Is Tall Girl the WORST Movie on Netflix? Completely Average Girl reviews Tall Girl

[@HellYeahDude5000]

Crazy how she thought the problem was her height...when it was literally everything else about her.

[@smart507532nd]

Yep. Her lacking personality. And she seemed really whiney to me.

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

@@smart507532nd That's the problem with letting a main character with an abstract problem narrate the film. If she was a Disney princess she could sing about it. Main characters are often discontented.

[@TheDancerMacabre]

Maybe that's the subversive point of the movie. It's not the one thing you think it is, but how that insecurity you have can poison ever other aspect of your life. It's better to accept it as part of you and use that energy enrich your life instead of worrying.

[@brandoncolon3047]

Its like sidestepping a pothole only to fall off a bridge

[@miaconstransitch8979]

Oh my gosh 😂😂

[@gubsauce3039]

Her: ranting about how Tall Girl is sitting on the toilet Me: that bathroom is the cleanest bathroom I have ever seen for a high school

[@vanroyal244]

Give those janitors a raise!

[@kookiecream7259]

Ikr

[@lincolnduke]

Doesnt every high school bullying scene in every movie take place in the bathroom?

[@squarepotatoes]

As a school janitor, can confirm

[@rolfs2165]

That's the cleanest bathroom I have ever seen in a school, period. Anything from primary school up to university.

[@prektonnziya8236]

"I wear men sized 13 nikes. " Me: Well good for you some people can't even afford shoes.

[@DemonicRemption]

@Prekton Nziya LOL! Wow, good I don't have to say it. xD

[@NJGuy1973]

Some people work 16-hour days to make those shoes, get paid less than a dollar a day, and work in conditions so bad that the plant owners put netting around the building because workers throw themselves from the roof in despair. But yeah, Jodi, your life is tough.

[@SwipSedai]

@@NJGuy1973 well I hesitate to push the narrative that just because someone else has it worse you shouldnt complain but yeah good point. Especially since she specifies nikes. Too good for new balance or Reebok eh?

[@000xyz]

I wear size 13 kenneth coles. Its one of the only 3 pairs of shoes. The other 2 are a 10 dollar pair of flipflops and a 20 dollar pair of sneakers from payless. The KC's are for dresscode at my job. I cant afford 200 dollar nikes. I wear the 20 dollar sneakers for 18 months before i have to get a new pair. I CAN'T EAT! I'M BROKE, *****!

[@idrisledger]

Yeah but... have you tried being tall?

[@SamM-pj1dx]

I'm 6 1 and I'm wearing size 13 men's nikes. Beat that. Some gay kid in Iran: *exists*

[@gingerjessietalks7685]

Her black friend: exists

[@ravenrose702]

Ginger Jessie Talks yeah I forgot about her black friend... she really is tone deaf

[@od3910]

To be honest there's probably thousands and thousands of examples. This wreaks of a writer that has never had any issues in their life but thinks they do

[@LiaVinicius]

Tall gal was poorly written. Pep talk bestie and the boy who's into tall gal had better stories tbh and deserved more character growth. They played out her stupidity as insecurities and didn't work. Being insecure does not equal being shitty friend.

[@Ahmed-bk1gc]

Kids dying in Palestine Kids dying out of hunger

[@purelysmetalnightcore]

My friend got cancer in her leg her freshman year of high school, went into remission, but then got an infection in her leg during her senior year and had to get her leg amputated. (She's fine now.) But at least she wasn't tall.

[@soulrecords857]

I’m glad she’s okay! (And thank god she wasn’t tall!)

[@misssinisterseventy1553]

If this is a true story, I’m really happy she’s okay! What kind of cancer was it? Bone? skin?

[@purelysmetalnightcore]

@@misssinisterseventy1553 Bone

[@Starbits7]

Glad she's okay! My sister got bone cancer in her leg in high school - had part of bone removed & had an implant/joint put in so she can still use her leg. (She's fine now too) But that line talking about her shoe size is so ridiculous. It makes it so that NO ONE can related to the character because everyone has problems worse than that.

[@purelysmetalnightcore]

@@Starbits7 That shoe size line drove me CRAZY! In high school I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety but I was lead to believe that those deep, crippling feelings I had weren't valid and I was just being spoiled because I happen to be white, have money, and was attending a good school. My parents didn't let me go to therapy because "I had nothing to be depressed/anxious about" and my friends would brush me off because their lives were (rather objectively) worse, which made me feel absolutely terrible, like I didn't have the right to feel the way that I did. I was lead to believe that being bullied at school was something I just needed to accept and my parents weren't ACTUALLY abusive because they gave me a ton of stuff. I'm not sure I would have lived if my parents didn't lock up the guns, because I had no one to help me understand that my feelings were understandable. Tall Girl could have been AMAZING had they not focused on height and the whole thing was rewritten to be about a normal, if not privileged, girl still struggling with mental health issues that could be caused by traumatic events people told her weren't a big deal or hormonal imbalances.

[@mmmhhm]

There’s a manga called “Lovely Complex” where it’s about a tall girl and short boy. It’s really good cause the characters have legit chemistry

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

It's also set in Japan where you can sort of get where something like this would happen. And, yeah, manga and anime were pretty fun

[@alopiaspelagicus1628]

Yes!!!!!

[@mariewright1724]

It's also a drama. Check imdb" Love.Com:The Movie" (2006) it's great

[@chloesantos8637]

Love that manga!

[@roselover411]

LoveCom is hilarious and adorable, I always think about it whenever there's a mention somewhere about a short boy dating a tall girl.

[@ingloriousMachina]

My friend from school was 6 feet tall at 13, and literally no one ever treated her differently, except sometimes people asked her to grab things off the top shelf. Sure, some dudes rejected her for being too tall, but plenty of guys like tall women as well, and she was very pretty. No, she wasn't a basketball player. She had many back problems from growing too rapidly.

