Lynda Carter, Katie Wright, Marley Shelton

When her parents divorce, shallow Alexis 'Lexi' Archer moves with ma Catherine and kid sister Jill to Seattle. Trough her only talent, volleyball, she finds a single friend on high school, popular, pr...( read more  read more... )etty and together brat Jennifer 'Jen', who teaches her tricks to be attractive, but also how to become absurdly thin trough excessive dieting, which soon escalates into anorexia: even dear dad Peter Archer in Chicago can't get her to enjoy anything with calories; as if that weren't unhealthy enough, she gets bulimia, pig-out sessions followed by self-induced vomiting, till it causes blood to come too while all muscles, even the heart, are effectively starved. Ma is sensible enough to find out and send her to a clinic, but too weak to have her forced-fed in time, so dad steps in. When she's finally released home, she tells ma about Jen's similar skinniness-obsession, with even more tragic consequences...

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Directed by: James A. Contner

Release Date: February 19, 1996

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  • September 15, 2009
    the story it's really good but it doesn't show what anorexia it's really like, it shows the concequences (some...) but it doesn't show what the girls feeling it's really like...
    The story it's good, the should remade the movie and do it a little more realistic.
    the end it's niv...( read more)e, because she was luck not like here friend
  • February 16, 2009
    This was a good drama..
  • January 28, 2009
    amazing! a perfect movie for teens struggling with bulimia and anorexia
  • December 14, 2008
    a good how bad secrets can get
  • July 11, 2008
    Good, but sometimes it's a little over the top and/or unrealistic..

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