Fresh
If 'Napoleon Dynamite' had had a bigger heart it may have turned out like this sweet and smart comedy about high school misfits.
Sarah Cohen, Time Out
Overview
Vanessa gets a dose of reality when Philip, her one true love, ends their relationship, again. The quirky teen enrolls in his school to win him back, but ends up making matters worse. Downgraded to social outcast, Vanessa struggles to reclaim Phillip's affection. Luckily, when Vanessa is declared a captain for the school's Snowstorm Survivor competition, she assembles a team of like-minded misfits to prove they deserve to compete and hopefully win her love's heart again.
Director and cast
- Suzi Yoonessi Director
- Savanah Wiltfong as Terri Lemor
- Shayne Topp as Terri Lemor
- Eleanor Hutchins as Terri Lemor
- Kari Nissena as Norma
- Beth Grant as Principal Applebomb
- Elaine Hendrix as Coach Roach
- Meaghan Jette Martin as Megan Kennedy
- Vanessa Marano as Samantha Combs
- Melissa Leo as Mrs. Howard
- Emma Dumont as Kellie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The filmmaker knows how to gently skew reality just enough to offset the excess cuteness.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
It's more appealing than anything Hollywood has recently offered the 8- to 13-year-old female demographic.
Karina Longworth, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
There's almost nowhere for such a plot to go that audiences haven't seen countless times before.
Peter Debruge, Variety
Fresh
A spoonful of sugar, to say nothing of bright pastel colors and friendly bunny rabbits, helps the medicine go down in the sometimes ungainly but often winning prep school comedy Dear Lemon Lima.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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