[@purelysmetalnightcore]

I knew a girl that shot to 6'3" so fast that she had medical issues. This movie would've been way better if it touched on her having problems with her physical health which in turn affected her mental health. It also would've been great if the movie recreated how the actress of Jodie was humiliated on Dance Moms for being so tall and being told that she was too tall to dance. That can really hurt a teenager! I would have loved to see the story of a girl genuinely struggling because of her height and unable to communicate that, but Jodie didn't struggle in any way.

[@kenzij]

@@purelysmetalnightcore So I could be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure Abby's main problems with Ava Michelle was her mom and the fact that she wasn't as graceful as you want a dancer with legs and arms that long to be. I mean yeah, I maybe remember one or two times where Abby wouldn't put her in a group dance or something because it threw off the optics, but I'm pretty sure most of her mistreatment on the show was due to her lines being sloppy etc.

[@deletedaccount3047]

Same here, my best friend (grade 8) is 6 foot and she isn’t really treated that differently to others. Most of her friends are about five four so she stands out a bit and has been rejected by a few guys but in general she’s happy. She just has mild scoliosis that can be a bit of a pain for her sometimes.

[@levithorstone2876]

Lol tall woman will never pic the short guy

[@ingloriousMachina]

Levi Thorstone Maybe if short guy had better grammar.

[@indiarobertson9906]

I’m in a wheelchair and have had a ton of surgery (most of it failed) and was bullied so badly I’m recovering years later BUT AT LEAST I’M NOT TALL

[@luuuuux_]

Thank god that you are not tall. But seriously, are you okay? Is your health better now?

[@kevinkelly5780]

I was bullied, suffered chronic depression and anxiety for two and a half decades and I am tall, dammit

[@wingracer1614]

Thanks goodness cerebral palsy has caused my best friends legs to be permanently bent. If he could stand up straight he would be over 6 feet. Imagine the horror. Instead he has the joy of bonding with his kids by making them put his shoes on and off for him and giving his wife the joy helping him get in the shower every morning.

[@PolarBearFromNY]

Random guy: hows the weather up there lol Tall girl: wouldn't you like to know, weather boy 😎

[@STORMDAME]

I resemble that remark. Hahahaha.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Kid’s sketchy

[@hotdogseven9589]

@@merrittanimation7721 back to you, janet

[@SailorMya]

LOL! I wish they had her use a comeback like this then she might have had a little personalty!

[@blush.and.ochre.03]

As a six foot tall teenager, I REALLY wish I would've used this comeback more in middle school😂😂😂

[@tanyacockle6469]

Girl: I'm 6'1" I'm hideously tall and nobody wants to date me Lesbians, bisexual and sapphic women everywhere: 👀

[@redacted5078]

BIG MOOD

[@fourknox7576]

Steve Steve Steve Steve [ Sapphic: Women loving woman (WLW), A woman or women-aligned person who is attracted to other women or women-aligned people.

[@ursaminor9780]

@@stevestevestevesteve6466 I believe it’s a sort of Umbrella term for women who are attracted to women: lesbians, bi women, pan women, Demi sexual women, etc

[@CJMGalaxy]

And literally most guys tbh, it would take a cripplingly insecure man to have a chance to date a gorgeous woman who's tall and say "no, she'll make me look short". I'm all of 5'4" and tall girls rock

[@vampyrekyng_lex]

@@CJMGalaxy Exactly, preferences are cool but turning down someone simply because of height is..just shallow and icky.

[@jtroxler8]

I like how Sabrina Carpenter’s character wasn’t mentioned at all yet the review was still very coherent, proving that her character was completely pointless.

[@NJGuy1973]

Oh, yeah, the 5'1" girl who wins beauty pageants. In what universe?

[@jocelyncooper1738]

NJGuy1973 exactly

[@Misterobozo1]

I was thinking her character was the best one, she was funny.

[@kookiecream7259]

@@NJGuy1973 as a girl who is 5'1 tall I wanna go there

[@nathalie3601]

@@NJGuy1973 fr its kinda ironic since irl the one that does modelling and everything is ava not sabrina

[@izzieluv]

You totally left out the fact that Little Griff has been carrying around this milk crate the whole movie so that if she ever wanted to kiss him he could be tall enough to kiss her 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@veelogation3890]

Which was mega creep/weird vibes for me. To be that obsessed about someone so not into you.

[@ginganinjav5220]

@@veelogation3890 Did he not like, walk into her room while she was asleep to give her the shoes too?

[@Xehanort10]

@@veelogation3890 He creepily touches her face while she's asleep too.

[@capsulamental]

@@ginganinjav5220 but it did not seem so creepy to me since they were friends since they were kids. He had enough intimacy to do it without looking disrespectful

[@elphabarichardson607]

My husband and I laugh about that milk crate still! I swear he mentioned it a couple of days ago. I am 5' with short arms and a 24" inseam, so he sometimes askes where my milk crate is I go to kiss him and he is standing. He is 5' 10".

[@mansome_6282]

Tall Girl taking bad movies to new heights

[@dvdcbb]

Har har har

[@naivenitara]

Zing! 😂😂

[@bellbito7318]

Literally.

[@a.houston946]

Bravo!

[@risingmoon56]

That....that was beautiful, thank you

[@Orandu]

Glasses girl needs her own movie... titled: “Glasses Girl”

[@kousheesuman1719]

"when i take off my glasses, everything around me blurs. my eyesight is so bad that i can't even look 5 feet in front of me. you should be grateful you don't carry this weight on your nose. so what if i am rich and scarily attractive and musically gifted! that doesn't matter! I WEAR GLASSES AND I AM MISERABLE!"

[@Xehanort10]

@@kousheesuman1719 It'd be one of those films where an alright looking girl is treated as horribly ugly and nerdy just because she wears glasses.

[@AltheaKHaden]

And a movie about a tall girl with glasses? I’m basically a 6 feet tall blind girl.

[@AltheaKHaden]

Axiom Steel26 There is no reason to fear a sequel, Tall girl doesn’t have any book while the Kissing Booth is a series of three or four books.

[@AltheaKHaden]

Axiom Steel26 Aye, from Wattpad.

