Robin Klein\'s book is a fabulously fun tale about the squabbles of 12 year olds, but by upping the age to Year 9 students it\'s less successful. Erika\'s melodramatic behaviour seems illogical. Fourteen-year-olds can certainly be difficult, but they are definitely more sophisticated than this film seems to think they are. There are some comic moments, but the laughs are inconsistent as the film combines so many different styles of comedy.This doesn\'t stop Saskia Burmeister from holding her own - she\'s very good. Delta Goodrem however, barely makes an impression.
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