It wasn't ground breaking but some people have opinions and I won't take any side. I would have to say that this movie was average,but it made me realize that people can grow in their own way. Oh...literally.

Being self conscious about what people see in me when they look at me and having made my own mistakes,I was near gratitude with this movie.

It inspired me to stand tall for what believe in and instead of just sitting around doing nothing, making that change and going for it. And that's the best thing you can do.

Overall,I won't spoil anything. I've seen better and I won't say this is my most liked movie of all time, but it made me open my eyes a bit more.

Jodi Kreyman (Ava Michelle) is a high school teen in New Orleans. She's 16 and six feet one and a half. She is constantly being mocked with "How's the weather up there?". She is defended by her friends Fareeda and Jack Dunkleman who has an unrequited crush on his much taller friend. Then comes Swedish exchange student Stig Mohlin who checks all the boxes. He's cute and he's taller than her. Only he doesn't even notice her. At home, she is loved by her pageant older sister Liz and her parents (Angela Kinsey, Steve Zahn) although dad is over-protective in a bad way.

This is a sincere, inspirational, feel-good, Netflix teen drama. Sadly, the writing has a lot of flaws and the younger cast are mostly over their heads. On the plus side, I would keep the whole Kreyman family if I was to recast the movie. Zahn and Kinsey are great actors. At over six feet, I can safely say that Ava Michelle is one of the better tall teen actresses around. It's a rather limited pool. She's able to express most of the emotions and she has some charisma. She's a functional lead. The rest of the cast needs an upgrade.

As for the writing, the flaws start right at the beginning with the title and does not stop until the credits roll. First, the title is horribly on the nose. It is unimaginative. Same goes for the constant insults about the weather. The insult is bad, unimaginative, and old. It may be the writer's intention to make the mean kids unimaginative but it would be so much better to have creative insults. I would call her Jack and change Jack's name to something else. Everybody should call her Jack to annoy her. Later, it's revealed that Kimmy is the one who came up with it after they read Jack and the Beanstalk as little kids. That's not to say that the overall structure is flawed. This is a standard teen movie and that works to a good extent. The problem of the flawed writing does not stop and it eventually infects the final ending. I can appreciate ending with Jack and his crate. That could all be very cute but it comes after the jealous Jack does some awful things himself. I don't mind her ending up with Duckie but he cannot be the reason for her distress. Stig has to be the one who instigates his own inner conflict, not Jack. Love means letting go. Sacrifice is the hottest romantic move and Jack has one good move in a whole movie of bad moves. Stig has one bad move in a whole movie of good moves. It's bad romance. Also, Jack can't creep out in her room touching her hair while she's asleep. He's not a vampire. It's all bad writing.

Pun aside, this is a very straightforward teen comedy. Ugly or in that case tall duckling included. It's still pretty neat and it may surprise you once or twice even if it is quite predictable overall. It is well played by the actors who have to fight through the obvious and try to maintain a mystery and suspense, even if we as viewers know better.

So overall decent, but more aimed at a certain audience who will leap this up and take it all in with gusto.