Candy Jar

About Candy Jar

Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.

Candy Jar is a 2018 comedy romance film directed by Ben Shelton. Released in April 2018, it runs 92 minutes.

Its themes are rivalry, teenage romance, interracial romance, and high school.

Sami Gayle takes the lead as Lona Skinner, Jacob Latimore as Bennett Russell, Christina Hendricks as Amy Skinner, and Uzo Aduba as Julia Russell. The screenplay is by Chad Klitzman. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

10 Things I Hate About You, Grease, and The Karate Kid make useful companions to Candy Jar. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 490 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.