While millions of viewers worldwide were enjoying Netflix' top property STRANGER THINGS for the content, the movers and shakers in Hollywood were watching something else entirely. They were watching Maya Hawke, daughter of "La Uma" (Uma Thurman), demonstrating a mastery of comic timing and deadpan humor far beyond her years. This film is the result of that observation, a throwback to teen comedies of decades past, with "La Maya" getting a chance to strut her stuff. So how did she do? Pretty good overall. Maya held her own throughout, keeping in mind she got no help at all from a script so soggy it made MEAN GIRLS look like Oscar material. The trope where one student embarrasses another by making a public announcement was done to death. Austin Abrams was seriously miscast as Max; by the time the overlong 2 hour runtime is over, every viewer will have come up with at least three actors who could have done the role better. And the STRANGERS ON A TRAIN plot twist just added gravitas to a film that already had gravitas to spare. The future? More Maya. And better writing please. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
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