Childhood best friends and neighbours, Skylar Heron (Cayla Brady) and Jamie Donner (Christopher Quartuccio), have gone separate ways in life, but when Jamies ex-girlfriend Tiffany Ryland (Vanessa Von Schwarz) finds Jamie as Skylar's lock screen she loses her mind, only for Jamie to come to the rescue. When Jamies house become inhabitable due to a fire, he becomes Skylar's roommate, and it's like no time has passed between them, well except Jamie is now the quarterback, and Skylar's feelings for Jamie have landed her with a target on her back. With the help of some new friends, Macy Sherwood (Cle'era Hollingsworth) and Elijah Townsend (Evan Brown), and some old ones too Addie (Natalia Montgomery Fernandez) and Jamie, Skylar finds herself more popular than ever and in the running for snow queen, but Tiffany definitely has other plans..
Cayla Brady expertly plays the role of the awkward, nerdy high-school girl just trying to get through the year as well as the confident, kind and beautiful Skylar we see by the end of the film, I loved the way she portrayed this character, from using her body language to demonstrate the awkward shy side and slowly her shoulders go back as the series goes on and Skylar gains confidence, even down to the awkward run she does away from Jamie at the start of the film everything was perfect.
Christopher Quartuccio is outstanding in this role, I believe this was only his third vertical and let me tell you this boy entered the vetrasphere with a BANG, his portrayal of Jamie was fantastic, and felt as though he was a seasoned professional with 15 years of acting in leading roles under his belt! I cannot believe how talented this man is and I hope we get to see a lot more of him, before he makes it big in Hollywood (because let me tell you he will!)
This is how a great vertical is made, and this one is one of the BEST I have seen ever on ReelShort and with MFMN is the best they have put out in the last 4 months.
