Picking Nits
The nutrition-bar deception and the tidy ending
In the discussion (9)
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- Would image-conscious Regina really misunderstand the bars while gaining weight?
- The panel acknowledges the film tries to depict nutritional ignorance but still doubts it
- Why would Cady win the dance crown after the Burn Book scandal?
- The outcome is defended as an anti-Regina vote
- Kevin G and Janis ending up together seems arbitrary
- The Norbury/principal pairing is called too neat and professionally awkward
- Cady’s closing speech feels like a different, moralizing film
- The crosswalk and speeding school bus are questioned
- The crown breaks too easily