
16 year old Jessica Burns has a secret that she's afraid to share with anyone - except her best friend, Brian Slater. For the past year she's been victimized by another girl - her former friend, Avery Keller, one of South Brookdale High School's most popular and beautiful students. What can you do when the world sees the image of a person but not the reality? With Brian's help and a hidden digital camera, the evidence of Avery's relentless harassment is captured and finally e... (Full plot summary below)
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16 year old Jessica Burns has a secret that she's afraid to share with anyone - except her best friend, Brian Slater. For the past year she's been victimized by another girl - her former friend, Avery Keller, one of South Brookdale High School's most popular and beautiful students. What can you do when the world sees the image of a person but not the reality? With Brian's help and a hidden digital camera, the evidence of Avery's relentless harassment is captured and finally exposed-bringing both girls and their families face to face with the truth.
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| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniYou'll need a strong stomach for some of the scenes in A Girl Like Her, one of the most moving and intelligent of the recent glut of films and TV specials about teenage bullying. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperIt’s hard to imagine anyone seeing this film and not feeling the weight of the heartbreak when a young girl’s life is destroyed by bullying, and outrage that even with all the awareness and all the campaigning, bullying remains an epidemic in schools everywhere. |
| VarietyJustin ChangA mix of found-footage thriller, mock-doc realism and public service announcement that rings true almost as often as it rings false. |
| Entertainment WeeklyKate WardUsing a blend of doc- and selfie-style footage, director Amy S. Weber (Annabelle & Bear) aims to depict both sides of the bullying dynamic among teenage girls. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAlthough the storytelling technique may feel innovative, the story itself is not. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliA Girl Like Her offers an emotionally honest examination of an important and often overlooked societal problem. |
| Entertainment WeeklyKat WardWhile mean girl Avery Keller (Hunter King) gets a nuanced and surprisingly redemptive arc, the target of her bullying, Jessica (Lexi Ainsworth), mostly goes ignored. |
| Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyA Girl Like Her focuses on the characters' emotional traumas while eschewing moral panic about how Kids These Days are so wrapped up in their phones and the internet. |
| Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt's wrenching stuff. If bits and pieces feel contrived (and they do), overall the message is strong — and important. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonSometimes the heartfelt power of the message can help to compensate for some narrative rough patches. Such is the case with this drama that tries to put a fresh spin on the topic of teenage bullying. |