In my opinion, it is brilliant movie about misunderstood and lost young girl. I haven't read the book, but after watching this I definitely will. The way the story is told is surprisingly clever, and I'm still intrigued what happened. You need to see it! I promise you will not regret it.

1/15/18. A high school grad takes a year off before starting college to get her act together. But, she finds herself in unsatisfying relationships with several men, a couple much older than her. Along the way, the viewer discovers, through her revealing blog entries, that she was molested as a young child, which has tainted her present relationships. She then finds herself pregnant. Based on the book, Undiscovered Gryl whose author wrote the screenplay and directed the movie. Robertson was phenomenal. Worth catching.

First let me say that I had no idea that this movie was from a book. It has been on the premium channels forever. Last night I watched it. The truth? After finding out that it was a book, I went to the book summary and reviews. I think I would have preferred to watch a movie that was actually done based on the book - the 26 year old advice columnist who finished college, is in a theater group and meets a cranky Irish playwright. Now that would have been a good movie. How do the 'movie powers that be' take that book and turn it into a 'the internet is a dangerous place' movie. And what parents do only one background check on an employer because they suspect he's a creep because of the hourly pay? while letting a private family pay her the same and do nothing. Then, after she doesn't spend one second talking to her mother, the mother is surprised to find someone has lured her away from the nest?? The whole movie was distorted. So I guess, I've now come full circle and the ridiculous ending belonged on this nonsensical movie.

This film will definitely give people mixed feelings. You'd be confused on whether to describe it as something that's easy to relate to or something so stupid, that it shouldn't have been written. The film/director tries so hard to convey us to be on the protagonist's side, but she gives us so many reasons not to. She plays around with older and committed guys, how can you feel sympathy for her?However, there's that sense of sweetness and innocence in her that makes you (or maybe it's just me) feel like she's worth your time and love. It was so easy to relate to her story. She sort of inspire me, in a way. So story-wise, it's okay but the twists and ending ruined everything.They tried to put so many characters, so many sub stories that it made the film very confusing. Maybe too confusing. Then, they wrap it all up with and ending that supposedly was to connect everything and make it look interesting and reasonable. However, it failed to do just that. It made them look CONFUSED. The whole production! Did they want to make a romantic-drama film? Or a thriller film? I feel like they wanted to do so many things in one film.ALTHOUGH, BRITT ROBERTSON definitely did great with her character.