bettycjung 1/15/18. A high school grad takes a year off before starting college to get her act together. But, she finds herself in unsatisfying relationships with several men, a couple much older than her. Along the way, the viewer discovers, through her revealing blog entries, that she was molested as a young child, which has tainted her present relationships. She then finds herself pregnant. Based on the book, Undiscovered Gryl whose author wrote the screenplay and directed the movie. Robertson was phenomenal. Worth catching.

kyriacollins (*WARNING: May contain spoilers. If you didn't see the movie, don't read the review until after you've watched the movie. Also, trigger warning for sensitive subject matter.)Well, THAT was deep! Initially I didn't pay attention to this movie other than seeing my Mom watching the film but I kind of wrote off "AMA" as being another rom com. Until now anyways.Tonight I sat down and turned on Netflix and, after watching the trailer, decided to give "AMA" a try and I'm glad I did. This movie exceeded my expectations and what starts off as a light hearted sex and coming of age movie turns into a deep, thought provoking study in *spoiler #1* the deep toll sexual abuse takes on the survivor years later. Katie (played by an excellent Britt Roberson) was a character that fascinated me; Katie was witty, snarky, fragile, sarcastic, free spirited, troubled, complicated and complex all at once. Katie can frustrate and confuse you just as she can make you feel for her and relate to her. And Katie was a young girl with enough flaws as much as she's got emotional wounds, and while she made some reckless and destructive decisions, in knowing that Katie was sexually victimized as a child, you understand her. Britt totally carried the entire movie with her performance; she didn't so much play Katie as she was Katie. And everyone else from Christian Slater, Kimberly Williams- Paisley, Justin Long, Martin Sheen, etc. gave equally great performances that kept me engaged with the movie from beginning to end, and I really admire the way the movie approached the topic of sexual abuse/molestation with enough sensitivity without being too neat and enough frankness without being too gratuitous and exploitative. We need more of that in modern day cinema. Now, onto discussion of (warning: spoiler #2): the ending. The ending really threw me for a loop and I was so taken aback that I needed to rewind so I could watch the entire scene without missing anything. Seriously, I did NOT expect such a bleak, heavy, haunting and rather unsettling, ambiguous ending. It's as if the movie did a double whammy in first removing any signs of regular rom com/coming of age and turning that into a deep study of the affects of sexual abuse, and then turning that into what could be a cautionary tale. What really adds to the shocking quality of the ending is that after (*spoiler #3*) Katie/Amy finds out that she's pregnant and just when she's coming into a maturing sense of awareness in growing up, finding closure in dealing with sexual trauma and moving forward in her life, BAM--the ending comes and, for me, this ending left me questioning everything that was shown. Now I will say that Katie/Amy's story was valid since her Mom did confirm that most of what she said was true, just with certain details added and altered, and names and identities changed. Yet I also do believe that someone who knew Katie/Any may have taken her. Could've been Justin Long's character. Could've been Christian Slater's character. Could've been the ex boyfriend. Could've been anyone, and the ambiguity of the circumstances leading up to Katie/Amy's disappearance, which person that could've taken her and even Katie/Amy's fate is what's unsettling. That actually makes me sad, worried and scared for Katie/Amy.The ending caused mixed reactions: some people loved the ending, some people were annoyed by the ending. I thought the ending was effective. In fact, you can say that the movie can also be considered a cautionary commentary on modern day millennial's obsession with the internet as well as searching for love, attention, adoration, notoriety and fame on the internet and the dangers and consequences thereof, which is just as super important and actually mandatory to address now in this day and age.Overall, this indie movie is a masterpiece and now a favorite in my movie collection. My rating and vote is an A+ and 10/10.

sparklyguitars I actually liked this movie a lot more than I thought I would. At first glance it seems like a typical teen movie without any substance, but trust me it's not. I think the way Allison Burnett structured everything was very cool and the ending was thought-provoking. The ending confused me at first, but after I re-watched it a few times I think I get the idea. The whole movie, we were seeing her life through the eyes of her blog-viewers. At the end, we're still her blog-followers, except that now Katie/Amy has gone missing, and her mom is writing the blog entry. Amy had been embellishing her stories. In reality, her life was much less of a soap-opera than we thought it to be. Shows that perspective changes everything. What really goes on behind the TV, the news, gossip magazines? Probably something completely different from what we think.

annachrisanthak From the start until the very end something always happened in the plot of this film !The so-called life of a confused teenager in its exaggeration is always interesting to see ! Katie is a brilliant young woman that puts off college for the sake of an older guy.Starting ,with this decision, a journey of trouble , happiness ,sadness , fun and more guys !I believe this journey has a sexual character and it is more of fight between morality and immorality. The contradiction between right and wrong through the words of an actual teenager is actually quite fascinating ! I would recommend this film but I really do not think it suits all tastes...