Flipped (2010)

The embodiment of the perfect feel good coming of age tale. The simplistic way of telling a story on both sides was executed so flawlessly I often felt as though I had, had these conversations and feelings before. I yelled at Bryce over those eggs, I cried with Juli in that tree, I had ice cream with Uncle Daniel. This movie really touched me and will forever have a place in my heart.

I only have 4 favorite movies, Cast Away, 50 First Dates, One More Chance and Flipped..And among all these, only Flipped made me wanted to watch it over and over, getting the same nostalgic and satisfying feeling every time..I believe that only really good movies can make you feel that way..I loved how I understood each of the leading roles' point of view in same scenes which are played twice..I enjoyed the detailed phasing of this movie that even the minor roles were as essential as the leading ones.Moreover, the setting of this movie suits perfectly in its genre which is old-school teenage romance.I realized how charming and beautiful first love could be especially when started at early age,,This movie finally gave justice to how my first love drama turned out.. I always recommend this movie every time I'm asked about what good movies to watch!

It is not the first time I watch this movie, even I know I should write this review immediately when I first watch it. I also never write any movie review before.I feel the same no matter how many times I have watched it, even I remember every detail and every scene like the end when they realize they haven't had any actual conversation and the background music Let it be me starts. The director did really good job when combining the two main character's perspective. It is same as love in real life, we never know what the other people think and it confuses us and misled us. We did embarrassing things, we screwed things up. It is also brilliant to see how Bryce grown up, mentally to understand what his grandfather said : "Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare." I was moved by this movie but it is not cliché. It is just because I find the beauty in the simplest thing, not in marvelous scenes, beautiful casts or significant story but in Flipped.

It's the summer of 1957. Bryce Loski and his family move into the neighborhood before his second grade. Juli Baker clings onto him but Bryce is annoyed by her. In the sixth grade, he tries to shake her off by asking out Sherry Stalls but they break up after a week. Juli loves sitting in a tree. One day, landscapers come to cut down her tree. She tries to save it but Bryce abandons her. She starts raising chicken. She gives eggs to Bryce. Two weeks after the tree got cut down, she discovers that Bryce is throwing them out. Her feelings for him flips. Bryce's feeling for her also flips with prodding from his grandfather.Madeline Carroll is adorable. Callan McAuliffe is a little stiff although that's his character. The constant narrations should stop somewhere before the middle. Rob Reiner has created Norman Rockwell nostalgia and added melodramatic problems. The effect is partly endearing. The flipping between the two points of view is compelling. It's one of Reiner's better movie in his recent years.