From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jessica Bendinger (born November 10, 1966) is an American screenwriter and novelist. She has written several films, including 2000's Bring It On, 2004's First Daughter and 2006's Aquamarine. She was also a writer and creative consultant for Sex and the City as well as a producer of the 2005 film The Wedding Date starring Debra Messing. She also wrote and directed Stick It, released in April 2006 as her directorial debut. Bendinger is a former model who worked for designer Stephen Sprouse and appeared on the runway in the film Slaves of New York. She was named by Glamour Magazine as one of Hollywood’s “Most Powerful Women Under 40” in 2005. Bendinger's first novel, The Seven Rays was published in 2009 by Simon & Schuster. The story follows 17 year-old, Beth Michaels, who uncovers elements of the supernatural on her journey of self discovery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Bendinger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 10, 1966 (59)
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 7 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Jessica Bendinger's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jessica Bendinger's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jessica Bendinger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
P.S. Burn This Letter Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Stick It(2006)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Aquamarine(2006)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Wedding Date(2005)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
First Daughter(2004)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Truth About Charlie(2002)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Bring It On(2000)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Sex and the City(1998)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 1998 to 2020.
Biggest box office
Bring It On (2000)
Highest rated
Stick It (2006)
Most popular right now
First Daughter (2004)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jessica Bendinger's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jessica Bendinger's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jessica Bendinger work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jessica Bendinger's MovieCove titles; Blake Neely shares the most, 2.
- Blake NeelyShared titles: The Wedding Date (2005), First Daughter (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Blake Neely
