Candy Jar is a 2018 American comedy film about a dueling high school debate champion duo who are trying to realize their plans to get into the colleges of their dreams. The film was released on April 27, 2018, by Netflix.
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Synopsis
Lona and Bennett are two incredibly ambitious high school students who are desperate to stand out from the crowd. Lona wants to go to Harvard, whereas Bennett wants to go to Yale. The two are bitter rivals until forced trying to work together to realize their ambitions of going to the colleges of their dreams.
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Cast
- Sami Gayle as Lona Skinner
- Jacob Latimore as Bennett Russell
- Christina Hendricks as Amy Skinner, Lona's mom who despises Julia.
- Uzo Aduba as Julia Russell, a successful state senator and Bennet's mom.
- Tom Bergeron as Principal Nelson
- Helen Hunt as Kathy, a school counselor and confidant to Lona and Bennett
- Paul Tigue as Mr. Johnson
- Austin Flynn as Twin Taylor
- Blake Flynn as Twin Tanner
- Evan Castelloe as Zack
Production
The film was shot from March to April 2017 in locations such as Washington D.C and Atlanta, Georgia as well as Newnan, Georgia. Screenwriter Chad Klitzman wrote the role of Lona specifically for his sister, Sami Gayle, to portray. Speaking of her brother and the role, Gayle said:
"He saw the types of material that was coming in for me, the types of characters that I was being sought after to play, and he wanted me to be able to fulfill my dream of having a leading role in a film where it was about a driven, independent young woman who was looking for a kind of self-fulfillment that was independent of external things like a relationship. She's just a girl who is trying to be the best version of herself, and so he thought, Why not take this into our own hands? So when he wrote this character, not only was it fulfilling the dream role I wanted to play, but it was also--since he's my brother and we're very close and nobody really knows you better than your family--tailor-made for me to play to my strengths as an actor and to really allow them to shine."
Reception
Jeffrey Lyles of Lyles Movie FilesDirector gave praise "Ben Sheltondoes a terrific job of making something so potentially routine and boring as debate clubs interesting. Shelton has a clear understanding of the genre and liberally tosses in some fun split screens, close-ups and dynamic presentations of the debates to make them more exciting." Joe Reid of Decider.com also gave a positive review "between Hunt, Aduba, and Hendricks, the acting level for a movie of this caliber is uncommonly high. This is highly watchable movie that doesn't break any new ground but will, at worst, make you think of a good half-dozen other great movies like it."
References
External links
- Candy Jar on Netflix
- Candy Jar on IMDb
- Candy Jar at Rotten Tomatoes
Source of article : Wikipedia
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