It’s always welcome to see more films that feature strong female characters, but there’s so much here that feels too familiar.

It’s always welcome to see more films that feature strong female characters, but there’s so much here that feels too familiar.
Anyone sentimental about the original source material should prepare for disappointment.
There are plenty of moments in a teenage girl’s life where the trivial becomes momentous and the momentous becomes devastating, and they are presented here with a poignant and compassionate vibrancy that I’ve rarely seen so accurately captured on film.