Jessica Darling's It List

Jessica Darling's It List

Prepare to survive... Middle School

Directed by Ali Scher

Produced by MPS Group, MarVista Entertainment

201680 min5.8 / 10

A lighthearted family comedy about navigating middle school social hierarchies, anchored by sisterly affection and the gap between expectations and reality.

Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.

Questions people ask

  • Is Jessica Darling's It List violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Jessica Darling's It List easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Jessica Darling's It List end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Jessica Darling's It List scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Jessica Darling's It List sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

14/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity13

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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