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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."
Language. English. Budget. $2.5 million [3] Box office. $6.9 million [3] The Spectacular Now is a 2013 American coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by James Ponsoldt, from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Tim Tharp.
Synopsis. The film opens with a high school senior, Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), in his darkened bedroom sitting at his computer composing an over-due essay required as part of a college application. The question asks him to speak of a hardship that he has faced and how he triumphed over that adversity.
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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Aug 2, 2013 · Powered by JustWatch. [Editor's note: Roger Ebert filed this review for use at Ebertfest. 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.
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Jennifer Jason Leigh. and Kyle Chandler. With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacular Now (directed by James Ponsoldt) creates a vivid, three-dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood.