupid for two people she works with, pairing her boss (Theresa Russell) with a paraplegic customer (Jaime Gomez) and setting up short-order cook Rene (Shiloh Fernandez) with an oversexed co-worker (Emily Foxler). But in the process of matchmaking, Kate learns some surprising lessons about love and the mechanics of romantic relationships.
- Cast:
- Hallee Hirsh, Theresa Russell, Mandy Musgrave, Shiloh Fernandez, Jaime Gomez, Will Rothhaar, Emily Foxler, Brendan Dunphy, Nicholas Downs, Ryan Gourley, Carson Kressley
- Genre:
- Indie Comedies, Indie Romance, Comedy
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