

She fits the feelings of a depressed girl, striving for help, and need from peers, not harmful words. As for the acting, Stewart is extraordinary as the reclusive Melinda Sordino. The two of them exemplify what it means to try and go against what is asked of them, and go above that to raising the bar to a whole new level of education, and life.

Melinda starts to make friends little by little, as she connects with her eccentric Art teacher Mr. She starts to feel into her own, and the school year (besides the fact her grades went flushing down the toilet). As the movie goes on, Melinda (Kirsten Stewart) begins to lighten up around the surroundings. Sweeney) are almost never home so that way they can talk to her about anything. Now, your probably asking yourself? Why wouldn't you talk to your parents? She would, only that her mom (Elizabeth Perkins) and dad (D.B. However, there was something at the party that she doesn't want people to know, and if she tells it, it will rip and shed her into pieces. So, what do you do when times like these come to happen? Stay silent, don't get noticed by anyone.

The story involves a teenage girl who, after calling the cops to bust a wrecked summer party, comes to acknowledge her peers won't talk to her anymore. The first few minutes of the movie turned out to be exactly pages from the book, as well as some emotional moments that almost reduced me to tears, showed exactly the way she was feeling, and how she was connected from the moment to the school year in such depressive, mute fashion that she manages to handle so well. This finally aired on Lifetime yesterday, and since I was such a big fan of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel, I might as well wanted to see the movie to compare them. blew me off because you're a self-centered social climber! And you know what? I know what I wanna do to my room and it doesn't involve eggplant. Melinda Sordino: Because I was nice to you in the beginning of school when I didn't even like you and you blew me. Melinda Sordino: No, I mean, I won't help you. Heather: You are so great! I owe you big time! What if I help you redecorate your room? I know, a nice seafoam green! And now Meg and Siobhan can't do it and I'm totally screwed! Mel, you have to help me! They have some sales meeting in there until like 3:00, but then they'll let us start and I know we can do it! Okay, it was supposed to be me and Meg and Siobhan decorating the Holiday Inn for prom.