[@priboltao]

This movie wasn't bad, but it got on my nerves. Here's the thing, I'm short, like real short, but I get that being tall has its inconveniences, and in high school people bully you for anything. But my problem here is that this movie is soooo overdramatic. Like, Jodi is gorgeous. Ava Michelle is beautiful, and they put her in that janitor's uniform with a ponytail for the first half of the movie just so we get distracted from the fact that she is tall AND beautiful. So yeah, she's 6ft 1 (aaand a half), but she is white, blond, beautiful, rich, her parents kind of suck but she has a great sister and amazing friends who love her. Oh, and she is talented. Like, she has a lot going for her, and I didn't see this girl having fun once. She just complains all the time about "being a freak" and "not being normal". She has no personality besides being tall. I don't totaly oppose the idea of the movie, but the way it was made, it's so dramatic like she has some sort of life changing deformity or something like that. She was just so unlikable.

[@kpencil859]

Ugh, you summed it up perfectly !

[@alexkennedy1820]

The writer clearly did not understand what bullying is like. If a writer wants people to take the movie seriously, then the protagonist should have been someone who is likely to be bullied.

[@mick7804]

Yes!!! And also 3 boys (i believe) ended up liking her

[@ramadansteve1715]

@@crookshanks1454 Do you somehow think she isn't white?

[@Orandu]

Happiness is a choice. Even if you have everything going for you, people can choose to focus on the one little thing that “keeps them down”.

[@mariesummers.]

Considering Dunkleman actively tried to sabotage her relationship with Stig at any opportunity despite knowing how important it was to Jodi solely because he didn't like her being interested in another guy (instead of staying out of it, coming clean about his feelings to Stig like a mature person, or doing anything but persuading Stig to ghost on Jodi and hurt her rather than date her if it makes them both happy), I didn't like how he was treated like a good romantic option for her at the end. He carried that milk crate for how long in preparation of being able to kiss her at the drop of a dime, despite her openly showing her disinterest more than once? That's creepy. He was wildly toxic, the kind of guy who will ruin her chances with someone else because he wants her, who won't think about how his actions will affect her, and who will never feel guilt for having done so. Not once in the movie do I recall genuine reflection on how he affected Jodi. He got so mad at how Stig was treating Jodi, but when Stig asked for guidance because he genuinely DID like Jodi, he was the one that wanted him to ignore Jodi and treat her like something to use and throw away because that way, Jodi was no longer dating someone else. Ridiculous. His heroic, kind, loyal instinct to immediately wallop Stig for hurting a girl he swayed Stig to hurt so he could date her instead is not cute or sweet or positive. It's violent, possessive and manipulative.

[@ccrisc100]

This ^^^^^ 💯

[@Anna-or1xd]

Thank you! I didn't like that guy at all. I've seen many ppl saying he was the better option while completely disregarding all that you mentioned. Everyone in this movie -except for the best friend and glasses girl- was completely awful.

[@silviaov633]

Yes!!!

[@antoinelk00]

Tallgirl had a lot SHORT comings...No? Bad joke, Ok I'll stop

[@DorianCairne]

Grammatically it would be "a lot of shortcomings".

[@antoinelk00]

@@DorianCairne Ok thanks, I just seen my very obvious grammatical errors lol

[@ckline5486]

@@antoinelk00 Sadlee grahamr ent spelin died in da bellie of da interweb long ago : )

[@pudgebl67]

That is ok, just don't get short with me 😁

[@antoinelk00]

@@pudgebl67 Don't worry I won't have any HIGH expectations LMAO

[@thegayghost872]

My sister actually auditioned to be in this movie, when the casting call first came out. I never let her forget about it.

[@alanbiggle544]

There was a girl in high school with me who was extremely tall. As in I'm 6' and she towered over me (and everyone else). Yet she always seemed pretty cheery, not self absorbed, and all around a cool person to be around. Being tall isn't a personality trait, and Yodie has no redeeming qualities as a person.

[@Xehanort10]

She's the type of person who sees "You must be this tall to ride" signs and thinks it's discrimination.

[@NAME-yg8sl]

I know a like 5' 8 13 year old. No one cared she was tall. Because she has a personality

[@Xehanort10]

@zaliapoo dessine draws Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil 8 is a better tall girl than Jodi.

[@The_Nightsong]

One of the things that bothered me is when Jodie's friend says that in Sweden, Jodie would not be seen as a tall girl, but just like any other girl. Being Swedish, I can tell you that the average height of 16-year-old girls here, is NOT 6 feet. I'm 5'8, stopped growing at 14, but I was seen as being one of the taller ones, being average when I got older. Such a ridiculous movie...

[@GlassMachine-yd8vi]

Amanda don't sell yourself short. You're at least, 3% above average.

[@robj2558]

3.5 on overcast days 👍

[@littlearies3862]

@Artik I dunno. Lots of singers are tall.

[@Xehanort10]

Making Jodi an interesting character would have been a tall order.

[@neutralman9124]

You just reminded me that Mean Girls has the best character development in any teen comedy. Cady, Regina and Janice change a lot and it's very natural.

[@Ella.A.Eh.]

You know the part where cheerleader best friend says something like, "man I wish my friends would ask me how my day was." and then they talk over her? Basically that's how the whole movie treats her! She was barely a real character. Also Dunkleman wasn't too good for her; he was just as bad. He should have accepted her lack of interest in him and moved on with glasses girl--the better and healthier match. i didn't like their getting together in the end (and the speech on stage) because it rewards bad behavior and rewards when it is unearned.

[@HopeGardner3amed]

As a person who acted like Dunkelman in high school, I will attest teen hormones make you very fixated on one person.

[@ddogvtae9142]

@@HopeGardner3amed i can back up this with my own confession of teenage creep. Doesn't make it right, but it is a thing that happens.

[@davidzx2292]

So, that's a point both you and her have made, and I have to disagree. He shouldn't have moved on with glasses-girl, why would he? It's a healthier match? It is, but that doesn't make it so he has feelings for her. He really shouldn't fixate in one person that has alredy declined him, yeah, but that doesn't mean that he should date anyone else. He should be open to the possibility of him liking someone else, I think that's what you both are trying to say, or something along the lines, better expressed.

