Sanjeev Waters
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Cissy Évelyne
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
nagoybog
To the complainers that this show doesn't represent the hometown an school they way they want it too. I think you need to get over your version of both. First this show is a mockumentary, not a documentary, or a reality show. So you will never have an truly open opinion of the show and your review means nothing. If you want to boost your town try getting a show on the Travel Channel. This show is a cute a quirky show about a girl named Liz and how she see's things. The show is NOT "My life as Wallflower2008" or "My Life as camjs2001" So you actually aren't here to review the show. You are here to review your hometown and high school, which as I stated maybe you should go to the Travel Channel website to review your town, and find some site on schools to review your school. When watching a show like this you need to treat the show as if it is any small town in America. The show is actually one of the better shows on MTV at the current time. So to all the haters, get over yourself. I mean do you really think everyone that lives on the Jersey Shore think that shows portrays their area and schools the way they all see it? Bottomline nice lil show to watch to fill time.
chocokitty11
When I saw the commercials to this on Mtv, I thought it was going to be great. Boy was I let down. I expected this to really reach out to the out casts, nerds, and teen angst kids in high school. Instead I get a whiny bitch who complains about everything. I seriously can't stand Liz Lee. The whole show is just her complaining. She even has a list of things that she hates. I don't even understand what she's complaining about. She's pretty, wealthy, a talented singer, has a great wardrobe, a great group of friends, and she even has her own TV show for god sakes! I can't believe she is perceived as a protagonist when she acts just as class less as the means girls, yet her behavior is somehow justified since she's not "preppy." I can't believe people have the nerve to compare to this to the awesome show "Daria." I give this three stars because her friends are really funny. Why isn't this show about them?
camjs2001
I, like the other reviewer, am a BHS graduate. I was somewhat friends with Liz before all this happened and was one of her former boyfriend's (they had a weird relationship) close friends. I was even on the show in a segment that didn't make it.Anyway, I have struggled balancing my opinion of the show, with how they portray my home town, with how I view Burleson. Sure, it's MTV. Sure, Burleson IS was formerly a major hick town. Sure, we have most of the major outlets and are on the edge of Fort Worth. After weighing all of these factors (and more) I have come to a conclusion.You have to treat it like a pop culture fad. It's slightly entertaining, but forgettable. It's nothing new. It's not that original (Liz represents about 40% of the school). But, it's a laugh. It has bright colors. It has very indie music. But, in the end, it won't be remembered past it's 2nd season.Maybe it prepares young kids how to 'be yourself', or, how to 'deal' with high school. I respect that and more power to them. But, you have to look at it like any Disney star. Zach Efron will turn into the Jonas brothers will turn into Justin Bieber.As to the accusations about HOW staged it is. Well, they are all true. They marketed the show to us originally as a documentary, then reality show, then finally some sort of mockumentary weird concoction. Everyone is pretty friendly and if there's drama, it's generally you're own fault. From my point of view, most everyone was a hipster (like Liz) and we went there to learn from some of the strangest/funniest/honorable teachers ever (I would have liked to have seen them). I'm sure it was your basic high school and MLAL turns the experience into something marketable. But, they have to. They like money (which seems like something Liz would be against).My overall mood toward this staged, over-exaggerated, quirky, occasionally funny, and wholesome show: apathetic and passive. It's the same way I view Burleson's other claim to fame, Kelly Clarkson.I'm anxiously waiting the Pratt season where everyone is just like her.
Wallflower2008
Being from Burleson, Tx and having graduated from BHS one year earlier than Liz Lee, I have a different opinion on this show than some other viewers.It's very hard for me to separate the "show" from the "reality", because the two are so different. I admit I can't watch this show objectively although I have tried. In theory I like the idea of the plot (I was not an outsider in HS, but not popular, and often considered myself a wallflower) because it's different and promotes individuality. But I can't get through a single episode without going screaming mad over the misrepresentation of my hometown.So to set the record straight: Yes Burleson is a fairly small town, with a population of over 30,000. Yes we have a lot of churches, but not everyone is religious. And yes we love barbecue.That's not really disputable. What Liz does not mention is that we are just south of one of the largest metroplex in the area- Fort Worth. Burleson is growing exponentially. Residents from nearby towns (Cleburne, Alvarado) come to Burleson to shop. We really don't have much need to leave our town because here we have basically any clothing store, movie theater, shopping center, that we could need. So although we are "small" in comparison to larger cities, we are not THAT small.Having gone to BHS, I'm aware that there are cliques. But one of the things that I enjoyed about BHS was that the "popular" kids weren't really that popular if you know what I mean. Sure we were all different and into different things but people really intermingled. There wasn't a lot of bullying or harassing or conflict between groups. I was a little surprised to learn we had some blond Barbie bitches in the grade below me because I never noticed. Actually being Indy (what I would stereotype Liz as) is COOL in Burleson. The choppy hair, vintage clothing, and sarcastic persona are really in. Being that way doesn't make you an outcast at all. I never considered Liz (who I just knew of, not personally knew) as an outcast or someone not popular. She always had a lot of friends and was very pretty.As for reality VS scripted, I think it's obvious. And that really does not bother me. So what if MTV did not really start filming until May, after valentines day, so they had to fabricate that episode? And yeah it was not all filmed at BHS. I could point out the scenes where it is obviously a different school, but think I've rambled enough. They did film scenes after school that were portrayed to be during school. Too many scenes are filmed in Old Town Burleson, which is an extremely small part of out town made to look old. No, Meryls Hamburgers or whatever it is is in Rendon, not Burleson. I just don't want people believing it's so real when it's so scripted.
