That's What I Am
April. 29,2011 PGA coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.
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Best movie ever!
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
I know this movie from WWE studio I jus got skeptical from very beginning. I thought that this movie will tell a story about a wrestler or something but surprisingly it was tell about Preteens story with all stuff like bullying, monkey love, etc. Complete with lovable teacher who will left at the end of the movie. I don't know is it true that the story is based on the true event, and I don't care either. I like it. Not bizzare but I got the message, I got the point. I smile, laugh, pitty, and angry when the movie want me to. That's mean it so entertaining. Even maybe this movie like they don't know who's the audience. It too annoying and cheese for adults but also it was too explicit for childrens...
From the first words of this film you just know what you are in for: a "leave no cliché behind" clumsy attempt at recreating an "era." From the opening credits with TV ads and news reports of "those turbulent years" to the completely corny voice-over narration of the now-all-growed-up protagonist you know that you are in for a film about childhood seemingly written by someone who never had the experience himself. It's like the writer lived in the hospital during his formative years and only learned about this stuff from watching lousy 60s TV, or even worse, Happy Days which was a TV show depicting life in a fictional era. This movie is to adolescence in the 60s as Austin Powers is to spies of this time, except without the humor.Has there ever been a more cliché bully in all of cinema? Even if a bully like this one ever existed he would be more of a lame creation than a human being. A one dimensional socio-path doesn't even rate as a character in a crappy horror movie.There wasn't a single honest, authentic moment in this entire film.
This movie is definitely not worth the hour and a half that it is in time. This movie is a poorly put together plot. Very bland and not funny at all. I really wish that critics and other reviewers would have rated this movie lower. What a waste of an hour and a half. I am so glad I waited for this to come on DVD / Netflix because having wasted over $30 on this at a movie theatre would just make me feel even worse about it. Overall to some people this movie might be worth the time, but for most, it's not.If you are a school teacher or in school or a school staff member, this movie might be worth the time for you, but if you can't relate to it much then its not really going to have much of an impact on you.
A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol (Chase Ellison), a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.That's what I am is a WWE film, which caught my attention because the film was actually amazing! The film, acting, and everything is all very real and captures middle school just as it is. I was very surprised by this and wish the average was a little higher than a 7. Parents to kids: The film touches very deep and suggestive materials that some might find no suitable. Not a problem for me, but as seeing how people can get a little strict about that stuff, just calling it out there. The acting is very good and very real and they took as I can see a long time trying to capture the emotions. Not really that great as I put it, but they did a very well job. And even to add on to that, this is a WWE film which is a big step up for them and if they could continue making movies like this, that'd be great. So. I highly recommend this to anyone who well has good taste in movies and can learn to surpass the WWE sign popping up before the movie. 7/10.