Little Miss Perfect

OK, this film maybe a depiction of a TINY fraction of one or two people people but its very overused and generic, and nowhere near gives the disorder the complexity it deserves. I'm sorry but this is another cliché film - that doesn't go deep enough to raise real awareness - I mean please you don't see thinspo twice and suddenly put down your pop tart, two, these parents are over dramatised cliché of neglectful/self-important, like the other 8 or so ed films I've seen. There is way more going on in a sufferers head than the superficial stuff shown here. I really really don't know how this got nominated and won stuff - other than because it was judged by people who know little about the reality of the disorder. If I wanted someone to understand an eating disorder I would tell them to run from this film. My short maybe small budget and not as large scale but its done a hell of a better job than this in it's feedback - no wonder mental health awareness is all wonky. Either make the awareness film accurately and properly or not at all.

I've only ever written a couple of reviews but I had to write it for this!

This is the worst acting ever EVER seen! Terrible storyline aside, the main actress is absolutely shocking and if I hear just one more word she says go up at the end I'm gonna scream!

Couldn't even make it to halfway thru before I had to pull the plug!

If you want to see eating disorder films done right, there are WAY better examples!

I do NOT understand the ppl who have given this great reviews.... Did you sleep thru it?

It's brutally bad!

Do NOT BOTHER watching this!

"I'm not dumb enough to starve myself and think that's going to bring my mommy back, or something!"

Eating disorders are controversial. A plot about good girl choosing not to eat than talk about her feelings disappoints in raising the stereotype of eating disorders, but succeeds to show the frustration of someone without an eating disorder who must bear to watch a loved one (or peer) who does. Compelling cinematography, given that our main character is a young, bright, and well-off girl enduring her creeping doom.

This movie manages to create the atmosphere in which a young girl tries to cope with the realities of life. The scenes of the movie are exaggerated so the viewer might empathize with Anabelle and get mad about her decisions: "Why would she do that? It doesn't help, it just makes her weaker!"

The story does not expand on how Anabelle got hooked into this world, but it seems to be the next step in controlling something, when everything falls out of her control. The pressures of appearing perfect take a great toll on this character and I found the actress did justice to the role.

I've not seen every movie about eating disorders, but I found this one to be interesting enough to see it twice in the span of one year. It nearly touches the surface on awareness, but I think it's well done and suitable for most audiences, since it does not go deep into the disorder hole.

The acting was awful, but that could have been excused considering the low budget if the movie was actually good. It wasn't. It was filled with all the tired old clichés, such as:

• Upper-class white girl with distant parents and a perfectionist nature. - Looks at thinspo once and suddenly becomes anorexic. - Barely eats for weeks and never binges. - Hallucinates 'ana', the personification of her eating disorder. - Is anorexic for just a few months then recovers.

It's just not realistic. The use of those clichés only further skews society's view of eating disorders, which is harmful to those who actually suffer.

I give it two stars for being kind of entertaining.