The Live Action "Bratz" Movie is SO Messy (Even for Kids)

[@NiniNonsense]

As a Hispanic person I can confirm we all have Mariachi bands waiting for us in the kitchen every morning.

[@maaaarseeelooooo]

as another latino i can assure we have

[@YistheRumGon]

But where were they during my bad break-up? I was in the kitchen with my bottle of tequila ready 👏🏼 to👏🏼 cry👏🏼

[@wh0aheavy]

Awe, man. I'm white and we just have a chorus of banjos 😂

[@virginiadare1587]

@@wh0aheavy And I live in the Seattle area. We have grunge bands.

[@laverdecilla]

Yes, and we also really exagerate the pronunciation of words in Spanish 😩👌🏻 🇲🇽✨ mArRrRriaChiii✨🇲🇽

[@erinbailey7940]

“You don’t look ignorant” and “you don’t have a dad or a bank account” are unironically the sickest burns I would’ve straight up melted into the floor and never show my face again

[@KDsage123]

Dude, that "You don't have a dad or a bank account" line felt like way too good a line for this movie. Like, I was genuinely like, "Oh SHIT" when that happened.

[@pissapocalypse]

I wasn't expecting it and my jaw dropped because I'm dramatic like that lol

[@shaniquequaeakin926]

@@KDsage123 Same. I did not see that coming out of this film.

[@Misora7303]

​@@KDsage123the writers have a small epiphany for that line only

[@estebansantibaneztwo-oh-plusth]

YUNI (KONAMI DanceDanceRevolution) (Japanese voiced by Aoi Yūki) speaks Japanese with English subtitle: "Just when I thought I was finally reunited with the man I love, you bring another woman with you?" she cries. 😭😭😭😭

[@Hersheychocolate12]

Still hilarious the way the deaf guy got her asss with “and you didn’t look ignorant “

[@lesbiangoddess290]

Seriously tho, that line was so out of pocket. Girl really just stated an oxymoron

[@maddief.8956]

best line in the movie

[@dulceele2967]

That line is still iconic

[@floralthief]

@Kaylie Hogan fellow wheelchair user who also uses a cane sometimes and same

[@Oliviagarry69420]

As someone on the spectrum I need to use this!

[@jarvis]

unironically love nlt

[@alexawatchingyoutube]

Jarvis? I just saw your recent video!

[@grimm0kitten959]

I love when my favorites support my other favorites

[@liteflightify]

@@grimm0kitten959 I ship them.

[@serenitynow85]

@@liteflightify hell no. Nick is on another level

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

Jarvis and Nick need to do a crossover

[@chanceomalley3337]

When the nerd defends Jade, all I could think in the last part was, "I have the power of God and anime on my side!"

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

*shriek of righteous war*

[@mollykircher3104]

Omg me too

[@srorrim]

I know😭

[@amityislandchum]

That scene was oddly comforting after watching Chet Hanks pretend to be a brain.

[@nobodyknowsimalizard]

and the jock just stands there.

[@kylietokar1344]

"just try not to die of alcoholism and we'll give you a degree" is the motto of the American college system

[@MeeYeeWeeWee]

Alternatively "good luck with thousands of dollars of debt for the rest of your life lol"

[@SynterraSteen]

Also see “you probably won’t use what you learned here but thanks for coming anyways!”

[@3souris]

Loads in the UK get their degree in drinks.

[@sandyavalos3305]

@@SynterraSteen fr 💀

[@siapayah9345]

While we have to write a whole ass thesis to graduate here. 😭

[@ifinditamazing]

Important to note that the Latina grandma's accent is the same as her Greek accent as the mom in My Big Fat Greek Wedding

[@rgs8970]

Casting Director: "under special skills, you put 'accent', do you mean accents? which ones?" Bubbe: *with the accent* "YES!"

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"I couldn't get back into Chekov's Russian accent, and it was made worse by a new stylist trying to cheer me up: She thought it was a great Mexican accent!" ~ Walter Koenig, Chekov's Enterprise.

[@DylanRomanov]

And her Jersey accent in Beaches

[@Marciesplash]

I read the Bratz wiki and apparently Yasmín is Hispanic Jewish so...i maybe she’s mixed??? It’s all very confusing

[@IsaacIsaacIsaacson]

@@Marciesplash Yasmin is modeled on the creator of Bratz's (Isaac Lariman's) daughter, Jasmin, who is hispanic/sheppardic jewish. Nathalia Ramos is Jewish/Spanish.

[@Mmmmm83838]

🎶 Being alive is embarrassing 🎶 My new theme song

[@NickDiRamioTV]

Free for you to use my loveeee

[@lesbiangoddess290]

Mood tho

[@AlwaysKDawg]

Major mood

[@---nobody---]

I love it. 😅 I'm going to use that, and I will be singing it when I do.

[@mfitzburger5137]

@@Concordia2767 IT'S ONLY STATUTORY IF YOU GET CAUGHT

[@Pandulse123]

It absolutely annoys me when the Hispanic characters have to throw in random Spanish words. Yes, speaking Spanglish is a real thing. However, you don't need the characters to say hola, adios, and chica to demonstrate their Latinidad. Either have them speak full Spanish with their family, or better integrate Spanglish. There's also Hispanic people who don't speak Spanish and that's fine too. Also, the tweevil erasure is unacceptable!

[@shaney215]

👏🏽THANK YOU👏🏽

[@littleone.]

