Feels Like HomeThe film also stars the always hilarious Carol Burnett, Justina Machado, Judy Reyes and Fred Armisen, as well as Rhenzy Feliz, Anthony Jacques, Taylor Richardson and Gerald Isaac Waters as Amber's close-knit group of friends, making for a diverse and strong supporting cast – something very few teen movies get right.
I quite appreciated how the arts was something celebrated, and diversity and differences embraced. All the tired, stereotypical teen movie tropes – the mean girls, the bullies – were all done away with, which ultimately made for a more relatable teen movie for a change, and one that is rooted in something so much deeper – and needed: hope.
A cute love interest and school talent show aside, Amber's hope for a better future, and the message that we don't always have to go it alone, is at the heart of this story – and with all the scrappy movies on Netflix right now, a far better takeaway for teens, if you ask me.