[@Ella.A.Eh.]

Basically all the good choices he could have made, including him being open to liking someone, were the opportunities the writers missed.

[@calvinit21]

"You think YOU'VE got problems?!?!" I was a very short dude in high school. That first scene was pretty much my experience with EVERY girl.

[@nocturnus009]

Shout out to this alleged “New Orleans” high school library that has books sorted by color. Although we only see the blue isle & the yellow isles.

[@swandivemedia9249]

Everyone knows the superior book color is red. Yellow books arent worth reading, and blue? dont get me started on blue books.. ill give you a hint *superiority complex*

[@nocturnus009]

@@swandivemedia9249 as an October Scorpio (10/30) I'm inclined to agree. It probably also speaks to all the Victoria Schwab books in my library.

[@TheSaiyanPrincess89]

>Mentions a library. >Doesn't know the difference between isles and aisles. Oh, the irony.

[@nocturnus009]

@@TheSaiyanPrincess89 there is an assumption of carrying... Which apparently I didn't and knowing, which is irrelevant. But, "Sure Jan"

[@nocturnus009]

@@TheSaiyanPrincess89 we will also ignore the use of isle [mass of land] could be my subconscious connections between the fear of the diminutive male in his Lilliputian world versus the blue Brobdingnag land of the protagonist.

[@splatman7300]

things i didn't think i'd be learning from this movie: taylor swift's height is 5'10"

[@generalbakis8094]

"i wont be able to marry because im tall" "i will get killed because im tall" "i will not be accepted because im tall" "i will get arrested for no reason because im tall" also im swedish and that is a horrible accent and most swedes arent even blonde

[@herold1985]

The majority of swedes is blond....

[@wil7216]

all the reasons she states literally apply to lgbtq+ community, black people and other minorities. She's like "im conventionally attractive, white, from a upper middle class and straight, but im tall so im the most oppressed person in the school!" I imagine a scene where her friend is being called racial slurs, but Jodie doesn't care and is complaining about how hard her life is.

[@littlemsterious991]

the only swede they've ever seen is pewdiepie

[@ashleysomsen3945]

@@herold1985 hahahah nope thats a common misconception

[@minez5628]

Oh, my gods, I just realised that being a transgender and bisexual boy in secondary school wasn't that bad.... Yeah, I couldn't use bathrooms, disphoria was a bitch and dating was hard, and school staff would use my dead name, but nah... She's tall. That's harder.

[@riennarindo9727]

also trans (nonbinary) & bi here - you are v v attractive, love the pfp!! 😍😘💖💜💙

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

this movie really puts things in perspective...

[@wingracer1614]

I really don't know how all you guys, gals and whatever else you want to be's do it. I only had to deal with being a fat, shy introvert but that was bad enough to drive me to occasional suicidal and homicidal thoughts. It's actually kind of inspirational.

[@58209]

yeah, as another transmasc person (an an extremely short one at that) who had to deal with their own height dysphoria, all i could think about was this cisgender girl bemoning having to experience a pithy fraction of the shit that trans women have to deal with. oh you have to buy men's size shoes? tragic. my bestie can't afford any shoes because she got fired from her job for being visibly queer, and she has to scrimp to buy femme flats that are painfully small for her because so much of her expenses go into trying to present as hyperfeminine as possible to reduce her risk of being misgendered and being physically assaulted. at least Tall Girl gets to wear comfortable shoes without being misgendered every 10 seconds. even with a cis main character, this movie could have leaned into gendered and cisnormative beauty expectations, misdirected transmisogyny, bullying, microagressions, fetishization and chasers, and how the direct and secondary harm of those things are bad for everyone. but instead it was a pitty party about how a comfortably wealthy white cis girl in the USA has it worse than everyone.

[@blueraine8705]

literally wish they cast only under avrage height people and pretended she WAS actually a giant

[@victoriarose4877]

I'm fairly sure they didn't cast any extras who were over 5'6 or 5'7 because they wanted to make her look taller

[@cameronking6354]

They definitely didn’t. They also used a lot of trick shots to make people look smaller. There is no way Swedish dude was the only guy taller than her, 6’2 is not super uncommon for men, and most of the girls look shorter than average.

[@blueraine8705]

I meant that I thought it would be really funny if they made it like the brother in Braceface or something Like that she wouldn't fit in the shots and everyone else is teeny tiny. Not just a little shorter. I don't know I thought that sounded funnier than what they did.

[@crooked9210]

Would have been pretty funny if they only hired dwarf actors

[@BOOXMOWO]

Oh that's a brilliant idea! Cast only people 5ft or shorter and then scale down the sets so that the character looks like a giant instead of being canonically 6'1".

[@mallorythompson3472]

There’s an anime called Lovely Complex that deals with the same concept a tall girl and a short guy dating, but it works so much better than this movie.

[@NJGuy1973]

There was an episode of Saved By The Bell where Jessie dates a shorter guy, and that was better than Tall Girl.

[@silviaov633]

Love it!!

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Glasses girl and Dunkleman being together would have slightly redeemed this movie. As finding someone who genuinely likes you and moving on from an unrequited crush would be a great lesson. Jodie shot herself in the foot, her realizing she lost a good guy (Dunkleman) AND was a jerk to her female best friend would have been better then ending the movie with a self serving speech. Dunkleman could have both defended his friend from a jerk (our fake Swede) AND realized how much better it is to be genuinely liked for who he is instead of chasing a girl who is rejecting him for the same thing she is angry at the world for (judging her by her height). This was a paint by numbers teen movie that forgot we were suppose to like Jodie. They made her so self involved and unlikeable.

