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Ask Me Anything (2014)
Shitty Movie Adaptation of a Well-written Book
I read "Undiscovered Gyrl," the novel on which this movie is based, less than a week after purchasing it in September 2014. It was one of those books I struggled to put down. I read it on the bus, at the table while eating breakfast, and once even while walking home from a friend's house, and I had to remember to look up when I was crossing the street. Yeah, it was that good.
Like any good product of the 90s, the first thing I did after finishing the book was Googling it to see if there were any plans to have it made into a movie. I saw that there were--and have checked compulsively every two months or so since then to see if it was available for streaming--again, like any good product of the 90s. And finally, today it was--and I didn't like it.
I've rambled on long enough so I'll just sum this up by saying that the movie was disjointed, sappy, and either glossed over or entirely left out several pivotal moments in the book. If I hadn't read the book previously, I would have been very confused by the flow of the movie.
I don't recommend it. The book is great though, you guys should give that a shot instead.