Tall Girl

"When you don't fit in, stand tall"

2019 1h 41m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 1,980

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“When you don't fit in, stand tall”

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Cast

Ava Michelle
Jodi Kreyman
Sabrina Carpenter
Harper Kreyman
Steve Zahn
Richie Kreyman
Griffin Gluck
Jack Dunkleman
Clara Wilsey
Kimmy Sticher
Paris Berelc
Liz
Angela Kinsey
Helanie Kreyman
Bria Condon
Krystal Spitz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nzingha Stewart
Writers: Sam Wolfson
Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Tall Girl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nzingha Stewart, shot by Eric Alan Edwards. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mateo Messina. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Ava Michelle and Sabrina Carpenter and Steve Zahn carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When you don't fit in, stand tall".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nzingha Stewart directs. Eric Alan Edwards behind the camera. Mateo Messina scores. Priscilla Nedd-Friendly cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish.

Trivia

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1Released 7 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish.
3Part of the "Tall Girl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Nzingha Stewart, shot by Eric Alan Edwards. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mateo Messina. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ava Michelle and Sabrina Carpenter and Steve Zahn carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "When you don't fit in, stand tall".
9IMDB entry: tt9252508 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eric Alan Edwards
Original score: Mateo Messina
Editing: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Production design: Bill Boes
Makeup / hair: Cidni Merret
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Tall Girl (2019)

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Tall Girl Collection

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The Movie Diorama2020-01-16
★ 1/10
Tall Girl ironically belittles its message with a towering case of marginalised insolence. “You think your life is hard?” narrates the eponymous skyscraper-like girl in a condescending tone as if one was participating in a selfless therapeutic course in torture. Life really must suck for her. No, seriously. I felt her solemn sadness. Being an attractive young privileged white girl with a height totalling, and this really takes the biscuit, six foot one really must take its toll. Six. Foot. Frickin’. One. Constantly getting remarks including “how’s the weather up there?” and being titled “beanstalk” shatters the confidence and then some. I’m sure. Unable to obtain high school love and succeed in life due to her colossal height. Could you imagine being six foot one? Might as well just lobotomise yourself, y’know? Just so abnormal and rare these days. Tall females apparently don’t succeed in life. Supermodels? Nope. Olympians? Who? Thank God this wasn’t called “Black Gay Jew”, as if it was treated with the same ill-mannered direction as Tall Girl, it may have been cited as a personal attack. Look, it’s a somewhat innocent approach to acquiring self-confidence amidst a wave of pessimism. But when the script hones in on stupidity like cosmetic products inspiring confidence and automatically uplifting exterior beauty, to the point where you become a different person, it’s just no! That’s not the message we should be sending the next generation! More importantly though, let’s address the pressing matter here. No one, absolutely no one, gets bullied because of their height. No one! So automatically, there’s no relation to the central premise. Never mind the mundane acting, ostentatious directing style and unhumorous dialogue. Those are just rotten ingredients in a disastrous meal. Netflix has, yet again, released another diabolically insulting high school “comedy” revolving around popularity and bullying. With a non-sensical reasoning for abuse that cements this as the worst of the year. By far. Six foot one!? Size 13 Men’s Nikes!? She’s not exactly “Godzilla” with clown shoes now, come on!
Peter McGinn2023-03-14
★ 6/10
I just noticed another review on this site for Tall Girl, and I think it is the only 1-star review I have ever seen on TMDB (there are certainly a lot of them at that other movie data and review site that shall remain unnamed). I have seen valid critiques about how much is made of a person being bullied because they are tall, like that is impossible. It is perhaps overdone at least. Imagine that if Jodi played basketball instead of the piano how she would be — pardon the pun — looked up to. People would be giving her low fives after every team wind instead of asking facetiously, “How’s the weather up there?” So perhaps it is unlikely that dues to her having the wrong hobby she would be treated so poorly. On the other hand, I can also see her having some reason to feel put upon. If she managed to get to high school and basically have just two close friends, one of which always hits on her and even lies to try to get her to date him, she may not be in a great place emotionally. So maybe dial back her unhappiness and bullied state a bit. Also, I didn’t buy the idea that Stig would be thought of as the shortest and least attractive guy in school back in Sweden. But the plot relies upon that fact to explain his total change in attitude towards Jodi. They have Jodi be a nice person despite her unhappiness and unpopularity, but Stig becomes a jerk just because he is suddenly popular? Yeah, kind of lame. So yeah, the movie has problems and takes shortcuts. It doesn’t make it a 1-star movie to me, but it will prevent me from watching the sequel that came out later on. (Wait, don’t rom-coms have happy endings? They shouldn’t have sequels, should they?)