[@ckline5486]

If she really has male, size 13 feet, shooting one of them was almost inevitable. 😊

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

@@ckline5486 Good one :D

[@BabyGirlTiny]

The Dawn of Vanlife Dunkleman wasn’t a good guy. He was pushy and creepy and manipulative. And I don’t think Jodie liking tall guys is something bad or the same as people judging her for her height. She’s not judging the boys she likes for their height. She likes tall guys. That’s not a problem. Let’s not forget that speech Dunkleman gave when he knew Jodie liked the tall guy was was speaking about how their kids will be tall and she’ll need a cesarean and scar her stomach. That was gross

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

@@BabyGirlTiny Dunkleman is an imperfect character, but he's also a teenager with very little experience with girls who had a crush. His story was redeemable UNTIL he broke up with glasses. And that's only because leaving her to obsesses over Jodie even if she never feels the same way is creepy not cute. Falling for a girl who actually felt the same way about him AND remaining Jodie's passionate defender as her friend would have shown growth and development for the positive. His journey right back to being Jodie fixated after glasses girl makes him stuck and obsessive as a character. Heck, even breaking up with glasses because she was a rebound, but still understanding the value of moving on would have helped. That being said, he did some jerk things before glasses girl, but so did Jodie. The fact that they are imperfect people isn't the end of their ability to be redeemed in the end game. That's what storytelling is for...to go on a journey. But Jodie was also just a jerk. She went over to hang with Swede guy who she knew had a girlfriend expecting to gain the affections of said boy. Popular girl may have been a bully, but a sin is a sin and knowingly participating in cheating is still bad. She was literally trying to force a breakup. She also doesn't say she's just not attracted to short guys, she says she's trying to avoid being stared at. She says she won't date Dunkleman for the completely superficial reason of what other people will think. Which is weird for her to say since the guy she was flirting with in the opening sequence was shorter then her.

[@BabyGirlTiny]

@@TheDawnofVanlife him being a teenager doesn't give him an excuse to be gross to another teenager. I dont care about him being redeemed mainly because I didn't care about him as a character. I wish they didnt get together in the end because he should have respected Jodie's rejections from the start since they're friends. If they kept the crush a secret that he couldn't move on from, I like that. Instead he's creepily carrying around a milk crate to kiss her. I never said Jodie was a Good person so... okay. She was just as bad, but at least she wasn't harassing the swede guy about her feelings. i can also accept that Jodie doesnt want to date shorter guys so she wont be stared at, and if the movie was actually good, they would have went deep with the misogyny of why Jodie would think that. But even then, I dont see it as a bad thing because it makes sense. and the Swede guy was actually okay up until the 180 turn around that made no sense in the end to make dunkleman seem like the better choice

[@buzzinbea]

I feel like this movie could have been a decent teen movie about popularity and stuff if it wasn't so hamfisted with being tall or so focused on Jodie? Like the Swedish guy wanting to be popular after being bullied(?) in his hometown and struggling with that could have been genuinely interesting if he was given more nuance other than turning out to be a flat out awful person. And if the Mean Girl wasn't such a one note character maybe she could have contributed to that somehow? Maybe as he dates her he learns more about her and genuinely likes her until he sees how mean she is to Jodie? It could have been pretty cool to see Jodie also struggling with suddenly being popular and invited to things and liking it but being conflicted because all the people who are being nice to her now were bullying/ignoring her a few weeks ago. And with Griff maybe his deal is learning not to try to pursue someone who clearly doesn't want to date you, which is a good message to have in a teen movie. I know he sort of does this at the end but I don't count it because it was that cliche thing where the second he gives up she falls in love with him. Anyway yeah! Tall Girl has the bones of an ok teen movie about popularity and romance but failed pretty hard because literally none of the bullying was realistic? I 100% believe that you can be bullied in high school for ANYTHING but I DON'T believe that high schoolers bully people by going "How's the weather up there?" like a cartoon character.

[@Laeiryn]

And they passed up such a great opportunity to make her height/size into her advantage with the piano. Having large hands on a piano is a huge deal, no pun intended.

[@NJGuy1973]

You should write teen movies. Seriously. That sounds like an interesting story about characters dealing with issues and having honest internal conflicts and struggling to resolve them. Netflix won't have that.

[@thea4051]

I haven't seen the movie personally, but what I've heard of what the "Swedish" guy has said, that is not a Swedish accent. Not at all. We do not sound like that, even with a big Swedish accent, when swedes speak English it is usually a much "happier" tone. And when he speaks Swedish- it doesn't even sound like Swedish if I'm gonna be honest, well it REALLY sounds like when an American tries to speak Swedish. "Pratar du svenska?", just that short line you can directly tell he's not Swedish.

[@xcalium9346]

I don't even know why they made him Swedish. Just let him be a new student from the US lmao. FFS if you're going to go about it with stereotypes at least do it properly, hire a Dutch dude.

[@mariadignani2226]

"I wear sized 13 nikes beat that" Me: you are a white, straight, attractive, middle class, tall girl. Oh wow, the next rosa parks.

[@redacted5078]

A true martyr

[@alabamaslammer3921]

The oppressed people

[@kermit_de_frog4818]

Because in this moive beening all those things you stated is WAY harder then being a minority , BECAUSE SHE IS TALL. I am sorry but it makes me so gosh darn upset

[@l0os176]

"I'm 5'6", slightly above average for a US girl." Tall girl reviews Tall Girl

[@annameyl]

"How's the weather up there?" "Let's find out!" *picks them up*

[@DXKramer]

6'1? And that makes her tall? In the beginning I thought it was gonna be like Andre the Giant in high school!

[@oliviawilliams6204]

For a highschool girl it's sure a lot above average girl... but yeah...it's not freakishly tall either

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Does this school not have a female basketball or volleyball team? Heck even Lacross. She wouldn't even stand out in that environment. Not saying she *needs* to be into sports, but these girls are usually randomly floating the high school halls with everyone else. Also, no male sports teams? Again, not saying all tall guys have to play sports or that only tall guys play sports. But most schools have sports teams of various sorts full of tall people of both genders who would float, plus or minus a few inches, around Jodie's height.

[@alopiaspelagicus1628]

As a non-american I have no clue how tall any of that is xD

[@vanroyal244]

@@alopiaspelagicus1628 I don't know what that is either.

