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The Spectacular Now
This is the tale of Sutter Keely, a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he unexpectedly falls in love with Aimee Finecky.
22 October 1962, Naperville, Illinois, USA
18 February 1971
17 September 1965, Buffalo, New York, USA
23 July 1993, Glendora, California, USA
21 December 1996, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
18 July 1968, Bronx, New York, USA
28 November 1984, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
April 08, 2014
t's a coming-of-age-slash-first-love story, with beguiling leads, a frank, bittersweet script, a lived-in, rustic setting (the outskirts of Athens, Georgia), an intense awareness of class difference and a mood that's all its own.
August 16, 2013
So many films featuring teens seem overstimulated or familiar. This one strikes a deep, rich note and holds it.
August 22, 2013
This coming-of-age movie should appeal to smart, sensitive young people who haven't been exposed to the better examples of the genre.
May 14, 2014
Every time the film teeters on the precipice of a generic plot point it satisfyingly withdraws into more subtle and nuanced territory that ultimately coalesces in a final act that is sentimental without being sugary.
April 17, 2016
An unusually evasive piece of filmmaking - hard to pin down, but all the more worthwhile for its craftiness.
June 19, 2016
There are scenes, moments, and dialogue in this film that ring so true that it all comes rushing back, a flood of memories and emotions and a little bit of pain.
August 23, 2013
This adaptation of Tim Tharp's novel, directed with delicate restraint by James Ponsoldt, sneaks up on you. It makes you laugh, then it breaks your heart.
August 18, 2014
James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now is one of the uncommon pieces of teen cinema that rings true.
August 23, 2013
Teller and Woodley hum together, and the movie does their performances justice.
August 16, 2013
The film is engrossing all the way through, the sweetest, saddest, most humane movie I've seen all year.
August 23, 2013
[A] nuanced and unsentimental coming-of-age film.
March 16, 2017
The Spectacular Now works because it insists on allowing these actors and characters to pull you in with their alarming emotional candor.