Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) on Netflix
Third grader Judy Moody challenges her friends to a summer contest for thrill points. Amy goes to Borneo, Rocky goes to circus camp, and Judy stays home with Stink and Aunt Opal.
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Plot summary
Judy Moody, a third grader, wants the summer ahead to be full of thrills. On the last day of school her teacher, Mr. Todd, tells the class that whoever finds him over the summer will win a prize, and Judy organizes a contest with her friends Amy Namey and Rocky Zang: extraordinary feats earn thrill points, and the best summer wins. Then Amy announces a trip to Borneo and Rocky announces circus camp. Judy's parents travel to California to help her grandparents, leaving her home with her brother Stink and Aunt Opal, an artist Judy has not seen in years who makes art from whatever she finds and puts it everywhere. Stink is searching for Bigfoot.
Cast
- Kristoffer Ryan Wintersas Dad (as Kristoffer Winters)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- After the studio failed to cast Judy despite auditioning several actresses, a producer had book author Megan McDonald search online herself; she found a photo of unknown Australian actress Jordana Beatty and knew instantly, saying she saw 'this wild, crazy red hair and this big smile' and knew 'that's IT!'
- For the roller-coaster vomiting gag, actor Preston Bailey was fed yogurt, oatmeal, blueberries and Rice Krispies cereal to fake the puke. Jordana Beatty called it her least favorite scene, saying she had to act like she didn't know it was coming and then act mad afterward, though she really was.
- The film's UN Zone set was built on an empty lot in San Pedro next to a river, and on the day it was filmed the temperature hit 113 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the Los Angeles thermometer.
- Director John Schultz wanted the score to sound like Home Alone and Back to the Future, so he had it performed by 80 union musicians local to Los Angeles, unusual for an industry increasingly relying on sampled instruments, nonunion players and scores recorded in London instead.
- The hardest location to find was the creek in Judy's backyard: after three days of searching, the crew ended up shooting in the middle of a desert, adding shrubs and trees around the water to disguise it.
- The film's end-credits animation was made by Exceptional Minds, a nonprofit studio that trains autistic students in animation; it was the studio's first major film project.