[@Monie71793]

That's definitely tall. Why does everyone think that isn't tall when talking about this movie?

[@immrcrow8862]

"Do you know what it's like to be tall *AND* attractive? No one understands me." THE MOVIE!!

[@QuartuvLarry]

She’s only 6’1” and she wears size 13 MENS?! I’m 6’3” and only need size 12 men’s! FRREEEEEEEAAK!!!🤯🤯🤯

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

“I’m so quirky and different because I’m tall, my life is so hard being tall” Ooooh wow so special. Not like people are dealing with worse shit like homophobia, racism, harassment, etc. Your life is so hard. Better grab my canoe for the river she’s gonna cry about her definitely difficult and not at all first world problems

[@somone124]

Like it's not even that it wouldn't be okay for her to be sad about being slightly bullied, but pretending her problems are the worst anyone can have is like so entiteled, it's unbelieveable!

[@fretbuzzlightyear1461]

There were like 4 darn good actors who signed onto one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen in my life.

[@joynelbonetdelgado4952]

Who were they?

[@Rivenlore99]

Yeah who were they?

[@katiebeaird4528]

The main actress is from dance moms. This is her trying to directly compete with Jojo siwa

[@chadfalardeau3259]

Sabrina Carpenter

[@jimthecactus7425]

@@katiebeaird4528 So her trying to have her own career is directly competing with her? Everyone in the industry is competing with each other. Jojo isn't the only dance moms girl that's gone on to do other things like this.

[@myah528]

It should have been another tall girl that walked through the door

[@MrDayday112]

Can't wait to see you review the sequel called Glasses Girl

[@Bianca-iz5wk]

There isn't a sequel, right?????

[@Strange_Child]

@@Bianca-iz5wk There is now 😀

[@happyninja42]

I was 6' 3 around middle school, starting into high school (guy), I towered over most people. The handful of girls that were tall like me, were INSTANTLY hotter in my mind, because I felt like they were one of "my people". I didn't feel weird hugging them, which translates to just squishing a short girls head when the height disparity is really large. My wife, who I noticed for the first time because she was really tall compared to all her coworkers (and it was how she noticed me too), is 6'0", and it's great. But yes, I've lost count of the number of times I heard "how's the weather up there" another common one was "Gosh you're tall! (no shit) Do you play basketball!?" So much so, that I had a tshirt airbrushed to say "NO! I do NOT play basketball" But when shorter people would do the "weather" joke, I would always retort with "Yeah you're really short, you going to warn me when there is an earthquake?" It is sadly, not an uncommon thing to say from shorties, they all think they are the first person to ever say it to you, instead of the 5 millionth.

[@JohnHummel502]

You may be average in every way, but first in our hearts.

[@ckline5486]

Amen sir!

[@saihealsaikoolal4975]

"Do you know what it's like having to wear size 13 Nikes?" Lil Asian kid that had to make the Nikes: ...

[@jennyholiday88]

I'm tall, gay, broke and a college freshman and I'm living my best life ^~^

[@Picking.a.name.is.hard1]

I'm short, gay, broke and a highschool senior and I'm also livin my best life!

[@redacted5078]

Im short, gay, broke and a highschool junior and living my best life as well

[@nicomoist5336]

Im short, gay, broke and a high school sophomore and Im living my best life ^~^

[@jennyholiday88]

Stand behind me. I am tall so they cant hurt me.

[@victorcates9330]

Yeah, I'm over 6 foot 3 and there was a girl in my class at school who was probably an inch or two taller than me. She wasn't an outcast. She was part of one of the popular cliques.

[@desireabrown6255]

"You don't even have the toilet paper liner there!!"😂😂😂 that killed me

[@davham27]

Went to school with a boy who was 7 foot something. He was tall. Also there was a girl who was 6 foot 5 and drop dead gorgeous.

[@unouni2548]

Hey! If you can find a movie called 'Das schönste Mädchen der Welt' (The most beautiful girl in the world) it's about a guy that's insecure about his nose and hides his face when rapping even though he is great at it. It has a few jokes that may be in the verge of being disrespectful, but it's funny and self-critical, probably what Tall Girl wanted to be.

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

If Tall Girl had been about Jodie's inner insecurities, instead of trying to convince us a attractive tall blond is that maligned character, it might have been a better script.

[@unouni2548]

@@TheDawnofVanlife Also, people get bullied for a number of reasons, she could have been the most beautiful girl in her school and still get bullied because she was too shy or something. Attributing the bullying to something that makes no sense is detrimental in the long run. I think they were just too afraid to talk about some serious issues in a movie meant for teens.

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

@@unouni2548Absolutely and I'm sure being tall will lead to teasing and that it's not fun with some repetitive stupid insults. Beautiful people have all kinds of stories about high school bullying for all kinds of reasons. But this movie unrealistically made her a sasquatch who was the target of the only type of bullying that seemed to exist in this school.

[@lunamoon-xk2us]

Haha are you german?

[@unouni2548]

@@lunamoon-xk2us nope, you can't imagine how nervous I was of messing up something in that title 😂😂

[@calamitynatalie8590]

I’m 5’3”, stopped growing at 12. My younger sister is 6’1”...I have to say that a lot of the issues this girl has are exactly what my sister went through. You can downplay it, yes someone always has things worse, a lot worse. But when you’re 15-16 and over 6’ as a girl, wearing size 13 men’s shoes...it’s hard. People did constantly ask her if the weather was nice up there, people would ask if mum put manure in her shoes to make her grow. It was pointed out everyday not just to her, but people would ask me about it! Kids are dumb, but it wasn’t just kids, it was adults too.

[@ryanwilliams3758]

Me 5.10......girlfriend 6 feet... Yeah it's not that big of a deal....

[@SwimmingInSunlight]

I think the new Resident Evil game has fully proven that that's not the reception tallness brings 😂

[@hejhalla1346]

Okay so I’m Swedish and this movie really pisses me of, because first of all, not everyone is tall here (I’m like 165 cm), not everyone is super atractive, and we can speak english good.

