Review of Perfect High (2015) by Kevin J — 20 Jul 2015

Well, the story had potential, but it was badly written. I don't know what is it with people developing contemporary teenage characters void of real emotion, real motivation and real depth. I find it absurd.

Most of the themes surrounding each of the characters could have been explored better and I would excuse it if the scriptwriter was a 15 year old girl with no life experience what so ever, which isn't the case. The industry should demand more from its writers and not let things like this be produced until they are up to film standards. There were many dialogues that were unnecessary and many necessary dialogues that weren't written.

Aesthetically, I feel like making it commercial was a mistake, even though it's pretty obvious that the film is trying to reach "a certain demographic" the producers somehow thought would be seduced by its commercialism, when in fact, it probably repels them from the importance of the message, because the truth that would have been extracted from dramatic film grammar, was reduced to the superficiality of commercialism.

The movie called for a denser photography, smarter dialogues, better art direction, better editing, etc. The decoupage had nothing special and the director could have demanded more from the young cast until they delivered it.

"Perfect High" had potential if they had chosen the right people to work on it, from the scriptwriter to the person who directed it.