It’s the season of love, so there’s never been a better time to discuss my incredibly sour disappointment in 2010’s Flipped. The overwhelming recommendations and TikTok videos I got surrounding Flipped forced my hand a few weeks ago. I expected a sweet, wholesome, childhood love. It’s what I got, but with the most boring of executions.

This hometown hitter focuses on two kids, Julie Baker and Bryce Loski. Julie has been head-over-heels for Bryce ever since he moved into her neighborhood. Bryce was less than impressed with her, to say the least. Over the course of the movie their feelings begin to flip, as true as the film’s title. While it had that nostalgic, first-love feel, the whole movie felt one-note. Her chasing, him avoiding, and then finally switching, and last but not least both falling. As soon as it got good, it was over, ending with a very anti-climatic shot of them planting a tree. It took a whole lot of time for them to admit their feelings, and there wasn’t much content in between. The scenes were very ‘choppy’ between them, nothing really getting solved no matter how much time passed within their world. What was most dissatisfying to me was how they never aged out of their childhood. I wanted to see them grown, sitting in the tree they planted as kids with their own children. This film deserved a picture-perfect end, and the fans deserved it too. It was too baseless, with no content other than “girls have cooties” for about two-thirds of the film.

If this Valentine’s season you’re looking for something as sweet as chocolate covered strawberries, be sure to avoid Julie Baker and Bryce Loski. 

Rating: 4/10