In this story set in the 90’s, Jackie is trying to change her ways from being a class clown, and, of course, is failing miserably at it. Since her mom’s stationed in Saudi Arabia and her dad’s busy, Jackie looks for attention through her antics. At the suggestion of one of the teachers, Jackie tries to harness her innate talent of goofiness into acting. The story seemed a bit bland, but there’s some heart here. I think Jackie’s journey to expressing her true feelings was done well.

Also, there is such an undeniably LONG vomiting sequence that I’m surprised no one else has mentioned it as of yet. I get some kids like gross-out humor, but this was far too gross. Yes, this shows Jackie is a light-hearted goof who doesn’t think things through, but I just feel that could’ve been portrayed another way. As an opening scene, that just turned my stomach, and I don’t have emetophobia.

Anyway, the art style is certainly bright-eyed and super cute. The art is what grabbed my attention, and I enjoy the style a lot. This is an overall cute story with a character overcoming the need to overcompensate with humor.

3.5