Why is it called "Ask Me Anything"?
The book was "Undiscovered Gyrl" or something like that, which makes a little sense.
"Ask Me Anything" makes it sound like she is going to be answering questions online throughout the movie; instead she pretty much ignores any comments that go scrolling across the screen. Were the marketeers trying to feed off the success of the reddit AMA series, which does/did have a huge following and positive press?
It seems silly, but I think the title has a lot to do with the horrible reaction a large number people have had to this movie. I think it certainly colored how I went into the movie. Had I gone in expecting something more introspective I think I would have enjoyed it more; as it was the whole thing was a mess with a Lifetime Movie style "Twist" ending thrown on the end for cheap emotional manipulation.
Although, I have to say the first time it really got under my skin in a bad way was the bookstore owner saying something along the lines of no one ever regretting having the baby. That is such a load of crap, and presented as such wisdom in the movie, that I looked down to see how much movie was left and saw there wouldn't be time to resolve that at all. I guess the "this was all this immature teenager's viewpoint" aspect of the twist softens that rather offensive moralizing a bit, albeit only by invalidating large chunks of the preceding film, but that was the first time my mind switched to the "there is no way this is going to end up as a good movie" mode. I hear the book went the exact opposite way - that the book owner took the main character to get an abortion - which means that this bit of moralizing was inserted into the movie intentionally. Ugh.
Anyway, though, "Ask Me Anything" tells the audience to expect a romcom misguided-advice type of movie. It is a major marketing failure, as much as it would be to call The Shining "Overlooking Our Differences" or something equally smarmy.