[@zkyrus1873]

@LivingAFK What should I say? I am German^^

[@Moosemeese_]

Years later, and I still can’t get over the fact that someone thought, in this day and age, to make a movie about the oppression of a straight, white, tall, rich, attractive woman, and saw absolutely no issue with it.

[@biindiecat2878]

"I'm 6'1 and wear size 13 men's nikes. Beat that." me, a bisexual nonbinary mexican in a lower income conservative area: *exists*

[@johnhenry4844]

People just love giving themselves stupid fuckin labels to feel special

[@aihara_namika7585]

Lovely Complex shows the struggle of the tall heroine with her height, insecurity and her love life better than this movie

[@RainWelsh]

One of my friends from school was 6’5 by the time she was 13, used to have to duck to get through doorframes (her dad and brothers were all even taller), and unfortunately she did get a lot of bullying in secondary school, some of it even from adults. Her now-husband is about half a foot shorter than her, and they’re really happy together though, which is the main thing. I personally did the same as you, hit 5’3 at age 10, spent a year or two enjoying being a giant, and then everyone else grew past me. I think it’s given me a bit of a complex, because despite being average (or maybe slightly below?) I’m convinced I’m a short-arse. It doesn’t help that my legs are disproportionately short compared to my torso, which makes a surprising amount of difference when it comes to reaching for things.

[@stephw.7874]

Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide did this concept first and way better when they had that episode where Moze was feeling insecure because of how tall she was.

[@DrDolan2000]

You know what would've been interesting? A movie about an actual giantess who has a crush on a normal-sized boy. It probably would've been adorable if they did it right!

[@swagwolfgang]

The whole movie i was waiting for dunkleman to pull the “if i cant have you nobody can”

[@littlemsterious991]

"beat that" My parents don't know Im bi and nb, I've been depressed since I was 12, i have multiple mental and medical disorders and disabilities and take almost 200 pills a week to help with that but thank god I'm 7 in shorter than you jodie

[@luuuuux_]

Are you okay? That sounds terrible. Do you want to talk about it? Sending lots of love and hugs ❤️💖 have a wonderful day and stay safe

[@littlemsterious991]

@@luuuuux_ lol I’m actually pretty well. but thanks.

[@luuuuux_]

@@littlemsterious991 I’m glad you’re pretty well. Hope you feel amazing soon.

[@Eamonshort1]

Amanda I just want to say what you say around 15:00 I get the feeling that motivational speakers are supposed to give but rarely do. I think it’s because they are almost always well off to rich straight dudes, you little speech wasn’t like get out there and kill it was a super understanding(as someone who struggled/struggles with confidence and insecurity around my sexuality as well as money as all my friends are super rich and I’m living on 15k Australian a year) and tender motivational stuffing you actually did make me feel more secure and motivated which is nice as I was watching your vids for the first time today. I’m in one of bipolar depressive moods where I have not got out of bed today and your little thing at the end there broke through the haze and made me think “yeah of got issues but that doesn’t mean that I am worthless” so thank you

[@hotarubinariko]

As a tall girl myself, especially in middle and high school, I did have a few boys who gave me a hard time for being taller than them. One even went out of his way to join my karate class just so he could fight me. He ended up breaking his hand during the match but whatever. But that being said, while being tall has many disadvantaged, it's really not that big of a deal and once your in the real world no one cares or thinks to hard about it. The worst thing about it is having to pay extra for clothes that fit, that's it. There are lots of advantages too. But I would say for a long time I thought like this girl. I thought my inability to date was because I was tall and maybe in high school that was partly true but like her, it was really that I was super annoying and insecure about my height and even kinda strayed away from guys who were shorted than me for a while. The lesson here is don't be a B*tch. I was excited when I saw the title of this movie and was so disappointed when I watched it... She doesn't even really grow as person (no pun intended) through the movie. This is basically sierra burgess but instead of "unattractive" she's tall.... It's honestly insulting to girls, these movies. Come on, netflix. Edit: I did get the "How's the weather up there?" Comments but it was mostly from family and while annoying, I knew they were being stupid. That said, I have had an odd number of strangers ask if I play basketball or a sport and get weirdly mad when I say no...

[@greyLeicester]

Dude I feel your pain. I was 5'6 at 11 and heavily bullied by boys and girls, then my period came and I stopped growing. Now people call me short a$$ still at 5'6 (ridiculous!)

[@SaraiisSarah]

Her: beat that Me: is a trans guy that's 5'2" 😓

[@thenerdybunny1296]

I got a trans friend who's only 5'2 and he struggles with this a lot. Don't feel down, remember, you have a clean shot to kick out the knees of others.

[@AerCloud]

Mooood

[@matilda4664]

do stretches! i gained an inch from doing that. maybe doesn’t seem like much, but it might help

[@AerCloud]

@@matilda4664 it might work for some but I haven't grown since 8th grade

[@AerCloud]

Actually lol, since commenting I've randomly grown two inches!

[@srinjoyray3077]

Amanda sighing "dumbass kids". Thank you. I needed that.

[@JeanieTortoisefly]

"My life totally sucks because I'm tall... I know! I'll only ever wear my hair in high ponytails and buns that make me look even taller!"

[@kashmir87]

Thanks Amanda for another hilarious takedown! You watched it so I don't have to. I kept getting facebook ads for Tall Girl all the time. I myself am a tall woman (reached 6'1" at 15, also had a miserable time in high school but that's just what being a teenager is), and my even taller SO suggested that the movie was probably created with the sole purpose of micro-targeting people with the most relatable content possible, and thus gain new Netflix subscribers. (Didn't work in this case.) It's a ridiculous theory but honestly... could be legit :D

[@Tim_Raths]

It's when you give all the characters nicknames instead of their actual names. It makes the reviews more fun to listen to. 😃

[@oOoOosparkles]

@13:48 She was going for that Elsa Mars "Life on Mars" look from AHS: Freak Show

[@harmonysummers]

I have a cousin who's 6' 10", and all my male cousins and uncles are over 6'. None of them are Swedish. Is the writer of this movie from munchkinland??

