Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for Sick Girl, the upcoming comedy from writer-director Jennifer Cram which stars Nina Dobrev as Wren Pepper, a woman who tells a lie when she feels her friendship group drifting apart, which soon snowballs into a life-altering event which threatens to tear their entire community apart.
Joining Dobrev in the cast are Brandon Mychal Smith, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Koenig, Haley Magnus, Ray Mckinnon, Dan Bakkedahl, Wendi Mclendon-Covey.
When Wren Pepper (Nina Dobrev) feels her closest friends slipping away, she lets loose a little white lie that snowballs into a colossal, life-altering event. Jennifer Cram’s feature film debut is a hilarious take on the price of insecurity and the rewards of true friendship.
While the movie has a very light and fun-filled write-up, it subtly teases insecurity and self-esteem issues that many teens encounter. Wren seems inept to the idea that her friends now have other engagements and that gives rise to a complex mix of coming-of-age emotions, including insecurity, low self-esteem, and self-centeredness. She does not realize what she has gotten herself into until it’s too late. So what feels like a comedic take actually is potentially a great lesson for everybody watching.
The story comes from Cram, who is credited as a casting director for many critically acclaimed films — including Inception, 22 Jump Street, and Oz The Great and Powerful.
Sick Girl arrives in cinemas and On Demand on October 20th.
