toe beans

i really dislike this movie. the only person i liked was fareeda, she was supportive, loving and full of personality and expressive but was only used as a “support friend” as are most poc and lgbtq+ characters in movies, which isn’t okay. i think the people who created this movie had good intent but the intent got lost in the plot. the plot mostly consisted of jodi pushing away the guy that likes her (i don’t remember his name so i’ll call him j.) and people commenting on her height and people judging her for it which i think is important to show but i feel like they dragged it on too long. i think if they led with shedding light on why people are making those comments and why people judge tall women it would be a much more informative movie and also why people have put so much emphasis on height. as well as have the characters be more considerate of other peoples emotions and genuinely respect the people that are there for them (fareeda not included.) also if fareeda was actually i feel like jodi didn’t really appreacite her friends and the people around her (not talking about her parents.. i’ll get into that later.) the only interactions i remember fareeda being in are when she’s supporting someone else but they never are there for her. i feel like we didn’t really get to know the people in the movie, it was mostly either them telling them who they are or someone else admiring them and telling them who they think they are. for example, at the end when jodi got on stage and told everyone who she is and when j was talking about what he loves/ likes about her (i don’t remember completely because i wasn’t paying attention during all of it.) the parents.. most of what i remember from them is embarrassing jodi and making her insecurity of being tall worse. i feel like they didn’t try to understand her and only assumed what they think would help. it seemed that they favored the older sister in the beginning, but again i can’t remember if they really did or not because i wasn’t fully paying attention. i think people enjoy movies most when they a) help us learn something b) are really interesting c) pull peoples emotional strings d) two or all of the above and this movie didn’t do any of these things for a lot of people.