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| Freestyle Digital Media | Release Date (Streaming): November 1, 2024 |
Starring:
Alex Ateah, Anand Rajaram, Andy McQueen, Dan Beirne, Eden Cupid, Gwynne Phillips, Isaiah Lehtinen, Krista Bridges, Percy Hynes White, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Romina D'Ugo, Sarah Camacho, Tavaree Daniel-Simms
Summary:
Lawrence, a socially inept 17-year-old cinephile, gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
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Mar 14, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
IndieWire
Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
It’s very easy to forgive this film for what it lacks, such as being shot on a minimal budget at dull locations. Some of the performances seem amateurish at times but because the story is one that has a universal appeal, they are overlooked in light of how relatable the whole concept is.
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Slashfilm
Mar 7, 2023
This is a film about moving on and growing up. This is well-traveled territory in terms of subject matter, and nothing on display is especially groundbreaking or new. And yet, there's a nostalgic charm here that is compelling, and the writing, direction, and acting are all so strong — and that counts for something.
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Apr 18, 2024
The Film Stage
Mar 7, 2023
While I Like Movies‘ skewering of the entitlement, narcissism, and aggression that comes with being a 17-year-old is spot-on—and recognizes how cinema, maybe more than any other art form, draws angry, socially awkward young men into its orbit—one wishes it had something more interesting up its sleeve than treating film-bro myopia as placeholder for lack of a father figure.
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