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  • 2011
  • PG
  • ARC Entertainment (II)
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2011
  • PG
  • ARC Entertainment (II)
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary As the most popular girl in her uptown Philadelphia middle school, Whitney Brown seemingly had it all. Her parents, Henry and Joan, were happy and prosperous. She was elected president of her class. Her grades were perfect, her clothes were perfect, her friends were perfect – and she had a crush on the perfect boy. Her life was every gir...

Directed By: Peter Odiorne

Written By: Gail Gilchriest

  • 2011
  • PG
  • ARC Entertainment (II)
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2011
  • PG
  • ARC Entertainment (II)
  • 1 h 23 m

The Greening of Whitney Brown

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary As the most popular girl in her uptown Philadelphia middle school, Whitney Brown seemingly had it all. Her parents, Henry and Joan, were happy and prosperous. She was elected president of her class. Her grades were perfect, her clothes were perfect, her friends were perfect – and she had a crush on the perfect boy. Her life was every gir...

Directed By: Peter Odiorne

Written By: Gail Gilchriest

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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50
Nov 10, 2011
This simplistic story of bucolic redemption has few pretensions to depth, ambiguity or realism, relying on its name cast, sprightly lead and a helluva horse to attract family audiences.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 9, 2011
The film, both in scope and tone, has a downsized vibe that would have made it a much better fit on an ABC Family than in a movie theater.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 8, 2011
The first strike against the movie is that the awkward and diminutive Sammi Hanratty is never even slightly convincing as an enviable teenage diva, and surely not as the most popular girl in school.
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40
Nov 8, 2011
This is intended as one of those kid's comeuppance stories, in which a new maturity is won through contact with salt-of-the-earth types and honest labor but is done with an almost total lack of charm.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 8, 2011
Content to be a typical piece of tween rural-versus-urban fluff from the old Hannah Montana: The Movie mold. Such lazy complacency is almost enough to make you see red.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
30
Nov 10, 2011
As she learns the value of public schools and pickup trucks, her erstwhile friends in Philadelphia seem happy to be rid of her. By movie's end, you'll feel exactly the same.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 10, 2011
Though this family film is slick and well-intentioned, it comes off as shallow as a prom committee meeting.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Perfect Weekend, Heavy Lifting
Release Date Nov 11, 2011
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating PG
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Tagline Life unfolds wherever you are.
Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Greening-of-Whitney-Brown/152707018911
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