So true! I think a better representation being bilingual would be forgetting certain words in both languages 💀

[@jfm14]

Yeah, it's weird. You see this is children's and YA lit allll the time.

[@zubetp]

it's nuts, like how hard would it be to find a latina and ask her how she and her mom would have a conversation about finding chocolates in her ears

[@srorrim]

Chocolatas

[@FadzaiSimango]

The accuracy and ease with which that supposedly "deaf" character read people's lips, while _not even looking at their faces most of the time,_ snapped my suspension of disbelief.

[@AndSoWeLaughed]

Really annoyed me as well that they make out that he knows (or is fluent) at ASL and then we never see it. But THEN I spoke to deaf people and opened my mind and it’s clear his hearing was lost at a later age, which means he might not actually be fluent in ASL. And then when he suddenly starts dancing at the party without actually knowing what’s going on, since no one else signs… but then I was like okay not everyone deaf cannot hear every single sound. However! I don’t even think they thought about it that deeply, because half way through they just forget he is deaf (or hard of hearing). It seemed very half assed. He read everyone’s lips and no one even tried to learn sign language. Trash.

[@alphabol8676]

The actor who played him isn't even deaf so I'm gonna go with they didn't care. And he also had to be taught how vibrations work which is something no human beings with a functioning brain needs to be taught let alone a deaf person. It's really annoying that they wanted to reap the rewards of including a deaf character but didn't want to do even the bare minimum required to respect deaf culture and deaf people.

[@kristinaclady4590]

but why did the grown man struggle so hard with a toaster 😭 it's a TOASTER

[@IsAName1]

Have you met a grown man? That is the most realistic part of this movie

[@bearowl4101]

He's obviously a character in the "before" section of an infomercial.

[@moatrboat]

@@IsAName1 LMAOO

[@gabbyb9418]

Reminded me of Bella and Charlie from Twilight lmao. Bella coming home to a clump of spaghetti stuck together and *SIGH* NOW BELLA HAS TO BE THE PERFECT RESPONSIBLE ONE AGAIN

[@Chris-ot9bk]

@@IsAName1 I'm A Man And No You're Absolutely Right. I'm Just Waiting To See A Anger Caucasian Male Named John Robert Smith To Be Offended

[@Ilostbestgirltoacar]

Technically Dylan(deaf guy) is a Bratz, he's one of the boys in the group, he had a doll and everything, thought that actor doesn't look or act like his doll counterpart at all

[@DylanRomanov]

Some of the dolls are white and some are black

[@serenitynow85]

"thought that actor doesn't look or *ACT* like his doll counterpart" wait, what?

[@mimistardust3915]

@@serenitynow85 the actor is nothing like Dylan is in the Bratz universe. Idk if you've ever watched Bratz cartoons or played the games, but Dylan is completely different than this live-action Dylan. This movie also made him deaf for like, no reason lol.

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

@@mimistardust3915 right? he used to be a lil fuckboy 😂 he was my favoriteee

[@aproxamillionwasps474]

@@serenitynow85 the dolls had personalities as part of the selling pitch. I never had them but that was obvious even from the commercials lol pretty sure there was cartoons and stuff too

[@XuiLeeEv]

When Yasmin sing-blurts "open eyes, I can see what's in front of me," it becomes clear her weird fixation on blind people persists lol

[@kerstinnilsson9968]

That guy was deaf tho? Lol

[@rrrreeeeeeEEEEEeEeEeeEeEeeeee]

@@kerstinnilsson9968 yeah, that’s their point. Fixation on blind people being her constant references despite the fact that it isn’t even relevant to the context of the movie.

[@FadzaiSimango]

*Meredith:* As you can see, there are 48 distinct cliques. **points at sheet that clearly shows less than 20 labeled cliques**

[@attiasprouse682]

You’ve already put more thought into this than the writers did.

[@abigailw4599]

They were trying to send a message about how you shouldnt stereotype but still made the asian girl smart with strict parents

[@emmamcdermott1890]

Jades blue hair clip ins really shaped my teenagehood lmao

[@gabriellaberman]

Kind of tempted to order some right now. They’re such a vibe

[@Red-uo6od]

Well, with the changing clothes thing, I do have a story. My friend had really transphobic parents, and when he tried to go to school, they would always make him wear a dress or skirt or anything feminine. In our group, we we pull bring clothes for him to change into, then he would have to change back by the end of school.

[@DarlingMissDarling]

Now that's real friendship right there. 🧡❤️💜

[@TEDDYBEAR-hw4qt]

That’s literally traumatizing. I hope he turned out okay and is Doing well in life.

[@mariah6395]

He's lucky to have your friendship, especially in such a harsh environment with toxic parents.

[@thedestroyasystem]

fuck his parents. You are a literal saint. For all the trans kids out there like myself, just... thank you. Thank you so much.

[@fkase977]

That is just the sweetest thing ever 🥺

[@mariah6395]

"America's last attempt at boy bands"... excuse me? Big Time Rush sends their regards

[@jalapeno1119]

Uh oh ohho ohhhh

[@Taraxacum1996]

Who?

[@rrrreeeeeeEEEEEeEeEeeEeEeeeee]

so no ones gonna mention brockhampton, best boyband since one direction?

