Flipped

United States

2010

90 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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PROD Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner

SCR Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Wendelin Van Draanen

CAST Rebecca De Mornay, Aidan Quinn, Penelope Ann Miller, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney, Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Morgan Lily, Kevin Weisman

Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees (especially her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski. Ever since she saw Bryce’s baby blues back in second grade, Juli has been smitten. Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker is a little weird—after all, what kind of freak raises chickens and sits in trees for fun? Then, in eighth grade, everything changes. Bryce begins to see that Juli’s unusual interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool. And Juli starts to think that maybe Bryce’s brilliant blue eyes are as empty as the rest of Bryce seems to be. After all, what kind of jerk doesn’t care about other people’s feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped, mystery author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy Keyes series, and the result is flipping fantastic. Bryce and Juli’s rants and raves about each other ring so true that teen readers will quickly identify with at least one of these hilarious feuding egos, if not both. A perfect introduction to the adolescent war between the sexes. –IMDb

Director

Rob Reiner

The successful director of movies that run the gamut of styles from This is Spinal Tap and The Sure Thing to Stand By Me, Misery and A Few Good Men, Rob Reiner has also produced, written and acted in a great many of the most popular films of the past two decades. But it was in his Emmy award-winning portrayal of Michael “Meathead” Stivic, in the CBS comedy series All in the Family (1971-1979), that Reiner made himself a household name.

Reiner was born March 6, 1947, in the Bronx, NY, to comedian Carl Reiner and actress/singer Estelle Reiner. Rob’s first large-screen acting role was in his father’s film Enter Laughing (1967). He had a series of guest roles in television series like The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Gomer Pyle and The Beverly Hillbillies, and other small film roles in Where’s Poppa? (1970) and Summertree (1971), before he landed the part in All in the Family.

He co-wrote the first episode of the series Happy Days in 1974, and in 1978 he wrote and produced the romantic… read more

The successful director of movies that run the gamut of styles from This is Spinal Tap and The Sure Thing to Stand By Me, Misery and A Few Good Men, Rob Reiner has also produced, written and acted in a great many of the most popular films of the past two decades. But it was in his Emmy award-winning portrayal of Michael “Meathead” Stivic, in the CBS comedy series All in the Family (1971-1979), that Reiner made himself a household name.

Reiner was born March 6, 1947, in the Bronx, NY, to comedian Carl Reiner and actress/singer Estelle Reiner. Rob’s first large-screen acting role was in his father’s film Enter Laughing (1967). He had a series of guest roles in television series like The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Gomer Pyle and The Beverly Hillbillies, and other small film roles in Where’s Poppa? (1970) and Summertree (1971), before he landed the part in All in the Family.

He co-wrote the first episode of the series Happy Days in 1974, and in 1978 he wrote and produced the romantic-comedy More Than Friends, along with Penny Marshall, his wife from 1971 to 1979. The film told the story of their on-again, off-again, on-again relationship.
In 1984, Reiner directed and produced his first movie, the “rockumentary” This is Spinal Tap, to great acclaim. He went on to direct and/or produce The Sure Thing (1985), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally (1989), Misery (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), North (1994), The American President (1995), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), The Story of Us (1999), Alex and Emma (2003), Rumor Has It (2005) and The Bucket List (2007).. Among the films he has acted in are Postcards From the Edge (1990), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Bye, Bye Love (1995), The First Wives Club (1996), Primary Colors (1998), EdTV (1999), and The Story of Us (1999).

In 1998, Reiner spearheaded a drive to add a tax on cigarettes in California, and to use the money to pay for early childhood development programs. The drive passed by a narrow margin and already has brought in more than $700 million. Reiner founded and chaired the “I Am Your Child” Foundation, a national non-profit organization to raise awareness about the importance of early childhood development and school readiness.

Reiner is married to Michelle Singer, a photographer, and they have three children together, plus a stepdaughter. —AnswerNote

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