Dear Lemon Lima (2011), rated PG-13, movie showing on March 4, 2011 in theaters wide. Dear Lemon Lima is a Comedy and Drama film. Dear Lemon Lima movie stars are Savanah Wiltfong as Vanessa Lemor, Shayne Topp as Philip Georgey, Zane Huett as Hercules Howard, Melissa Leo as Mrs. Howard, Beth Grant as Principal Applebomb, Elaine Hendrix as Coach Roach, Eleanor Hutchins as Terri Lemor, Meaghan Jette Martin as Megan Kennedy, Kari Nissena as Norma, Vanessa Marano as Samantha Combs, Maia Lee as Madeline "Nothing" Amigone, Jada Morrison as Emmaline Chin, Taylor Finlon as Lynne Chin, Chase Vanek as Jon Mongory, Emma Noelle Roberts as Kellie and Dusty Sager as David and directed & written by Suzi Yoonessi. Vanessa Lemor, a lonely 13-year old Yup’ik (Western Eskimo) girl with a vivid imagination, is dumped by her true love, über intellectual Philip Georgey, 14. Vanessa spends the summer in Fairbanks, Alaska, working at an ice cream shack and obsessing over the heartbreaking tragedy. After numerous unsuccessful attempts at erasing fond memories, she resolves to win Philip back at Nichols Academy (named after Yoonessi's alma mater, Nichols School), a close-minded preparatory school where the Georgey family is legacy.
Awarded the only minority scholarship, Vanessa’s new life is a nightmare. Back from the summer abroad and fluent in French, Philip is elevated to popular status, while Vanessa is relegated to the bottom of the prep school caste system with the rest of the FUBARs. Rounding out the rest of the FUBARs are Hercules, a loveable, but socially inept boy with wildly overprotective parents, Samantha, a 14-year old pathological liar who claims her father is Puff Daddy, and Nothing (formally known as Madeline), a plump heiress to a funeral parlor chain who has legally changed her name to a pronoun. Vanessa’s consolation prize is Philip’s decision to honor Vanessa by being her student advisor. Philip, wishing the best for his pupil, reinstates the values that once brought them together – the pursuit of individuality and embracement of a social consciousness: an alternative lifestyle for a better world. Unfortunately, Vanessa misinterprets his preaching, and alienates herself by presenting an anarchist essay at the opening school ceremony. To make matters worse, she is the only freshman captain elected for the school’s infamous Snowstorm Survivor competition, an event inspired by the Native events in the World Eskimo Indian Olympics.
Vanessa believes that a victory in the Snowstorm Survivor championship is the only way into Philip’s heart. She quickly forms a quirky team with her fan base in the weight room. Team FUBAR prepares for the event, driven by Vanessa’s plight for her true love. Unlike the Native Olympics that brings together people of all sizes and shapes to celebrate Native Alaskan culture, Nichols’ Snowstorm Survivor simply perverts the traditional Eskimo games in order to foster an antiquated class system.
After the tragic loss of a beloved teammate, Vanessa discovers the true meaning of love and must embrace her Native heritage to reclaim the spirit of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. After Team FUBAR’s sensational victory in the final dance competition, the Nichols community attempts to embrace a new wave of thinking. The film is distributed by Phase 4 Films. Dear Lemon Lima (2011) movie.