I went in thinking this movie was going to have a message about body positivity and female friendship, but this was a little disappointing. Mistaken identity can be a fun trope in a romcom but I had a difficult time with this one. Instead of rooting for the lead female character, I ended up rooting for the female antagonist instead.

In the beginning, I found Sierra likable enough and I was eager to see what was going to happen next. She seemed comfortable in her skin. But as the story progressed, there were certain behavioral patterns in her character that left me quite horrified. For instance, the catfishing was pretty creepy. I don't understand how this could be considered romantic. Honestly, I really like stories that feature an online friendship that turns into romance (A Cinderella Story was a great example of the sub-genre) but the catfishing bit was too much to take. This would definitely not have been considered romantic had the gender roles been reversed. A guy doing the same things would definitely have been strictly persecuted, so how come no one objected to this during pre-production?

The cast did a nice job. I loved RJ Cyler as the best friend and Kristine Froseth was great as Veronica (she actually made me root for her). Noah Centineo is a dreamboat as usual (sensitive jock roles really suit him, I think). It was refreshing to see Shannon play the role of Sierra Burgess. She was great with the emotional scenes and I do feel this role wasn't able to do justice to her talent. She deserved better than a character like that.

Sierra Burgess is not only a loser in this movie, but also she is a bad person, she is also only thinking about herself and the worst part for me besides hacking Veronica's instagram was when she didn't stop her from having sex with that guy even when she heard him said that he told Veronica she's insecure!!! I was routing for Jamey and Veronica and i actually really liked her!! THE MEAN GIRL WAS BETTER THEN THE LEAD CHARACTER!!! So frustrated about ending. Veronica really liked and deserved Jamey. And also, that song is beautiful but it was just wrong on so many levels. Sierra was mean and all of a sudden she is writing love songs blah blah we don't care girl. Bye

Sierra (Shannon Purser) is a band geek. She's a straight A student and her only friend is Dan. Veronica and her two minions are the mean girls. When Jamey approaches Veronica, she gives him Sierra's number. Jamey starts texting and Sierra catfish him in place of Veronica.

I like Barb. Almost everybody likes Barb. That's the only reason why Sierra is likeable at all. She is a constant villain in her own story and she doesn't even know it. I want to change this plot. I need to rewrite this story for Barb's sake. Although I'm not terribly smart. I couldn't figure why he didn't meet her IRL until I finally realize they go to different schools. She starts off as the spunky underdog but quickly her evil reign begins. The friendship with the reformed mean girl is probably the best part of this movie. It's its only salvation which it manages to screw up with the ending. This is trying to be a modern deconstruction of Cyrano de Bergerac but it does it in all the wrong-headed ways.