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

The Shire actually, where this movie has to be set if everyone else is that short.

[@goingunder2548]

I kind of want to rewrite this movie to include a trans girl who is over 6ft and super insecure about it and Tall GirlTM helps her overcome her dysphoria by showing her that cis girls can also be that tall and be accepted, and in the process she realises how insignificant her height really is and starts to focus on the things she can change (such as personality). God what would my life become where I would be writing fan fiction for crap Netflix original teen movies??

[@bethbearmacethatguy]

I can't own being a short man. Women put height restrictions on their dating profiles for goodness sakes.

[@garystewart2355]

As an uncomfortably tall man I wish I was short every time I do anything that doesn’t involve walking in an empty field. Where’s my movie?

[@alejandracervantes7837]

Glasses girl: I really like you. Griff: I love Emilia. Tell if there are re:zero fans that get this joke.

[@mysticpanckae8390]

I had a tall girl in my graduating class. She was also a giant book lover (especially Harry Potter) and a genius at math. I didn't know her well, but she seemed very sweet and she surrounded herself with good people. No one cared about her height. She was so much more than that, and I hope her life has gone well.

[@alexandersarchives9615]

6:15 I love that they put Velma in this latest rendition of Scooby Doo

[@OMEGATHENIETZCHIAN]

As someone who reached my current 6"6" around 16...WHERE DID THEY GET THIS SCALE! This is not what 6'1" looks like.

[@rakelejdestig1403]

Come on, we have a lot of tall, attractive boys here in Sweden and you choose an American pretending to be a swede... *facepalm*

[@strawberrytallcakes]

I'm 6'1 and way tall all the way in school. Yeah you do get some guys that don't like it but they are unsure in themselves. This movie from a girl in the same position is so funny. It's so silly. I am in Australia and people are tall here but no one ever makes a huge deal about it. It's harder to find cloths that fit well then it is to find friends and partners. This could be interesting if the movie was about the pressure for tall women to be super models ( even tho only 1 percent of people have that body type) or sport stars. That can mess with your head if you don't like those things. But no here we have a bullshit take on something that no one cares about. Love the content. You rock.

[@moncey1120]

Is Tall Girl the worst movie on Netflix? Cuties: hold my paedo-bait

[@josue.ortega]

One of the tallest girls in my high school was also about 6' (which is tall for a girl, but not giantess type of tall), and nobody cared... except for some guys who actually found her height attractive: her boyfriend was like 5'3''

[@silverlabilver585]

when a movie gets people 4"0' to make a 6"1' person look tall

[@beckettman42]

Being tall is really useful. It is nice helping the little people reach things on top shelves.

[@Pysslis]

My 3 three closet female friends is all 6 feet tall. The tallest guy in my school was 6 11. Oh yeah, I’m Swedish. 😂

[@maagony]

Old but I just gotta point out that the Barcelona joke was first used in The Good Place in 2016 by Jameela Jamil's character Tahani (who is also a tall girl at 5'11"). God I love Booksmart tho.

[@amberanime]

The tall girl thing was done in a much more fun/well done way in the anime Lovely complex where a tall girl and a small guy both with height issues start liking eachother. Its a funny and cute anime.

[@claudiamercedesarboledaarr8900]

Here I am rewatching this video while waiting for that Falling Inn Love review 🤣🤣

[@beanl]

After working at a hostel for a couple of year I can vouch for the joke, every American that passes through Barcelona will immediately start pronouncing it *Barthelona*. Other asinine pronunciations: - Budapesht - Ibitha

[@PurpleMask131]

Is that weirder than Americans continuing to pronounce things the American way? Like, would a local find it ruder?

[@fersaid1582]

The problem that I found with Jodi's twink best friend is that he kept insisting and pressuring her to return his feelings when she had already said no multiple times. Like, if homegirl says no, then stop it and get someone else. Don't keep being like "but if I keep it up then maybe one day they'll like me", that's kinda of a toxic message to send.

[@yokoyakamori6589]

Not only that, but he did find someone who was interested in him...and he turned her down for Jodie. Like...really dude?

[@ckline5486]

I am a 6'3" male. My issue is not height but my frame. All my measurements (wrist, chest, even my internal organs) are like 1.5 X the average size. I have a 58" chest and wear 14 wide shoes. I am a genuinely kind person but most people fear me. Especially women. : (

[@Carriesue1982]

Charles Kline I wouldn’t be afraid of you! I’m only 5ft, everyone is a giant to me lol

[@minez5628]

That sucks. Personality is not related to height, why can't people get it? You're a big guy, and you're kind and probably a nice person. I'm a small guy (5'6") and I'm a very serious and introverted (not timid, just not always in the mood for people) person. Yet, cause you're big and I'm small, people think it's the other way around. That's rubbish!

[@Montesama314]

Never seen that booksmart "Barthelona" joke before. But that is PERFECT. That quiet, collective "oh, for fuck's sake" sigh from the class is just BEAUTIFUL.

[@CasualNotice]

At 6'1", she's literally just one inch taller than Allison Janney and Kristin Johnson. The girls on the TLC(?) documentary series were all 6'4" and better. Also, is it heightist or sexist that a woman demand that her boyfriend be taller than her regardless of her own height?

[@jdrvargo287]

It is both heightist and sexist.

[@TheBridget272]

Aw. We had a Swedish foreign exchange student and he and I used to hang out in the band room after school and play around on the piano. I forgot about that until now.

[@KerWallis]

The "Barthelona" thing always pisses me off, because they speak Catalan in Barcelona, not Spanish, and in Catalan, it's pronounced "Barselona"!

[@Hiraeth_Nightshade]

Actually we speak both Catalan and Spanish.

[@KerWallis]

@@Hiraeth_Nightshade yeah, I know, but my point is better if you don't.

[@user_name_Len]

"How's the weather up there?" was said to me a few times un-ironically in high school

[@Rivenlore99]

So carry on Me: carry on my wayward son there’ll be peace when you are done

[@lex_7529]

honestly though I wish I was that tall . . . it'd be so easy to look down on my enemies and people I hate