Cute coming-of-age film set in 1999 about a 12 year old girl who tries to connect with her dead parents by finding the songs on the (damaged) mixtape she found in their belongings. The tape is full of mostly punk rock songs and this movie is as punk as a punk rocker in a cardigan. But, hey, that’s fine. It’s just a genre.

This film is sweet and charming and harmless. I enjoyed it on that “yeah, this is inoffensive” level. It works as a coming-of-age film and I think its target market (12 year old girls and super nostalgic people who were 12ish years old in 1999 – of which I am neither) will adore it and rank it higher than surly me.

But you won’t see my hate on this flick… that would make it sad. It’s a cute little Netflix movie that will either appeal to the inner kid in you or not.

I was, however, annoyed that I waited through the whole movie for someone to tell the little girl to use a pencil to wind the tape back into the mixtape. Sigh. Kids those days!

Score: 79