
Bad Hair Day
Taste attributes: adventurecomedytv moviefamilyteenfastwholesomelightlinearglossycoming of age
Boxlist takeA warm-hearted comedy that is accessible, polished and fast-moving. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.6 /10
TMDB · 218 votes
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What lines up
No single trait stands out; it is a broad fit.
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
The film is about a high school tech whiz (Laura Marano), who is determined to become prom queen. But on the big day, she suddenly wakes up having a bad hair day, and her destroyed prom dress, and everything that can go wrong, does go badly wrong. A police officer (Leigh-Allyn Baker) seeks the necklace that the teen somehow ends up possessing. Prom day goes really bad as the pair is pursued by a dogged jewel thief (Christian Campbell) on a wild ride cross around the city.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Disney Channel
- Taste scores
- How we score
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