Review of Ask Me Anything (2014) by Caityshe — 12 Feb 2016

Not what I was expecting, and not what I wanted. upon entering this movie I assumed I'd be settling in for a comedy because of the cover photo. This is not a comedy, however, I would have been pleasantly surprised if this movie ended up being as deep as it was going for.

It's not and neither are it's characters. The main actress plays an offensive and insolent character who does little to help herself or other women suffering from the main conflict, which I think is meant to be sexual abuse.

I found the main character to be arrogant at times and unrelatable, she never really confronts the harsh topic at hand in a meaningful way. She makes poor choices (her poor choices inevitably lead this movie) that are made to look like the result of her past sexual abuse.

The surrounding characters are as shallow and one-dimensional as the atmosphere of this movie and only serve the purpose of making you sympathize with the main character. But what I disliked most about this movie was the ending that is confusing and fools you into thinking the story is based off of real events when it's not.

The ending really does the most damage to the movie because it ruins the tone of the movie and leaves it's message muddled. Is this movie meant to scare young women from making poor decisions? is it supposed to make you sympathize with victims of abuse? Is the ending meant to be left open ended for the viewers? All I know upon leaving this movie is that I was better off not watching it.

overall I found this movie to be offensive to people who have actually suffered sexual abuse. especially the part where she says "he touched me but it felt good" Really? what the hell were they thinking.