{"id":1397,"date":"2021-11-13T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2021-11-12T15:04:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T22:04:48","slug":"soundtrack-to-sixteen-love-yourself-and-soon-youll-find-people-who-will-love-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/2021\/soundtrack-to-sixteen-love-yourself-and-soon-youll-find-people-who-will-love-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack To Sixteen * Love Yourself And Soon You\u2019ll Find People Who Will Love You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/soundtrackto16.poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1400\" width=\"142\" height=\"200\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Soundtrack to Sixteen is a coming-of-age film about two anxious teens growing up in London in the 2000s. Maisy is self-conscious and constantly overanalyzing. She is obsessed with having her first kiss this year, before she turns seventeen, but stalking the boy next door doesn&#8217;t seem to be working. Meanwhile Ben, a boy from a nearby school, is happy being a nerd and thinking he&#8217;s better than everyone else until his grades start plummeting. For the first time he must come face to face with the idea that he might, in fact, be average. When the two meet each other on the night bus things get even more confusing for them as they attempt to navigate their first potential romance under the stress of exams that will define their future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Heather S. comments, \u201c<em>Soundtrack To Sixteen<\/em> is a film every teen can relate to! Simple and easy to connect to watching these teens experience what it\u2019s like to fall in love and go against the status quo. You\u2019ll fall in love with these relatable characters.\u201d See her full review below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soundtrack To Sixteen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Heather S., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soundtrack to Sixteen (2020) | Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eyfrTnxav3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/soundtrackto16.a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1399\" width=\"225\" height=\"126\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Soundtrack To Sixteen<\/em> is a film every teen can relate to! Simple and easy to connect to watching these teens experience what it\u2019s like to fall in love and go against the status quo. You\u2019ll fall in love with these relatable characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storyline follows teens Maisey (Scarlett Marshall) and Ben (Gino Wilson), two socially awkward teens navigating the world and trying to find their place in it, while falling in love with one another. The film is accompanied by rock music and voice overs provided by the main actors as their characters\u2019 thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This film accurately represents the lives of teens for which finding their place in the world is difficult and they feel awkward and out of place. It\u2019s so refreshing to watch two characters go through their daily life experiences, and watching ourselves in them. The soundtrack is incredible. It\u2019s as if the songs represent the thoughts and emotions of the characters &#8211; all wild and crazy. The romance between Ben and Maisey is something very peaceful to watch, almost comforting. In society, it\u2019s rare to have a Romeo and Juliet romance. Watching these two characters have a calm relationship, get to know one another and still have insecurities is so beautiful because it\u2019s the relationship the majority of us experience. I really love the opening credits; they\u2019re a perfect way to open up the movie. It gives a wonderful introduction to the actors, and the unique sketches of the characters set the tone for the rest of the film. The perfect way to describe this movie is hilarious and definitely a feel-good flick.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/soundtrackto16.b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1398\" width=\"225\" height=\"126\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The moral of the story is to love yourself and soon enough you\u2019ll find people who will love and relate to you. Maisey was always left out of her friend\u2019s group and, once she stopped worrying about trying to fit in, she meets Ben, who loves her for who she is. Ben, on the other hand, feels as though he needs to pretend to be someone he\u2019s not. His worries are quieted when he meets Maisey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I give <em>Soundtrack to Sixteen <\/em>4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 14 to 18. Playing at Fort Lauderdale Film Festival November, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soundtrack to Sixteen is a coming-of-age film about two anxious teens growing up in London in the 2000s. Maisy is self-conscious and constantly overanalyzing. She is obsessed with having her first kiss this year, before she turns seventeen, but stalking the boy next door doesn&#8217;t seem to be working. Meanwhile Ben, a boy from a nearby school, is happy being a nerd and thinking he&#8217;s better than everyone else until his grades start plummeting. For the first time he must come face to face with the idea that he might, in fact, be average. When the two meet each other on the night bus things get even more confusing for them as they attempt to navigate their first potential romance under the stress of exams that will define their future. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Heather S. comments, \u201cSoundtrack To Sixteen is a film every teen can relate to! Simple and easy to connect to watching these teens experience what it\u2019s like to fall in love and go against the status quo. 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