{"id":4753,"date":"2019-10-17T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/?p=4753"},"modified":"2019-10-17T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T20:09:49","slug":"tall-girl-coming-of-age-story-dealing-with-insecurity-relationships-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2019\/tall-girl-coming-of-age-story-dealing-with-insecurity-relationships-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Tall Girl * Coming-Of-Age Story Dealing With Insecurity, Relationships, High School ++"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TallGirlposter.jpg?resize=152%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4754\" width=\"152\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TallGirlposter.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TallGirlposter.jpg?w=675&amp;ssl=1 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tall Girl is the 2019 Netflix original\ncomedy about Jodi, the tallest girl in her school, who has never quite felt\ncomfortable in her own statuesque skin. All of that changes when she falls for\nthe handsome (and equally tall) foreign exchange student Stig who, of course,\ngets Jodi\u2019s quirky, best, male friend Dunkleman and his hippie mom as a host\nfamily. As a result, Jodi gets embroiled in a surprising love triangle, which\nhelps her realize she\u2019s far more than her insecurities about her height have\nled her to believe. KIDS FIRST! Film\nCritic Abigail Zoe L. comments, \u201cNetflix\u2019s new movie <em>Tall Girl<\/em> is a wonderful\ncoming-of-age story that touched my heart. It is really a perfect teen movie,\nas it deals with insecurity, friendships, relationships, high school, bullying\nand finding the confidence to believe in oneself.\u201d See her full review below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tall Girl<br>By Abigail Zoe L., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 12 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix\u2019s new movie <em>Tall Girl<\/em> is a wonderful\ncoming-of-age story that touched my heart. It is really a perfect teen movie,\nas it deals with insecurity, friendships, relationships, high school, bullying\nand finding the confidence to believe in oneself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gt8tZ-O3obw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-Tall_Girl_00_49_08_10_R2_rgb.jpg?resize=225%2C127&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4756\" width=\"225\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-Tall_Girl_00_49_08_10_R2_rgb.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-Tall_Girl_00_49_08_10_R2_rgb.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-Tall_Girl_00_49_08_10_R2_rgb.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-Tall_Girl_00_49_08_10_R2_rgb.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What I particularly like about the film is that it has a\ngreat positive message that, even if you can\u2019t change something about yourself,\nyou should embrace your uniqueness since that is what makes you special. For\ninstance, the main character Jodi, played by the amazingly multi-talented Ava\nMichelle, is very tall at 6 foot 1 inch, and has been bullied her whole life\nbecause of it.&nbsp; Kids tease Jodi in school\nwith comments like, \u201cHow\u2019s the weather up there?,\u201d which naturally hurts her\nfeelings. However, one day, a tall and handsome foreign exchange student Stig\n(Luke Eisner) comes to her high school and takes an interest in Jodi. This\nrelationship along with her best friend Dunkleman (Griffin Gluck) and her\nbeauty queen sister Harper (Sabrina Carpenter) help Jodi find the confidence to\nbelieve in and truly accept herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite scene is when Jodi and Stig sing the song \u201cStand\nTall\u201d together. It is an original song that Luke Eisner wrote with his band\nViola about his father fighting cancer. The song incorporates perfectly into\nthis movie with new lyrics by both Luke and Ava that they recorded in a\nbathroom. There is also a lot of humor in the movie. Specifically, Dunkleman is\nvery funny and does impressions of Kevin Hart and other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJsxM7z0_LM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The talent is off the charts in this movie.&nbsp; Luke Eisner is incredibly handsome and has\nthe smoothness of a young George Clooney. His Swedish is authentic and I just\ncan\u2019t get his gorgeous voice out of my head now. Ava Michelle\u2019s voice is\nwonderful too; together they harmonize on a couple of songs that I just love\nlistening to. Ava is also a great pianist. I also found Griffin\u2019s humor hysterical and, after\ninterviewing him with other actors from the cast, I could immediately see that\nhe has stellar improv chops. Sabrina Carpenter perfectly captures a high school\nbeauty queen. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything that Sabrina Carpenter cannot do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-TG_Unit_3712_R_rgb.jpg?resize=225%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4758\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-TG_Unit_3712_R_rgb.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-TG_Unit_3712_R_rgb.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-TG_Unit_3712_R_rgb.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tall-girl-TG_Unit_3712_R_rgb.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What sticks out in mind about this movie is that it is of\nthe utmost importance to believe in yourself. The movie also reminds us to\nnever trade your integrity by just hanging out with the popular crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This film has several fantastic, timeless moral messages\nincluding \u201caccepting and believing in yourself and don\u2019t compromise your\nintegrity.\u201d It\u2019s perfect for teen audiences. I believe\nboth boys and girls will like this movie and I recommend it for ages 10 to 18\nas there is some kissing in it. I give <em>Tall <\/em>Girl 4.5 out of 5 stars and\ncan\u2019t wait to see it again! It premieres on Netflix on September 13, 2019. Look\nfor it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfpXeLVzJIw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tall Girl is the 2019 Netflix original comedy about Jodi, the tallest girl in her school, who has never quite felt comfortable in her own statuesque skin. All of that changes when she falls for the handsome (and equally tall) foreign exchange student Stig who, of course, gets Jodi\u2019s quirky, best, male friend Dunkleman and his hippie mom as a host family. As a result, Jodi gets embroiled in a surprising love triangle, which helps her realize she\u2019s far more than her insecurities about her height have led her to believe. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Abigail Zoe L. comments, \u201cNetflix\u2019s new movie Tall Girl is a wonderful coming-of-age story that touched my heart. It is really a perfect teen movie, as it deals with insecurity, friendships, relationships, high school, bullying and finding the confidence to believe in oneself.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[545,548,70,544,541,543,547,542,546,30],"class_list":["post-4753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature-film-reviews","tag-coming-of-age","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-george-clooney","tag-griffin-gluck","tag-luke-eisner","tag-netflix","tag-sabrina-carpenter","tag-tall-girl","tag-tween-and-teen-films"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-1eF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4753"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4764,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}