[@yahstino]

@@rrrreeeeeeEEEEEeEeEeeEeEeeeee BOYS WANNA PLAY WITH MY CELL PHONE BUT I DON'T WANT NOBODY TO SEE WHAT'S IN IT

[@__-fk4jz]

@@rrrreeeeeeEEEEEeEeEeeEeEeeeee girl- not everyone knows who they are, they made like one good song.

[@trashbasket11]

Because I've heard "you don't look autistic" so many times from people the "you dont sound deaf" and his reply of "you dont look ignorant" made me cackle. Movie has its problems for sure but that line is chefs kiss.

[@shaniquequaeakin926]

What does an autistic look like? I hate people.

[@electrogeek77]

Salty Deaf/ND/disabled people ftw

[@dillpickle-no9hl]

I love how Meredith's lunch table chart includes cliques like "cyber-bloggers", "dino-students", "disco dorks", "mimes", and "blingers"

[@nolaray1062]

What is a Dino student? Are they students who like dinosaurs? Or students who were held back a few times and are now old and ancient?

[@cookie9655]

I'll be at the Blingers table w/ the rest of the shawols 🤣

[@cookie9655]

@@BreadisHere we are everywhere 😌💜

[@shaniquequaeakin926]

@@nolaray1062 I remember in the film, the dino kids are just wearing dino hats so I guess kids who have an obsession with dinosaurs. Weird clique if you ask me.

[@TalkBack17]

@@shaniquequaeakin926that’s where I would be

[@FarahK235]

Can confirm that a lot of my girl friends with Middle Eastern or Asian immigrant parents ended up changing at school when we were in high school. My “secret closet” was just a drawer though, no room for a Nelly Furtado shrine 😂

[@SaintShion]

How did you have secrets? My mom was always "cleaning" my room.

[@thedestroyasystem]

And kids with extra religious parents who wouldn't let them show any skin (I'm talking elbow, knees, or shoulders). I knew a girl with parents like that who'd always change before she got to school, and this was in middle.

[@latifahcollins8073]

I used to pack clothes and wear the shirt underneath then change on the bus.

[@selbybee]

In Kindergarten I spilled water on myself and told my teacher I peed my pants so I could change out of the pink shit my mom wanted me to wear. I had zero shame, apparently.

[@sakurahoor]

This comment section is rich 🤣🤣👌

[@cicilychetty986]

Due to some mommy issues I thought the mom being 'sick' was code for alcoholism. It is actually really funny to think about as an adult.

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

You weren’t the only one. I don’t have those issues and I still read her as an addict.

[@jadesgay444]

I thought drug addiction as a kid, and I still think that

[@joyisntfunny]

Chet Hanks being in this movie is actually hilarious btw

[@skunkrat01]

Was this movie the inspiration for White Boy Summer? And if so, can we sue?

[@neivilde.1242]

literally this is the first time i realize it's him, despite me watching this movie thousands of times, and i will forever be scarred by this knowledge

[@washedblue]

I would have never known had you not pointed that out. I don't know how to cope with this information

[@nanopanda]

Yasmin the doll was based on the founder's iranian daughter. plus, yasmin would never say some bs like "u dont sound deaf." like...? yasmin's the yoga loving, tree hugging, animal saving sweetheart.

[@iamjaCosta]

Yasmin has always been Latina she was going to be Iranian but they decided to not to that and they made her Hispanic. Even in the cult Gaia ad they had a Hispanic model to portray Yasmin,

[@electrogeek77]

Yoga loving, tree hugging, animal saving sweethearts say and do ableist shit all the time (can confirm from experience).

[@WhitneyDahlin]

​@@iamjaCosta not because they wanted too. Yasmin isn't a Hispanic name. It's Arabic. I doubt the creator wanted the change. I assume the network or studio changed her to Hispanic because of how hated anyone Arabic was after 9/11. And Bratz the dolls came out right around that time. She was never meant to be Hispanic regardless of how the casting director thought oh any brown person is good enough to be her. She's Arabic.

[@via3155]

@@WhitneyDahlinno…carter Bryant the creator of bratz based the girls off a group of girls he saw on a school campus. In early drawings of Yasmin she was always meant to be Latina. Her name is just based on Isaac’s daughter

[@elmore707]

@@WhitneyDahlin Iranians aren't arabs though.

[@CatTheEpicRamenNinja]

Loved this movie as a kid. As an adult? My main takeaway: Meredith would be a bomb wedding planner

[@katevgrady]

As a painfully edgy goth tween of a conservative christian family I definitely had my "change clothes in the school courtyard" game strong.

[@thechristianhowl]

Also a staple of my trans childhood.

[@biguattipoptropica]

I saw it happen but I don't think most people remember it unless they were the ones doing it.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Coming from an extremely strict Mormon household, there was the outfit I left the house in And the outfit I actually wore to school.

[@Mels0103]

I always did it on the bushes

[@beautyandtheoffbeats]

Aye I was an edgy tween too, the tweens today have the aesthetic I had in 2006’s 😄. It’s surreal and funny at the same time.

[@rebeccadodd1394]

I swear Janel Parrish has been in every teen movie for the past 20 years. Playing a teenager every time, too.

[@ahlenatano]

Between her and Bianca Lawson, I’m forever shook

[@p0lyxena]

She finally managed to move on from 16/17 year old high schooler... to 18/19 year old college student in the To All The Boys movies 😭

[@CheAshBri]

It’s a blessing and a curse being Asian 😂 I’m 28 going on 18 lol

[@CheAshBri]

@Anni Runaway weird flex but ok lol

[@CheAshBri]

@Anni Runaway weird assumption but okay. I didn’t say it was limited to Asians but saying you look 10 and refuse to tan is like... okay? What am I supposed to do with that info?

