![]() ![]() It took me way longer than an hour and ten minutes to watch this documentary because every time another name or face appeared on the screen, I had to pause so I could look them up because I didn't realize how many of these people were around the same age as Soleil. Sad seeing all the people she knew who sadly died way too young. I was happy when he showed up on True Detective S3 he was really good. Nice seeing Stephen Dorff when I was little I thought he was cute. You could do a whole documentary on that alone. I remember when he was 15 he was dating that girl in her mid 20s. They showed a picture of Edward Furlong at the end but he was left out of this. It seemed like he was in love with her maybe? I remember he was with Tatyana Ali for 3 years. The phone messages from Jonathan Brandis were sad. Dana Ashbrook from Twin Peaks showed up I had no idea she ever hung out with him. Wild seeing everyone I kept having to pause and go Omg it's so and so lol. It's great she filmed so much stuff honestly she was already doing what everyone does today. While bringing up the assault you could see how upset she was. Based off the stuff she wrote in her diary her relationship with Sheen is something she doesn't seem to be upset about. So I don't believe Sheen was the one who assaulted her. Yes Sheen was the one who took her to the baseball game she even called Sheen her "Mr.Big" I guess she was a Sex in the City fan. After she brings up the assault the screen said 6 months later and that was when Charlie Sheen entered the picture. She didn't name the person who assaulted her. Do we know who sexually assaulted her? It wasn't Charlie Sheen, right? Who was the older man who came back into her life and took her to a baseball game? Was THAT Charlie? As much as I love and appreciate the friends I've made as an adult, there is something about the people who knew you when you were a dumb 13 year old trying to figure out your place in the world that is special. I hope that reconnecting with so many of her childhood friends keeps them in contact. She mentioned it early on but she repeated it again near the end when she talked to BAG and said that as an adult she questioned how much of their friendship really existed and how much of it was in her head. Overall, this felt similar to Rob in High Fidelity going on a quest to find his ex-girlfriends, but Soleil had slightly different goals. Seeing the guilt and regret from the ones who are still alive. It was sad to see how many people in her friend group have already passed away. I also loved watching the adult versions of these teenagers reacting to seeing the footage afte r all these years. I also loved that the videos showed them being dumb teenagers doing regular teenage things like hanging out at each other's houses, going to amusement parks, driving around, drinking, looking for ladybugs. ![]() Hee, on a shallow note, I loved all the photos and videos because remembering those 90s fashions was hilarious. Even if it didn't result in Oscar worthy roles, it still allowed her to be comfortable in her own body and that alone was worth it. I'm glad she realized even as a teenage that a painful six hour surgery would result in letting her be who she wanted to be. I love that she documented so much of her life. Despite this, I love that she has so many videos and pictures that would not be out of place with a current day celebrity. We could read blurbs from the canned interviews about their favorite colors and how many pets they had but we didn't get to know them the way that you can today with social media, so this was like pulling back the curtain on so many people I grew up watching. In the pre-internet days, all we knew about these teen stars came from the carefully selected sound bytes released by their PR people to shitty publications like Teen Beat and People. I enjoyed hearing what all of these actors had to say about each other, about the industry, about their friendships, etc. This covered such a wide range of topics: growing up in the 90s, Hollywood (which covers another huge subset of topics), what it's like to be a teenager, reminiscing with your childhood friends about the old days, girls being sexualized, etc. ![]()
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