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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes48%
Metacritic45/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
285 audience votes
Key crew
- Max WinklerDirector
- Max WinklerWriter
- Matt SpicerWriter
- Alex McAulayWriter
- Joseph StephensOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Zoey DeutchErica Vandross
- Kathryn HahnLaurie
- Tim HeideckerBob
- Adam ScottWill Jordan
- Joey MorganLuke
- Dylan GelulaKala
- Maya EshetClaudine
- Eric EdelsteinDale
- Joel Ezra HebnerOfficer Clark
- Romy ByrneAlli Whitman
- Ibraham AlzubaidyHWY Patrol Officer Johnson
- Gabriella QuezadaAllie Whitman's BFF (as Gabriela 'Gabi' Bloomgarden)
Stills
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Themes
high schoolstepbrothersingle motherfirecrackersan fernando valleysexually aggressive womanmentally unstablerebelliouslightheartedfarcical