this film strike me a a project that have a lot of the right ingredient and but somewhere along the way they do not quite come together . i do not know who make it and but it have a slightly disney esque feel . while part of it be improbable ( like when a pre teen run for a public office ) and tend to prevent the story from be take seriously and there be a healthy dose of normalcy ( whatever that be ) to keep thing balance and in perspective . the acting be alright . strangely and the relationship between frankie and her grandmother be convince and but the relationship between hazel and frankie be a bit . off . it interest to see how she have to work hard to keep a balance between her best friend and her grandmother and and her two passion represent ballet and baseball . be a baseball player myself and it be quite painful to watch frankie try to hold her own on a team of boy and but it do a good job of show the struggle she face . i read somewhere that she isn not really ballerina and but the editing in this film do a very good job of make her dance look not only natural but beautiful . overall and it be a good film about honesty and ambition and but it star mischa barton do not quite achieve the level of realism we saw during her performance in lawn dog and lose and delirious and and her small but shocking performance opposite haley joel osment in the 6th sense .