Ending Was Terrible

Maybe the last part where is goes to the film festival, but I personally would not have liked the movie if she had not grown to see that her brother was really a good person, and ultimately the strongest part of her little family. Many people just would rather things remain strained for the sake of a non Hollywood ending.

Yes it was a terrible cliche unoriginal movie

I agree about the ending. I feel like it was too convenient for her to suddenly be okay with everything again. She never even got to express to her brother and her best friend why their relationship hurt her so much. I was waiting for that reveal. But it just was tied up neatly at the end.

I am glad she realized what a good guy Erwin was though because that boy was a catch!

Self-Respect and a hymen are better than friends and fun. Love, Mom-Amy, The Big Bang Theory

I didn't think the ending was mindblowing but I definitely liked it...

Firstly, to say this broke typical Hollywood conventions before the ending is kind of silly imo because this was pretty heavy on the cliches - the unconventional teacher, the good guy the girl just doesnt realise is 'the one', the hot guy who turns out to be a douche and only want sex etc. etc.

Secondly, the ending could've been a LOT more cliche'd - i like that the teacher didn't come out with some profound advice and become Nadine's father figure as so many cliche films do, as that would've broken character, nor was the last scene Nadine&Erwin kissing in a romantic shot etc., as far as we the viewers know they may never even start a relationship, all we know at that last shot is she appreciated him.

To me it was a ridiculously realistic ending. It was teenage life reaching its worst peak (the start & middle) before eventually starting to fade and just become life that isn't actually so bad once you look around and see everything & not just your pessimistic view.

Though I have to disagree with a lot of comments calling Nadine nothing but self-centred, she was a teenage girl with a *beep* up mum and a dead dad.... As someone who was once a teenage girl with a very *beep* up friend and dead relatives I can 100% relate and 100% sympathise with the poor girl - to her she felt like everything in the whole world was against her and nobody gave a *beep* Although that wasn't true it sure didn't feel like that to her.

But that ending is kind of how teenage life ended for me and I think a fair few others - I accepted my responsibilities for making people feel *beep* and learnt to apologise when I did so, my Mum became more understanding and learnt that avoiding arguments was better than having a war (you dont just stop maturing at 25, people keep going at 50), and I tried to look on the brighter side of life. No, life is nowhere near perfect now, but there was definitely a turning point and I think that's all the ending showed in a simple way - a turning point in Nadine's life as she starts moving towards being an adult.

Anyway everyone is entitled to their opinions but those are mine - brilliant film and good ending.

I agree. It even had that thing that movies do as people start to go away but turn back to say one last thing. South Park made fun of those types of exchanges in Kenny Dies as you can see in the link below.

https://youtu.be/dkUXHlC4sko?t=1m23s

Agreed, didn't really like most of the second half actually.

I think the ending was fine. The movie moves fast the whole time, so there isn't any slow parts where a scene would drag out like 10 minutes.

Yes, Nadine didn't apologize to her mom in person. But obviously it was her intention when she came home and saw her sleeping. And the scene where Erwin pulls her towards his friends, nothing wrong with her acting there. She was suppose to be a bit awkward still, since this is her first time being introduce by a larger group of friends.

My thoughts exactly. It was like they put a shiny sign on the whole thing that said "if you don't wanna feel like sh!t then alter yourself to become convenient for others". That was a rather ugly and definitely oversimplified way to solve all that tangle of adolescence's issues Nadine was an embodiment of.