[@lukecremecheese597]

“wow, these girls are really social about their morning bowel movements” if you don’t share this type of info then are you REALLY friends??

[@gabbyb9418]

Girl bowel movements are important! I care about my friends bowel health! Lmao

[@a.mandafesto1658]

I dont want friends to tell me about their shitting habits... if thats what friendship means to you ..... ???????

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

My best convos with my friends always involve one of us shitting 😂

[@toxiczombiewolf5692]

Its super werid

[@godisdead6611]

My best friend and I tell each other about everything that comes out of or goes into our bodies in detail

[@keannafox8011]

Next up on the docket: •A Mary Kate and Ashley teen vacation movie •She’s the man(Amanda Bynes) •The Princess Diaries •The Cheetah Girls 3 •Bring It On 1-5 •Honey(Jessica Alba) •Model Behavior(Justin Timberlake) •She’s All That •10 Things I Hate About You •John Tucker Must Die •Mean Girls

[@JessSimpPhil]

literally my childhood and tweenhood in a list!!!

[@taylorfawn2012]

MODEL BEHAVIOR

[@strawberrylime33]

I mightve liked Cheetah girls 3 if it came out when I was in 6th grade. 😂 Yes, model behavior!

[@arareanddifferenttune3130]

I was obsessed with John Tucker Must Die! (Except I was like 18 and watching it 😅)

[@erosnelix]

meredith actually sings her own songs that’s why it matches up so well!! the actress is chelsea kane/staub she’s been in loads of musical/music related roles and was also riley on baby daddy.

[@beautyandtheoffbeats]

You’re cute 🥰😘 are you on instagram by any chance?

[@samb8509]

Me screaming "CHELSEA! IT'S CHELSEA" at my computer screen when Nick said "Oh what was her name? Amanda?"

[@Mariamk1995]

Yessss! And the jock girl in this movie was from thats so raven too, I believe. The back up bully who was obsessed with The Boyz in Motion lol

[@Blue.1889]

@@Mariamk1995 arent we all obsessed with Boyz in Motion? They give us their devotion 😩

[@sleg4859]

@@Blue.1889 The nostalgia 😩

[@lizzybethnj617]

Same

[@Mariamk1995]

@@Blue.1889 "IT'S THE BOYYYZZ!!" "It's actually JJJ, but the last J, is silent" *boys proceed to hold pointer finger in front of lips in a sshhhing fashion*

[@trashtyn6248]

"How did she do the thing that makes the bread get hard" might be the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[@cb8456-y1j]

Couldn't agree more!! 😂😂😂

[@Drewski217]

The truly bizarre and fascinating thing is that their original hand drawn feature film was not only a better story with actual conflict but the girls have distinct personalities and flaws

[@cerenity3578]

Link?

[@kittywinkle101]

If thats the prom one they had a car crash even if i can remember haha

[@msfthe1st117]

except for the constant whitewashing of Sasha

[@lindseygarciafreiberg]

It was actually Chelsea Staub (the actress playing Meredith) singing! She did all her own recordings too

[@OdellM520]

okay but those lyrics "I won't be late for school, it's something I really care about" knock me to the floor every time

[@michelledawn7446]

I feel embarrassed that I used to listen that song a lot. I loved The Slumber Party Girls..

[@rhiannajd4412]

The fact that the main nerd guy is Chet “White Boy Summer” Hanks, makes me cry 😂😂😂

[@H81234]

Holy shit I never realized that.

[@TheEmbessyNetwork]

I blame this movie for giving us the Chet Hanks we have now.

[@ambriaashley3383]

white boy summer, gf beater Chet ... gotta hate him 😖

[@illneverbeyourdreamgirl]

...from the hard streets of Beverly Hills 🤧

[@JungYuri]

as a tumblr user, I'm proud to announce that that one scene still does numbers in there, I see it at least once a month

[@heidikay]

I didn’t even know the movie was popular enough to still be relevant

[@JungYuri]

@@heidikay i feel like the scene is way more popular than the movie, i didnt even realize it was from there until kinda recently

[@HartxStarr]

i must not be following the right people! ive never seen that scene and ive been on tumblr for like nine years

[@jazzigirl29]

Chloe gives me Dorinda from the Cheetah Girl vibes, they look similar and they are both the poor ones of the group. They probably did that on purpose lol

[@serenitynow85]

Right. It surprises me she wasn't the latin one

[@Blue.1889]

I noticed that too because she was the poor blonde one who also comes from a "broken home." At least Chloe has her mom though so its not entirely the same

[@p0lyxena]

They always have to have a token white girl with blonde hair and blue eyes...

[@sarahd2787]

@Domi B Ikr

[@k.k.7797]

I honestly thought it was the same actress whoops

[@Quile99]

"The actress is half Spanish but she appears mainly Caucasian", bruh you're not going to believe it when I tell you where Spain is

[@sunnyr5359]

It's amazing how many people don't realize that Spaniards are Europeans lol. They instantly equate Spanish speakers to Latinos.

[@Mack-ei5qf]

As a Latino myself I hate that people don’t understand that Hispanics can look white and have different colored eyes. Just because so many people are used to South Americans being dark doesn’t mean all Hispanics are “dark”. The reason why Hispanics are brown or darker is because they have more sun while in Europe where Spain is they don’t get as much.

