Stacy Anderson
It seemed like a too good to be true of a movie, I thought it wouldn't be as good as advertised. Mainly I wanted to watch it b/c Selena Gomez is in it, but I love it for reasons beyond her! I could also relate to her because she was closer to my age. It surprised me and got to my heart. It is definitely a feel good family type of movie. I really like the dynamic between Ramona and Beezus, and how we see them bond and their relationship develop & improve. If I see it on TV once in a while, I'm glad to watch it again. It also keeps pretty lightweight most of the time while dealing with struggles and problems. I recommend this!
SnoopyStyle
Ramona Quimby (Joey King) is a young girl with a wild imagination. Her big sister Beezus (Selena Gomez) is eternally embarrassed by her along with other things in her life. Their father (John Corbett) loses his job and the family starts to have money troubles. But it's the kind of movie where everything eventually works out right.This is a great movie for younger girls. It's good clean fun with a couple of wholesome young actresses. Joey King is especially adorable. Her sunny outlook will win you over. And it's got the super sweet Ginnifer Goodwin as aunt Bea. It's a good movie to watch with your little kids. The money troubles provide a little bit of drama, but it never gets out of hand to darken the movie. It's message that everything will turn out alright is most fitting for the little ones.
Ryan_MYeah
Centering on a wildly imaginative young girl named Ramona (Played by Joey King), it tells a story of her and her family. Her father (Played by John Corbett), is having trouble finding work after his company downsizes and fires him, her sister nicknamed Beezus (Played convincingly by Selena Gomez) is often quite annoyed by her sister's antics, and she herself is an outsider to a world which sees her as overly odd, that and their house is about to be repossessed.I'm actually happy that I turned out enjoying the film more than I thought I was going to. But even though it's not a bad movie, it still left me feeling there was more potential. The cast is charming, specifically that of Joey King and Selena Gomez as the title characters, but there are still some arcs and characters that are inconsistently handled. The script is very sweet, but I feel that any emotional resonance it was trying to reach wasn't always up to par. But it does offer some good laughs, touching moments, and there was plenty of redeeming factors for it to leave a good taste in my mouth.Ramona and Beezus isn't great, but it could have been worse.I give it **1/2 out of ****
flyingamon
Although I am not really a fan of romantic comedies (most aren't really funny anyway to me) I do make an exception when there is kids in the leading roles. Kids have a wild imagination and that's why I thought this would be different from the mainstream romance and comedies. I wasn't wrong about that. Little Ramona wants to help out her family who are threatened to lose their house because her dad loses his job. This leads to funny but also sweet scenes where Ramona usually screws up although her intentions are often really good. I particularly liked the scenes where she took things literally and imagined those things in her head. Yes sometimes it is exaggerated and silly but I watched it for what it was, cute entertainment with a laugh and a tear. I didn't expect more or less of it and must say I really enjoyed it. I'm at loss why the movie title included Beezus (Ramona's sister) since I can't remember any scene where the movie focused solely on Beezus.
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