Erica’s campaign to neutralize her opposition results only in humiliation and a corresponding rise in Alison’s popularity.Įrica’s confessional narration provides a life raft to keep auds rooting for her. While Erica imagines this is exactly what Alison intends, the reality is just the opposite: The newcomer doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. Throwing Erica’s world into a spin is new student Alison Ashley (Goodrem), who has the looks and smarts to knock the class brain out of the drama night spotlight. She bags writing, directing and starring roles in the summer camp play to kick-start her brilliant career. Meanwhile, their single mom, Liz (Tracey Mann), is about to marry her truck-driving b.f., Lennie (Richard Carter).Ī melodramatic misfit who wouldn’t have it any other way, Erica escapes into daydreams of movie stardom. Her family is also hardly conventional: Her sister thinks she’s a horse and her brother talks to extra-terrestrials. All dressed up in mismatched ensembles that scream “I’m not like everybody else,” 14-year-old Erica Yurken (Burmeister) is the resident know-it-all at Barringa East High in suburban Melbourne.
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