Many actors have signed onto films at the start of their careers with the enticement of a leading role. Matthew Mcconaughey and Renee Zellweger were both haunted by Texas Chainsaw Massacre: the Next Generation, Sandra Bullock tried to hide from Fire On The Amazon, and Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire actually sued to try and stop the release of Don’s Plum. What I’m saying is Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall is beneath Jenna Ortega, and it knows it. Somehow, this inferior title found its way to Paramount, which instead of platforming it theatrically, or even giving it a profile as a straight-to-streaming release, let it die under their republic Pictures arm, and the awful movies they keep churning out. That should have been my warning, but I was here for Jenna, which is exactly what they knew would happen.

At least she is actually the lead of the film, and not in some cameo like Christopher Lambert in the recent dud Shadow Of The Wolf. No, she read this script, and committed to playing the smart girl headed to bigger and better things who is sidelined by a stoner with no future, who stalks her, and in true romantic fashion gets her to fall in love with him. Like the Netflix series the Four Seasons, we traverse a calendar year by showing one day from each of the seasons, and the evolution of this relationship.

this movie is hilariously shot in Utah, but set in New York City, where a ton of filming actually occurs. I’ve heard the staging is terrible, and nothing looks like NYC, but even the audio description clocked a perfect moment of them being on a train in New York and seeing forestry behind them. They didn’t even bother to green screen and add cityscape. this movie just answered everything with a resounding “fuck it”. I responded back at the time I’m supposed to like the guy who thinks that Ortega being Hispanic gives her an advantage in college applications, and that saying that out loud to the girl he’s trying to impress makes him swoon worthy. Don’t insult my intelligence by pushing this weird moderately prejudice and somewhat racist look at earning a spot in higher education. The movie tells us at the beginning she’s some kind of prodigy, who just won some prestigious Google award. She’s also got a perfect SAT score. Her heritage shouldn’t even be a factor, and the fact tht her romantic love interest takes note of this immediately pissed me off.

Don’t watch this hot garbage. yes, it has audio description, and out of some respect to Jenna Ortega, I’m not failing the movie, but she needed to read the script, look herself in the mirror, and remind herself she’s worth more than this.

Rotten: Final Grade: 3.6/10