The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
This comedy, set in 1983 in small town Virginia, centers around a 13 year old and her family. The story of a hairstyle gone incredibly wrong and a young girl's plight to fit in while encountering bullies at a new school.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Colette BursonDirector
- Colette BursonWriter
- Craig WedrenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rainn WilsonJim Dixon
- Patricia ArquetteJeanne Dixon
- Kira McLeanAurelie
- Michael GreeneJerry, The Therapist
- Aidan FiskeBrett
- Lucas N. HallAudience Member (uncredited)
- Brian BremerBarry
- Jacqueline JonesMaylene
- Alexis LeggettMissy
- Kaleigh Jo KellerKelly
- Jenna BristerSally
- Robert ShepherdHarold
Stills
Themes
parent child relationshipbullyingschoolhairfamilyhaircutwoman director