Tall Girl (2019)

Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the confidence to stand tall.

Director:

Nzingha Stewart

Writer:

Sam Wolfson

Stars:

Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ava Michelle	...	Jodi Kreyman
Griffin Gluck	...	Jack Dunkleman
Sabrina Carpenter	...	Harper Kreyman
Paris Berelc	...	Liz
Luke Eisner	...	Stig Mohlin
Clara Wilsey	...	Kimmy Stitcher
Angela Kinsey	...	Helaine Kreyman
Steve Zahn	...	Richie Kreyman
Anjelika Washington	...	Fareeda
Rico Paris	...	Schnipper
Bria Condon	...	Crystal Spitz
Shane Guilbeau	...	Bob Brickman
Christina Moses	...	Nina Dunkleman
Andrew Brodeur	...	Will
Jason Rogel	...	Dr. Sager

Storyline

Jodi (Ava Michelle) has always been the tallest girl in school - and she's always been uncomfortable with it. After slouching her way through life for 16 years and being made fun of by classmates, Jodi meets Stig (Luke Eisner), a seemingly perfect Swedish foreign exchange student who's even taller than she is. Jodi's new crush turns her world upside down and throws her into a surprising love triangle, but with the help of her two best friends (Griffin Gluck, Anjelika Washington) as well as her beauty queen sister Harper (Sabrina Carpenter), Jodi comes to realize that she's far more than her insecurities about her appearance have led her to believe.

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Plot Keywords:

heightism | tall girl | coming of age | teenager | teenage girl | 

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Taglines:

When you don't fit in, stand tall.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Netflix

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tall Girl

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wonderland Sound and Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The book Jodi is reading in her room is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Coincidentally, this movie came out around the same time The Goldfinch movie came out.

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Quotes

Jodi Kreyman: When you're a tall girl, it's the only thing people see.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, the students are seen dancing at prom.

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Connections

References Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2003)

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Soundtracks

Future Starts Slow
Performed by The Kills
Written by Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart
Courtesy of Domino Recording Company

User Reviews

Could have been much better.

Some turns the movie takes are a bit annoying, and the score is too noticeable and tiresome after a while. But otherwise I actually liked it for the most part in its first hour or so. It's an innocent little teen comedy and I don't see too much wrong with that personally. However, most things toward the end are unforgivably kitschy and cringey which really brings the whole flick down by a lot. The performances, even if by people who mostly didn't act much or at all before, are very solid. Tall Girl overall is so surface level and just not good enough, even if it has some honestly good flashes of a kinda nice movie. On a sidenote I gotta say Maggie Rogers' Light On at the end was such a nice surprise, but the song was edited weirdly which sort of fits this whole movie. It could have easily been so much better, but simply wasn't in the end because of odd choices in the script which made the flick feel silly by the time the credits started to roll.