Approved for All Ages

Dear Dumb Diary

Dear Everyone,

So they made a movie about me and my friends at Mackerel Middle School but they accidentally included footage of Angeline and her hideously blonde hair which will probably make everyone sick and I feel like I should apologize for that. Fortunately, they included shots of Hudson Rivers, who is the Eighth Cutest Boy in the School and the future Mr. Jamie Kelly. Viewers that have had it with Angeline can focus on my awesome singing and dance numbers and join me in congratulating me on my awesomeness, which is nicely documented in this fi lm. (We artistic-types always refer to movies as films.) Now, by the power vested in me, I promise that everything in this diary is true, or at least as true as it needs to be.

Jamie Kelly
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Dove Review

This movie makes the point that kids can make some bad decisions but then learn from their mistakes. Young Emily Alyn Lind turns in a terrific performance as Jamie Kelly, the self-proclaimed “artist/writer” who pens a diary about life in middle school. Jamie has a crush on a boy named Hudson Rivers, and has to deal with the prettiest girl in school, Angeline. Also, her best friend Isabella connives and uses a charity fund raiser to help meet one of her own needs. Yet Jamie soon finds that there are more to people than sometimes meets the eye and she helps Isabella realize the error of her ways. In addition, Jamie raises funds to help make sure her favorite class, Art, is kept in the school budget.

“Dear Dumb Diary” is awarded our Dove Seal for all ages. Jamie is funny and bright and kids everywhere, especially girls, will enjoy her adventures in middle school.

Dove Rating Details

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Faith

None

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Integrity

A girl pinches another girl's nose; a kid tackles another kid.

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Sex

Kissing by a couple.

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Language

OMG-1; Shut up-1; Freakin-1; Stupid-1; Butt-1

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Violence

A girl pinches another girl's nose; a kid tackles another kid.

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Drugs

None

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Nudity

Bare midriffs seen on girls; women in short skirts; drawing of girl in a short skirt.

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Other

A girl throws up on a boy but it is not overly graphic; several instances of dog flatulence; a kid drools; a girl has a panic attack when a boy she likes talks to her; a girl comments that she doesn't want a clothing donation of "giant bras"; "puke" and "fart" comments; a girl uses charity money for optometry to buy her own contacts but later on is sorry and makes up for it.

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