Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 yr. old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play. After a series of increasingly hostile altercations with the boys at school Jamie runs away to search for JD Salinger. On his ... (Full plot summary below)
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Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 yr. old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play. After a series of increasingly hostile altercations with the boys at school Jamie runs away to search for JD Salinger. On his way he picks up Deedee Gorlin, a quirky townie. Their odyssey to find Salinger becomes a journey of sexual awakening, the discovery of love and of the meaning of one's life.
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| Village VoiceNick SchagerRegardless of its capable performances and understated direction, and no matter that it was inspired by Sadwith’s own hunt for Salinger, Coming Through the Rye comes across as a cute conceit incapable of sustaining a substantial feature. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedSpecial praise goes to Alex Wolff as Jamie and Stefania Owen as his sympathetic, agreeable girlfriend Dee Dee, and veteran actor Chris Cooper makes a complex but astonishingly convincing cameo as the great Jerome David Salinger himself. I went to Coming Through the Rye expecting nothing and left feeling enriched, enlightened and warm all over. |
| RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireComing Through the Rye may be the closest we’ll ever get cinematically to the novel. And in being so far away from it, it’s close enough. |
| The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberCooper seizes control of the movie when he’s onscreen, but the two young leads are also enormously appealing. |
| TheWrapTricia OlszewskiDespite its missteps, Coming Through the Rye is a sweet and inviting road trip. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakIt’s not a perfect film...but it’s one that resonates for anyone who’s ever been touched by a book, movie, painting, or song and had their world shift into something it wasn’t before. |
| BeliefnetNell MinowOwen and Wolff, and Chris Cooper in a brief but telling role, make it a worthwhile trip. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn appealing drama about the quest of a creative young man to visit his hero, J. D. Salinger. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSadwith, whose TV credits include the miniseries “Sinatra,” conjures a few memorable moments in his big-screen debut. But the most stirring moment belongs to Cooper, who turns a barely audible, exasperated sigh into a complicated life story. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereNot great, but Rye grows on you. Cooper is terrific as Salinger. |
