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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Sometimes to fit in you need to stand out
2008 · 1h 43m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Cathy Randall
Overview
This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.
Director and cast
- Cathy Randall Director
- Danielle Catanzariti as Esther Blueburger
- Cassandra Jinman as The Slug
- Talia Monaghan as Ribbon 1 / Missy
- Yen Yen Stender as Ribbon 2 / Lissy
- Laura Kettle as Ribbon 3 / Demi
- Lucy Carey as Ribbon 4 / Sienna
- Tisha Adey as Ribbon 5 / Prudence
- Leticia Monaghan as Prefect / Cynthia
- Christian Byers as Jacob Blueburger
- Keisha Castle-Hughes as Sunni
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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Tomatometer
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The sometimes strained efforts at quirky humour and the more melodramatic moments in the later scenes can feel like they belong in different movies altogether.
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
Rotten
The filmmaker's overreliance on oddball characterizations and easy-bake kookiness often derails her seemingly loftier intentions.
Mark Olsen, L.A. Weekly
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