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Parents need to know that Adventures in Public School is a comic look at a bright, coddled, homeschooled high school senior. He adores his overbearing mother yet yearns to break away gently.
Liam (Daniel Doheny) has been home-schooled by his overprotective mother — and BFF — Claire (Judy Greer) for his whole life, and his education hasn’t suffered. But his interpersonal skills...
Comedy about awkware teens and theirs mom; cursing, sex, drugs. Read Common Sense Media's Adventures in Public School review, age rating, and parents guide.
- The Leading Pair Carries This Warm, Snuggly Coming of Age
- Cool Mom, Uncool Tropes
- Conclusion: Adventures in Public School
From then on, Rideout embraces very much the world of fumbled chat-ups and drinking parties proliferating the coming-of-age genre, though its familiar sweary grossness is for the most part omitted. There’s a touch of Michael Cera fragility in Daniel Doheny’sjoking-but-not exchanges as Liam navigates the social jungle of public high, but we’re a lit...
As Liam’s adolescent life-coaching continues, the airy, innocuous narrative opens into an uplifting (if rather inconsistent), message about teenage independence and familial bond. Through the pair’s chaste sparring, we learn that each is the other’s best friend, and there are moments which – often rather poignantly – invite us to question whether b...
In a genre dripping with teenage iconoclasm and headbanging angst, Adventures in Public School makes at the very least for comforting viewing and offers a sweet view of respect, family and independence. Though its subscription to classic teen tropes doesn’t quite land, the small alterations made to the coming-of-age genre tend to smooth over the in...
Apr 27, 2018 · Adventures in Public School: Directed by Kyle Rideout. With Judy Greer, Daniel Doheny, Siobhan Williams, Andrew McNee. A socially awkward home-schooled kid forces his way into public-school against his suffocating but loving mother's wishes.
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Apr 5, 2018 · A socially awkward home-schooled kid forces his way into public-school when he falls for the popular one-legged girl (Siobhan Williams). Much to his mother's (Judy Greer) chagrin, he gets a crash course in sex, drugs, and social mayhem. from gravitasventures.com.
Sep 14, 2017 · A home-schooled prodigy suddenly realizes he has a lot of socialization to catch up on in this likable comedy. By Dennis Harvey. Courtesy of TIFF. The kind of creepily misguided...
