FLIPPED turns 16 today.
Rob Reiner fought to keep the nostalgic 50s setting despite studio pressure to modernize it. He believed the story’s timeless coming-of-age themes worked best in its original era, staying faithful to Wendelin Van Draanen’s novel.
love this fight because saying “you don’t tell me who i can and cant fancy alright? that is mine, that belongs to me, no one else, not even you” is such a pivotal line to include in a teen drama like. its such an authentic look at act of desiring!!!