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Aug 2, 2013 · It was not the last review he ever wrote—that would be his piece on "To the Wonder"—but it's one of them.] Here is a lovely film about two high school seniors who look, speak and feel like real 18-year-old middle-American human beings.
Aug 2, 2013 · The Spectacular Now is an adroit, sensitive film that avoids typical coming-of-age story trappings. An innocent, bookish teenager (Shailene Woodley) begins dating the charming, freewheeling...
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The Spectacular Now is a touching, and sometimes funny, coming-of-age drama...one of the most honest and realistic teen films I have ever seen. Full Review | Jul 18, 2020
Based on author Tim Tharp's 2008 coming-of-age story, THE SPECTACULAR NOW is about party boy Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), who used to be one half of the school's most popular couple with fabulous ex-girlfriend, Cassidy (Brie Larson).
Aug 2, 2013 · What starts as an unlikely romance, becomes a sharp-eyed, straight-up snapshot of the heady confusion and haunting passion of youth – one that doesn’t look for tidy truths. [A24] Drama. Romance. Directed By: James Ponsoldt. Written By: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Tim Tharp.
Sep 13, 2013 · The Spectacular Now: Directed by James Ponsoldt. With Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Masam Holden. A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Based on a novel by Tim Tharp and written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ( (500) Days of Summer), James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now takes us on a journey through Sutter Keely's (Miles Teller) minefields of adolescence with little support along the way.
