some things I really liked about this gem of a movie:
•Will and El’s friendship, first and foremost
•The lack of catty competitiveness between the girls that you see in so many movies of this genre
•No lame, one-dimensional mean girl characters. They could’ve made Dove Cameron or any of the other “conventional” pageant contestants bitchy but they didn’t. They were nice, positive girls who seemed excited by the stunts Will and company pulled during the pageant. Remember that Barbie…