[@yurikendal4868]

@@sunnyr5359 In spain its a mix. I was surprised hanging in AUstin to hear 'white' people speak it. They told me they are fro spain. I was surprised.

[@simsimah]

@@Mack-ei5qf Yes ! This is correct they can be white or black or mixtures . I think the problem with the casting is the doll did not portray the type of Hispanic person in the movie.

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Because due to the US Gov't historically giving and taking away Whiteness from Hispanic people they have often been otherzied in society as non-White depending on their skin color and which immigrants the media or Gov't wants to fear monger about. Americans really don't learn that Europe has people with melanin or that "Mixed" applies to Hispanics but the Census didn't even allow picking 2 races until 2000 so we're just full of issues.

[@kiwy2]

Back in 2007 it was socially acceptable to have transition titles in comic sans? 'Cause I don't remember it ever was...

[@jordynketcham9859]

As someone who grew up in an abusive household, I did leave the house in one thing and change into stuff I "wasn't allowed to wear" for school. It seems dumb but the cliche is a cliche for a reason lol

[@sukiBambina]

Same but for when I went clubbing and I wouldn’t consider my parents were abusive. I’m pretty sure they were just looking out for me.

[@linziRyan1965]

Same. I was/am a grungy-Metalhead girl and my mom didn’t like me looking “alternative” in junior high.. I used to change in the bathroom once I got to school! My mom was concerned about how MY appearance made HER look..

[@sarmontana]

@@linziRyan1965 My mom is the same way with image.

[@thekneesbee]

When I was an embarrassing little tween I had a whole theory about how Meredith's dad was embezzling funds (that's why she has such a big party) and so she was obsessed with the separation because if the cliques mingled they would find out they didn't have the funding that he was lying about giving to their group but was pocketing. Real talk I constantly forget that's not an actual plot.

[@sixfeetundertheradar6080]

That should’ve been the plot! It’s genius

[@ar-qd8yy]

now that i’m watching this as an adult that makes completely sense omg....it flew over my head that a high school principal would live in a mansion and afford to give her this lifestyle

[@rebeccarudd4894]

Ooooooog

[@irongirltoni]

That's so cool

[@ar-qd8yy]

@Jane Louise Ellis exactly lol!! especially one whose daughter is the one running the school and in control, not him lmao!

[@number5518]

my friend and I watched this movie recently and Jade is japanese but her mom pops out the car and starts speaking cantonese to her I think? the racism really JUMPED out there

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

I Searched The Girl Who Played Jade And Her Mom, Joanne Is Of Han Chinese Descent While Her Father, Mark Is Of Irish And Germen Descent So Janel (Who Played Jade) Is Mixed

[@number5518]

@@hailey-rosevintora6211 ooh that makes more sense then... I just wish they got a Japanese actress to play a Japanese character 😭

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

@@number5518 Honestly

[@finland4ever55]

Jade is supposed to be Chinese actually. Her name is literally Jade. Jade gems are found im China, and if there's any jewel mentioned in movies and shows set in China it's uzually jades.

[@DarkAngelRabbitX3]

Finland 4Ever I always thought jade was Japanese because of the bratz line of Japanese fashion dolls with jade featured. The Tokyo street style and the kimono dolls.

[@chooseitwisely98]

Are we not gonna talk about how the deaf jock guy curled his hands up like bear paws and assaulted that piano?

[@ritikamenghani5005]

Meredith was written to be exactly like Sharpay Evans? From the way she dresses, to the song choices and her even getting knocked into a pool!

[@XlittleXdrummerXgirl]

As a scientist, I was going to take offense to the implication that we all need style makeovers, but then I remember one of the supervisors in the lab coming in yesterday in blue camo capris and, well, okay, makeovers for everyone

[@Mama_Bear524]

Hey. At least you’re super smart. I’m not and my style also sucks.

[@mayjailerxx]

@@Mama_Bear524 same Teresa, same 😩

[@Mama_Bear524]

@Domi B oh I can see that sadly. My old bff’s mom is a neurologist. At least in the 80’s she was one of the few if not only female neurologists. And absolutely stunning. Still is, in her late 60’s. She said that many of the doctors didn’t take her seriously. Messed up eh?! Like god forbid you be pretty and brilliant. Can’t have that! /s

[@DemiBirdDoes]

I wanna be a scientist...and I wear socks with sandals, camo cargo shorts and button up shirts.

[@scribblots602]

I feel like the casting for Yasmin was off; the actress who plays her isn't Latina at all. She's half Spanish but Spanish people and Latinx people are not the same. And while there are Latinx people who are white, if I recall correctly Yasmin's doll was more brown.

[@breeisjustababy]

yeah all of the poc characters were played by either fully white or biracial actors, so they kinda fumbled the ball in terms of diversity. and the yasmin and sasha dolls were noticeably darker than their live action counterparts.

[@Creepycat666]

The bratz doll yazmin is hispanic, they never say what her backround is but they say shes hispanic. The actress whos plays her is also hispanic. Lets say the doll is suppose to be mexican and the actress spanish their both hispanic so i think they did pick a good actress all though i do agree that they should have picked a darker actress because the doll is way darker

[@lialolita3993]

@@Creepycat666 The kicker is that Yasmin’s doll is actually Arab-American. She was based off the Bratz creator (Isaac Larian)’s daughter. The movie completely changed that detail, along with multiple other details about the girls/dolls that the Bratz Universe had previously established.

