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Read It and Weep (2006)

Read It and Weep poster
Directed by
Paul Hoen
Genre
children's film, comedy drama, teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
G
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 260 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teen girl writes in her private journal for herself. Her journal accidentally gets published as a bestseller. She then has to deal with the fallout from everyone reading her secret thoughts.

lightheartedteenfunnywhimsicalupliftinggentleplayfulkid-friendly

What happens

Read It and Weep is a 2006 American comedy-drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie. It premiered on July 21, 2006. It is based on the novel How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller by Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie Bartlett and her alter ego Isabella (Iz or Is), respectively. Both sisters have starred in previous Disney Channel films: Kay in Life Is Ruff (2005), and Danielle in Stuck in the Suburbs (2004); like Read It and Weep, those films also premiered in July in their respective years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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