Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.
Ask Me Anything is a moderately engaging drama anchored by Britt Robertson's committed performance as Katie, but it suffers from a formulaic coming-of-age structure that treads familiar ground. The blog-as-confessional device feels well-worn by 2014, and the cinematography is competent but unremarkable TV-movie territory. The plot meanders through episodic vignettes without strong connective tissue, though the darker revelations give it some weight. The ending offers a surprising twist that elevates the material somewhat, providing the film's most distinctive moment. Overall it's a below-average effort held up by its lead actress.