[@Creepycat666]

@@lialolita3993 i read that she was hispanic and her name was orignally suppose to be Lupe

[@xxxmaysilssss690]

Latin*

[@CarlDillynson]

It’s so weird to me that the actress playing Yasmin was actually 14 when this movie was shot. She looks so much older than that (not in a bad way).

[@_iamlilla]

14?!? im doing something wrong omg that's crazy

[@leahdavis9434]

@@_iamlilla don't worry, you don't want to look 28 when you're 14,I promise you

[@Alena-cq1ze]

I think the way they dressed her was part of it

[@mfitzburger5137]

It reminds me of how Megan Thee Stallion looked as teen, lol.

[@nootnewt3]

They actually told her she was too young for the part lol

[@IsaacIsaacIsaacson]

Remember when taking glasses off made people into superstars in mid-2000s films?

[@Chloe4656.]

Still don't get why that was a thing in the mid-2000's.

[@gypsydanger1013]

I was the barely 19 year old manager of a Walmart toy department back in 2011, and my favorite part of Bratz dolls was how righteously infuriated these things made the WASPy moms that came through the Barbie aisle. Then the Monster High dolls came out, and it was hotly debated whether or not the "ghetto hood rats" or the "satantic brain washing" was more damaging to our tender, tender youth lmao

[@WhitneyDahlin]

‼️I was a fan of both as a kid and can confirm I was brainwashed by both. And now my personal sense of style flies between scene queen who wishes she was a mythical monster and Instagram baddie 🤣 there is a Bratz doll and a Monster High doll constantly warring over who is dominant in my mind. Smh 😔 the brainwashing created an equal desire to be both

[@gp2671]

"Bratz The Movie - Discovering Bratz (Casting The Bratz) " How the director describes each actress (except for Skylar): They are amazing and talented. How he describes Skylar, who played Cloe: She is a klutz.

[@NickDiRamioTV]

Omg!! Wtf

[@gp2671]

@@NickDiRamioTV Yep. You can watch it on KZbin. It's just a bunch of the movie people talking about why they casted the girls.

[@neivilde.1242]

yes omg i was gonna comment that, it's literally the only thing anyone on that set ever says about her lmao it's so sad

[@vappa1000]

As a Mexican I can confirm we have our own Mariachi band in our Kitchen, especially Guadalajara people 🇲🇽

[@MiniDelfyn]

true, and people in the north have their own banda

[@YistheRumGon]

I was definitely the girl who changed clothes and put on makeup at school. It was exhausting.

[@sponge7184]

did you take off your makeup before you left school?

[@YistheRumGon]

@@sponge7184 sure did

[@caseyw.6550]

I love that for you.

[@MsSwthrt102]

You know what they say, "Helicopter/strict parents raise the sneakiest kids"

[@monikak465]

I'd have my dad drop me off near the bathroom so that no one at school would see me in my modest clothes before I could change 🙈 I feel you.

[@psychoPilgrim36]

3 montages in under 10 minutes? I called that a montage a trois

[@beauty-jc9xy]

😭😭

[@kata1261]

No.

[@notaLolliter]

Chett Hanks doing that sick martial arts show to defend Jade’s honour needs to be the trailer for that white boy Summer thing he’s got goin on

[@ManderSchmidty]

The 3 montages back-to-back... some may call it... a montage a trois. I’ll see myself out.

[@buhhhla222]

It took me 75% of this video before I realized the person who played Chloe wasn’t the the blond from cheetah girls😭

[@notwithoutpizza4702]

lmao she’s not? they are literally the same character played by the same actress in my mind

[@jalapeno1119]

Sabrina would never

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

At least dorinda had a character 😂

[@Missab4000]

I love this movie so much. It’s so bad it’s incredible. The white stunt double for Sasha and Yasmin’s dubbing are my favorite awfulness.

[@Blue.1889]

Not as bad as Hilary Duff in that christian singing movie, but it gets really close

[@mariamlynn3116]

I love this movie too, sometimes i get shocked when people say its bad but i understand why and it shaped my childhood.

[@elle2104]

“I’m shy so I’m going to switch careers to one where I constantly have to talk to strangers and ask invasive questions” like as a journalism student with anxiety, W H Y

[@breeisjustababy]

one thing that always confused me (and is probably just a plot line they forgot to connect) is how the girls managed to get into the talent show to begin with. Meredith was in charge of the auditions and was purposely sending people who were good away. so how did the bratz get onto the setlist?

[@wendypose1234]

As a Hispanic person I can confirm that chocolate in Spanish is in fact pronounced cho-co-la-tay 🙃

[@thedestroyasystem]

as someone who knows spanish, agreed

[@heatherhorn5744]

Wait I’m pretty sure everyone already knows that lol

[@wendypose1234]

@@heatherhorn5744 no... the joke is that that is not how you pronounce it that just the gringo pronunciation of it 😭

[@kawaiipanda4013]

@@wendypose1234 how do you pronounce it then

[@wendypose1234]

@@kawaiipanda4013 is cho- co- la (not lay either) and té (not Tay but té like how you pronounce the T-E on (te)levision)

[@crimsonbruja]

I’m mexican, can confirm we randomly sing la cucaracha & have mariachi bands eating breakfast with us 🧍🏽‍♀️

[@newtpollution]

Between Jade and Tibby from Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, I am entirely unsurprised that I have blue hair now as an adult

[@mimistardust3915]

I have a thing for black hair with blue streaks and I'm 100% it's because of Jade 😂 I used to love this movie when I was 10 and Jade had the best aesthetic the whole movie.

