“Tall Girl 2”: The Dense Coming of Age Movie

A millennial’s horrible perception of mental health.

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Official promotional poster for “Tall Girl 2”.

Briana Garcia, Staff Writer

The movie “Tall Girl 2”, the sequel of an already horrible and ‘cringe-y’ movie starts off right where it left off. Jodi Kreyman (Ava Michelle) and her boyfriend Jack Dunkleman (Griffin Gluck) describe their unrealistic and corny relationship. To top it all off, the unfunny humor makes it miserable to watch.

Throughout the movie, Kreyman goes to large extents to make her “tallness” an issue, obviously bumping her head in public and dramatizing the comments of others. She’s still haunted by the fact she’s abnormally tall even after her huge speech about being confident at the prom. Her bully, Kimmy Stitcher (Clara Wilsey), lives in her head rent-free.

With Stitcher living in her head, a voice grows inside of Kreyman’s head causing her to destroy her life for the play after she becomes the lead. She even goes to lengths to have panic attacks when something doesn’t go her way. Kreyman stupidly corrupts her life with these “voices” causing her to break up with her boyfriend on a terrible note and ruin her relationships among her friends to focus on the show.

“Tall Girl 2” does a pretty terrible attempt to show the teenage struggle and finding your self-confidence. Throughout the course of the movie, Kreyman clearly doesn’t accept her height until her lead partner Tommy Torres (Jan Luis Castellanos) opens up to her about his weight loss and his absent acceptance. After having a deep conversation they randomly break out in a dance number and end it with a kiss. The moment was cut quite short reintroducing Dunkleman.

The overdone acting by Dunkleman completely ruins the chance of the movie being somewhat good. His suffocating and dramatic qualities are completely ignored by the fact he’s known as a ‘good’ boyfriend

The movie is portrayed as a life lesson but completely dismisses that. The characters react irrationally to things that don’t go in their favor and dramatize the image of Highschool for younger teens. Not only is it unrealistic but it’s a waste of time to watch. After the first film’s backlash, I would’ve expected some better lines and acting but it’s just another corny unrealistic coming-of-age movie.