myNamJef Similar to many Netflix original films, the best value in this is laughing at it. The show is not funny when it try's to be. Most of the humor seems to be from in-jokes that debate students and over-achievers understand, and even from those standpoints it is not at all amusing. Also, anyone who understands college admissions at all will see the false reality of the way these kids decide to handle their college admissions and the result of their college admission plans. A little research on the writer of this show gives a lot of tells. It is a self-indulgent nightmare made by a debate-star who is not only totally detached from the general realities of college admissions, but as well as the realities of debaters and over-achieving students. Would not recommend as a drama, comedy, or coming of age film. Would recommend as a study in terrible film and for some unintended humor. Not to mention, the title is symbolically, metaphorically, and literally insignificant and non-impactful to the story.

lallo-2 I've found this movie really pathetic and boring to the excess. I watch all movies and I watch till the end. This was very hard to watch till the end. The best scene? The appearing of the end credits.

bederisofia I just saw this movie on the most popular tab on my Netflix and it piqued my interest, and it looked like something I would enjoy. And did I enjoy it? Very much so.Bennett is charming, Lona is strong. The tandem just works, even if they don't (always) get along. They gave me the inspiration I never knew I needed for when I'm back in school. As a high-schooler in the same position as them, I loved the bursts of reality spread throughout the film. And I could relate with the anxiety, pressure, the expectations. Maybe that's why some people didn't enjoy Candy Jar as much as I did - they weren't the target audience. Moreover, the rest of the characters were also incredibly lovable. Overall, I adore this and I would 10/10 watch it again.

BasicLogic This is a drive-you-nuts pointless film with two annoying and abnormal private high schoolers, one male and one female who started a debate club and simply couldn't agree on anything with each other, and both would not back off from their two-member-only debate club for who should be the president of the club, who's more entitled either by birth date or seniority at school. The main purpose was to falsify on their college application with a title of a club presidency. From the very beginning, we just have these two people blah, blah and blah to disagree on everything, chewing up lot of candy from the candy jars on their private school consultant's desk. We have so many phony and couldn't-care-less people at school, and two blindly support their kid's mothers.We didn't see anything about the education, the study, the....No, nothing but constantly arguing between these two brats. It's just getting more and more annoying after awhile. This film is not about the generally normal kids in the public school system but two spoiled private high schoolers who never agreed on anything with each other. I just gave up sooner than later since I couldn't care less. Netflix may have a lot of money to burn, but they seem to have lost, more like whatever scripts they got, they'd put them into production, no matter what.