The Exploding Girl

Okay, are we just supposed to ignore the whole silly, contrived plot device to have these two end up living in the same home. His parents not only rented his room out even though they knew he was coming home, but also never bothered to tell him. So he ends up there, and they still won't let him stay in their house. They must really hate their son!! So immediately there's this ridiculously stupid situation to overcome before trying to settle in and enjoy the movie. It never happened for me. The lazy writing just insisted on rearing itself in eye rolling scenes. Zoe is lovely as alway, Unfortunately there's nothing her to showcase her amazing abilities and the total goober of a friend adds absolutely nothing to the movie. He reminds me of a pile of dog doo on the living room floor that nobody bothered to clean up. The conversations on the phone with the boyfriend are so unconvincing and lame it made my head hurt. Dialogue is just so terrible in this. Like she will tell her friend that a gift is amazing and she loves it and what's his response? Do you like it? She just said she loved it two seconds ago!! Or she'll describe her pain and symptoms to her doctor and she will reply with Are you okay? In fact if I had a doller for every time someone asked that question in this stupid movie I'd be set for a few weeks anyway. Disastrous effort.