It gets better...

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2009)

As I watched this, the first 20 minutes of the movie found me getting more than a bit annoyed at the oh-so-cool, over-confident, old-beyond-her-years central character. It just didn't sit well with me.
But as the film progresses, you kind of understand what they were trying to do - overplay the intelligent cockiness and confidence to make the later 'realisation' and new-found sensitivity more 'powerful'.
It's a little bit pretentious, and it does try a little too hard at times to be quirky and 'indie', plus some of the characters are overplayed - but ultimately it's fun, and watchable.