[@katie-yk1es]

same

[@hayleydollx]

Blue hair forever

[@yippiekyeyae]

"they look like P.T. Barnum's concubines" 😂 absolutely brilliant

[@Anatomical_Dreams]

"when we used to use tumblr" Me, who actively has tumblr open as he says it:

[@twiggledowntown3564]

That's where I first saw that scene, back in 2014.

[@twiggledowntown3564]

The actor also kinda reminds me of Sean Astin.

[@Catz1a]

Bratz being confirmed people of colour is great but all of them being cast as half white is not quite as great. Ofc the actresses’ ethnicities are valid but it seems like the bare minimum casting wise

[@camille1324]

lol why is nobody mentioning that half spanish is just white?? like...as in people from spain?? she's not half latina.

[@i_Ambrose]

@@camille1324 ppl genuinely think being hispanic is a race. You kind of have to let it go if you don't want to argue with half the population

[@camille1324]

@@i_Ambrose ????? Spanish people aren’t Hispanic though, Hispanic is more or less a synonym for Latino afaik. The English word for people from Spain is Spanish. Hispanic describes Spanish speaking Latin America. She’s not Hispanic, Latina or anything she’s just white she might as well be French lmao

[@i_Ambrose]

@@camille1324 I thought you were using spanish and latino interchangeably and not literally meaning people from spain. My bad I was trying to say that being hispanic does not determine your race. Being latino does not mean you can be fully black, asian, etc.

[@camille1324]

@@i_Ambrose ohhhh okay lol. I mean I would hope people wouldn’t use Spanish and Latino interchangeably given that they’re like. Completely separate things linked only by the language they (mostly) speak but maybe they do

[@SnapplyProductions]

anyone else notice how Jade was talking to the board but somehow the "deaf" dude answered her without lip reading????

[@HayleighPaige]

Yessss, I’m glad other people noticed!!!

[@leofromstatefarm2629]

It confused the h3ll out of me 😐

[@linabensa3724]

Tbh this bothered me throughout the whole movie, they didn't even try to make him look deaf.

[@wonderlust1308]

Also “I won’t be late for school, is ‘cause I really care about it!” is my favourite lyric of any song

[@EpicKate]

Poetry. PURE *poetry*

[@melonbottle1852]

I know the deaf guy is like, the bar is so low it’s in the mantle kind of representation. But his inclusion made me feel better about being disabled as a kid ☺️

[@t.r.s.5129]

And of all the latin pop music to choose from they just had to sing the most stereotyoical version of La Cucaracha that they could find. I mean, there are songs in Spanish that talk about friendship and reconciliation. Edit: Also, the fact that a "jock" girl can't handle heals is so freaking stereotyping that it might as well be a caricature. Like this whole movie.

[@Blaahh16]

“We’re ALL in cliques” is giving me Victoria Justice “we ALL sing” LMFAOOOO

[@a-go-go19]

Okay haven't started the video but if the line "only because you don't have a dad or a bank account" isn't given it's dues as the drag of the century I'm suing. Seven year old me was SHAKEN by that line edit: okay fine keep your money 😂

[@serenitynow85]

Omg this part came in the video at the same moment I was reading your comment. Spooky 👻

[@Blue.1889]

The movie itself wasnt good, but as far as staying somewhat close to the source material and having some timeless reads/burns, it did a good job

[@vanessarose2796]

I used to change at school cause I was raised Pentecostal and wasn’t allowed to wear skinny jeans, dresses without leggings underneath, make up, things like that. That being said my step mom bought this dvd home for my lil half sisters and me to watch (I was 16, but we weren’t allowed to watch movies above a PG rating) she also watched it with us to make sure that the movie wasn’t appropriate. Anyway when jade changed at school I was legit like 👁👄👁 😰

[@EpicKate]

I bet you were sweating! I'm glad you can wear what you want now!

[@Dejaelizabethfay]

"It sounds exactly like they are about to select their Jellicle cat" made me cry. Thank you.

[@legslegsankles]

This movie version of Yasmin is a weird amalgamation/generalization of different Jewish and Hispanic ethnicities. Bubbie is yiddish for grandmother but that would mean Yasmin is part Ashkenazi instead of being fully Sephardic. They should have used the Hebrew or Ladino (Spanish+Hebrew) names for grandmother- Savta and Avuela. Nathalia Ramos is half-Spanish and half Jewish (not sure from where) and the actress who plays her grandmother is also half Ashkenazi and half Sephardic (Spain and Turkey).

[@felisiqq]

“This script has more conveniences than an airport gift shop” LMAO

[@silk_lily]

The abrupt transition between salty film critic Nick and carefree poolside sunshine Nick gave me whiplash and a nosebleed. I loved it

[@MoherowaSmerfetka]

Nick: "I love the vocalist they have for Meredith...I think her voice really matches her actor's voice" Me: Well... Who's gonna tell him?

[@thedestroyasystem]

Jim

[@chessnitemayr]

Nobody tell him about Chelsea. NO ONE.

