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Ask Me Anything is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Allison Burnett,[2] based on his fictional novel Undiscovered Gyrl.[3] The film stars Britt Robertson, Justin Long, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Patrick, and Max Carver.[4]

Ask Me Anything
DVD cover
Directed by	Allison Burnett
Screenplay by	Allison Burnett
Based on	Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett
Produced by	Lauren Avinoam Nicholas Emiliani Lauren Hogarth
Starring	Britt Robertson Justin Long Martin Sheen Christian Slater Robert Patrick Max Carver
Cinematography	Patrice Lucien Cochet
Edited by	Adam Lichtenstein
Music by	Jon Ehrlich
Production companies	Decipher Entertainment Presque Isle Films Tait Productions
Distributed by	Phase 4 Films
Release dates	April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) (NaFF) December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$950,000[1]
Box office	$48,710[1]

Ask Me Anything had its world premiere at the Nashville Film Festival, before it was released on December 19, 2014, by Phase 4 Films theatrically and via video on demand and other online platforms.[5] The film was released on DVD March 3, 2015.

Synopsis

Katie Kampenfelt, a beautiful, funny, free-spirited, lost soul decides to take a year off before attending college. She chronicles irresponsible sexual adventures, with men young and old, married and single,in an anonymous blog. Her narrative begins to turn dark, particularly after she gets pregnant with one of her older partners, with her revealing that perhaps she cares nothing about herself because she had been molested by a neighbour when she was in elementary school.

Katie tells Glenn, her former boss, some of her dark secrets. He offers her a place to live and, if she chooses to keep it, to raise her baby as his own. When she gets home, she adds this to her blog, saying that moving out will be the beginning of her adult life, and the right time to stop blogging.

We learn that Katie's real name is Amy Grantham, and that just minutes after that last blog post, her daughter received a short phone call from a blocked number, that she left the house in her car a few minutes later, and was never seen again. We briefly see the real versions of the people that "Katie" had blogged about, many confirming that some – but not all – of her sexual escapades had truly happened. It is also revealed that other details had been fictionally improved in her blog, such as her best friend really being a homeless drug addict rather than the well off "Jade" that "Katie" had blogged about, or that the baby's father, while still an older man, worked in a video store rather than being a film school professor. The film ends with Amy’s mother, Carol Grantham, writing the truth on Amy’s blog and imploring the thousands of readers if they have any knowledge as to where Amy might be.

Cast

Reception

Gary Goldstein, of the Los Angeles Times, felt that it "begins with a snarky, bubble-gum vibe that gives way to something far deeper and more meaningful” that "all beautifully paid off in the movie's haunting coda."[6] Mike Reyes of CinemaBlend felt that it failed "to even surpass TV-movie standards", and that it failed "to earn that twist and the fall out, which leaves this ending flapping in the wind".[7]

Ask Me Anything premiered at the Nashville Film Festival where it received a Best Actress award for Britt Robertson as well as the award for Best Music in a Feature Film.[8]

In December 2015, Ask Me Anything ranked number one on Taste of Cinema's 30 Underappreciated 21st Century American Movies Worth Your Time.[9]

Home media

The film was released to video on demand as well as other online platforms on December 19, 2014. The DVD was released March 3, 2015.[5]

Soundtrack

Director Allison Burnett held a contest asking for undiscovered female singers, age 21 and under, to submit songs for the soundtrack.[10] Approximately one hundred songs were submitted, with fourteen showing up on the official soundtrack released to iTunes and other online distributors.[11]

Sequel

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A direct sequel, titled Another Girl, was released in 2021. The film focuses on a woman who read Katie’s book and reaches out to her wanting to know what happened, only to find out that there is an even bigger mystery around Katie’s disappearance. The film is also directed by the same director.

References

External links

• Ask Me Anything at IMDb

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