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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3032509, member: 7894"] There's been a theme recently about awkward female led teen dramas. Saw a few more of those recently, one a rewatch and one first time viewing. I never hear much chatter about it, but I think "Wildlike" is a fantastic movie. Starts out awkward as hell, it's tough to make it thru the first 30 minutes or so, but it's worth it. A troubled 15 (I think) year old girl finds herself on her own and on the run in Alaska w/ her creepy uncle trying to track her down and her flake of a mom disappeared off the radar in Seattle. She insinuates herself into the life of a widower who wants absolutely nothing to do with her, but he eventually realizes she needs help and nobody else seems likely to provide it to her. They eventually develop a beautiful friendship and maybe even surrogate father/daughter relationship. It's also a beautiful travelogue of Alaska. There are a few other people onscreen but it's mostly Ella Purnell and Bruce Greenwood. The other one I'd never heard of but stumbled onto it on Hoopla. "Summer '03". Also awkward as hell. Strong acting performance from Joey King. I've never seen "Ramona and Beezus", I think that's mostly what she's known for. Joey's granny drops a series of bombshell confessions on various family members on her death bed that turns the whole world upside down for all of them. They try to make sense of everything and put things back together again. Also a good performance from Andrea Savage as Joey's mom. [/QUOTE]

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