[@bellamackenzie8854]

Meredith clearly wants her dads affection and so is helping make the school yard like a prison by separating them into groups... idk if that makes sense I’m 14 minute in and absolutely zooted

[@JiaPia3]

“TWO YEARS LATER” in Comic Sans font. Seriously? I don’t know what to say...

[@richardd.3745]

Blue hair clip girl was also one of the maaaany Asian characters who had a colored piece of hair

[@katc2040]

Omg! Lol what is with that trope

[@sseraphim2818]

@@katc2040 Apparently, all Asians are over the top to Hollywood. There's no other way to be Asian to them.

[@lrose1310]

@blushdreams Yea, I don't even remember the og doll character being good at science or math. Jade was always the one into fashion.

[@hello-l4n]

i cant remember who made it but i think ive seen a whole video about this very trope and the way its weirdly problematic

[@radlee974]

The last time I was this early to one of Nick’s videos, he was still collecting tiny objects in a jar. LOL

[@NickDiRamioTV]

Lolll amazing

[@serenitynow85]

His jar of small curiosities he has acquired

[@radlee974]

@@serenitynow85 Yaassss! I was trying to recall exactly what it was called but I couldn’t and didn’t want to mess it up.

[@AlisonChains13]

Bro it literally just occured to me, they could've EASILY made one of the bratz deaf. They're dolls! You could give them literally any traits as you're forming them into characters!

[@lityne5577]

As someone who was the target audience of the movie when it came out and watched it, Meredith's sister was an ICONE

[@Chloe4656.]

She was the best part of the film.

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

She’s my favourite character in the whole movie

[@PBthesquirrel]

I only know one person who changed every day in high school. They were transitioning, but their family was very conservative and wouldn't let them wear girls clothing. Another friend of mine, Heather, (she had transitioned a few years prior and her family was super supportive) took the transitioning teen under her wing, with the help of Heather's supportive mom. The 3 of them went clothes shopping, but she still couldn't wear girls clothing or makeup in front of her conservative family. So she kept all of her feminine clothing either in her locker or at Heather's house and change into/out of her feminine outfits before and after school. She is now fully transitioned and she is living her life to the fullest

[@megannrobinaugh7508]

"Why does this sound exactly like they're about to select their jellicle cat" NICK THIS IS SOOO FUNNY

[@Blue.1889]

In the end Chloe gets to ascend lol. I want this edited with Cats music now

[@XuiLeeEv]

You don't understand how much I've wanted this video to exist hahaha FINALLY

[@echocourtouke]

You don't understand how much I wish it didn't have to

[@XuiLeeEv]

@@echocourtouke I mean it is unfortunate that Nick had to suffer through this movie but since this absurdist mosaic of tired cliches, offensive ethnic stereotypes, and comic sans time leaps already exists, at least we can be entertained by it in this format

[@loserihardlyknowher]

wow i feel so seen. my name is also meredith and i also don’t have any motivations in life

[@NickDiRamioTV]

Bahahah cackled

[@missmerbear]

Relatable

[@thisrosehasthorns99]

one thing that's kinda sweet about the movie is that the four Bratz are still friends and go on vacations together and stuff

[@rookierookieboi4671]

the way my jaw dropped when Sasha said “you don’t have a dad or a bank account” 🙊🙊

[@lolazola7068]

I'm surprised he didn't mention how unrealistic it was for Jade to change in public clearly visible through that circle 😂✋

[@Dootsmama91]

‘ that’s because you don’t have a dad OR a bank account’ deceased. 🤣🤣😭

[@ahhhh913]

Movies like this are the reason I don't know how to leave out irrelevant details in my writing

[@lanasweetshotseat]

Omg I’m so sad you didn’t talk about the outrageous stunt doubles they used in this movie LOL like Chloe playing soccer was like a 35 year old quarterback LOL

[@amyreed1535]

I must admit, there was a portion of my childhood I was obsessed with this movie. All of the red flags went right over my naive head.

[@AD-ov5rt]

I super vaguely remember Paula Abdul getting fired from this, but a big part of that was America realizing she was a hot mess that America wasn't about

[@Blue.1889]

I always wondered what the big deal about her was, but I was born in the late 90s so thats probably why. I know she sings and dances, and I saw her on American Idol back in the 2000s, but I didnt get the full appeal tbh

[@MamboNombre5]

Jawbreaker was the first to use the "cliques sitting at lunch" trope and no one ever remembers that

[@gaydee_x]

as a latina yasmin character and her family/home life has always bothered me especially because it played by a white actress and she doesn’t even look like the doll

[@brissamendoza129]

True

[@itssyagirld8727]

And Sasha is dark skin would it of hurt them to put a dark skin actress ? 😒

[@xxxmaysilssss690]

Umm, many Latin people are white

[@simsimah]

@@xxxmaysilssss690 true. That’s not what the doll portrayed as the op mentioned.

[@ClaraSantosicegurt]

@@xxxmaysilssss690 but shes Spanish that's the thing... theres a difference between spanish and latino american but anyway... I think she was not even supossed to be of this background at first but the doll company did so many weird chances and at the end I was very confused with her in the movie I couldn't tell that that was her at first bc she looked different and that's confusing sometimes

[@mf-ws3cj]

I can't believe men still have no idea we'd change on the bus ride to school LMFAO my parents wouldn't even let me wear leggings. LEGGINGS

[@peachypanda57]

are your parents classically abby

[@randomeditor]

i'd love to see you cover one of the animated ones. or a barbie movie. they seem to be equally wierd and chaotic