Parents' Guide to

Oh, Ramona!

By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 17+

Nerd grows up to be a player with women; sex, language.

Movie NR 2019 109 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

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Based on 2 parent reviews

xmussy
xmussy Adult
October 3, 2020
age 14+

Pathetic

I couldn't even finish it. It's almost 2 hours of women sexualization, lazy cringey sex jokes (that includes at least 2 minute of a guy fingering food), the main character is insufferable just like all the other guys in the movie, they imply Ramona deserved to be beaten by her boyfriend because she treated the MC bad, he calls her a slut for not dating him, waay too many drugs jokes it's tiring, there's this long scene that's just them trying to make a joke out of fat-shaming and rape and it's disgusting. Even if you're okay with all this shit, it feels like it goes on for hours and nothing actually happens, it's just some guy having sex / making out with emotionally unavailable girls and then whining because they don't love him. I didn't watch it whole, all that I mentioned is just like half the movie. That being said, if I was a middle school misogynistic incel I'd probably think it was decent but boring af. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone, I love watching bad movies for the cringe but this is just not worth it. In 1h45m you can watch 4 episodes of Naruto, at least 3 videos of the youtube guy that makes knives out of weird shit like milk, watch an Adam Sandler movie... whatever you want to do, it's gonna be better than watching this movie.

This title has:

Too much sex
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
Sam M.
Sam M. Parent of 0-year-old
June 20, 2019
age 17+

how is it possible to make a movie this bad?!

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What's the Story?

The OH, RAMONA! of the title is the hottest girl at school (Polish actor Aggy K. Adams), and the girl who nerdy Andrei (Romanian actor Bagdon Iancu) has loved from afar for years. One night, she tries to seduce him, seemingly for fun, and he refuses, explaining that he only wants to have sex with her if they're in a lifetime relationship. This makes him seem like a sweet romantic who values love over sex. The rejection drives Ramona to do everything she can to make him miserable. She spreads the rumor that Andrei is gay. She tells people that he hit her, when her bruises were actually caused by another guy. Distraught, Andrei goes on vacation and meets Anemona (British actor Holly Horne), the beautiful blond concierge at his hotel. They have sex (they are shown in bed but body parts are replaced by close-ups of fingers going in and out of a honey jar, and hands fondling two round pink cupcakes topped with cherries in the center). She confesses she has a boyfriend, so they part sadly. But when Andrei returns home, he immediately boasts that he has a girlfriend, even though he has neither Anemona's phone number nor her last name. Ramona, mean as ever, keeps tempting Andrei back, so he plots revenge to make her fall for him. This succeeds just as Anemona decides to visit and relight their fire. He juggles the two girls but eventually picks one. Suddenly he's a happily-in-love grown-up and famed author of a best-selling novel. However, he cheats on his girl, leaving the audience with no one to like.

Is It Any Good?

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This is an annoyingly bad movie that sometimes is surprisingly engaging. Much of it is cringe-inducing. For example, a cluelessly geeky boy continues to pursue the school's prettiest and most sexually aggressive girl even though his ultimate humiliation is the only possible outcome. When the tables turn and we find him sympathetic, the girl is portrayed to be deeply and abidingly evil, so we wonder why he continues to go after someone who will clearly do her best to destroy him. Later, he seeks revenge -- he gets a cooler wardrobe and stops wearing his glasses -- playing a Casanova and, in effect, becomes as morally compromised as the girl he seeks to bring down.

Oh Ramona! may appeal to older teens who are also debating in their own lives decisions about sex, drugs, alcohol, and social situations, but they'll shudder at Andrei's continuing bad choices. Adding to an uneven, odd tone is the fact that a Romanian actor speaks English with an Americanized Romanian accent, idioms and all ("I gotta bounce"). For an Eastern European Romanian audience, this may reflect concerns about a growing youth movement toward adopting, for better or worse, Westernized habits, but for Americans, such subtleties will be lost.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the way that Andrei starts as a guy with high principles and sweet romantic notions about women. How does he change? Does his transformation suggest Oh, Ramona! is saying that even nice guys don't stay nice? Do you agree?

  • The movie focuses largely on teen sex but takes pains to use everyday objects to substitute for naked body parts and sexual acts. Yet a boy is seen running naked except for a sock covering his penis. What message do you think the movie is trying to convey about our bodies and sex?

  • Does the movie seem to be offering a comic look at sex? Do you think that's a good thing? Why or why not?

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