
After struggling for years as an artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends to help him retrace their greatest adventure together: a walk down the entire length of Manhattan. But their attempt to reclaim the glory of their early 20s doesn't go quite as planned. Over the course of the day, buried conflicts emerge as Jake becomes embroiled with his ex-girlfriend and his friends... (Full plot summary below)
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After struggling for years as an artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends to help him retrace their greatest adventure together: a walk down the entire length of Manhattan. But their attempt to reclaim the glory of their early 20s doesn't go quite as planned. Over the course of the day, buried conflicts emerge as Jake becomes embroiled with his ex-girlfriend and his friends dip into their own crises of manhood.
Leave your thoughts about Growing Up and Other Lies.
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyEverything about the movie has a sloppy, throwaway feel to it. |
| Paste MagazineAnthony SalveggiThough it doesn't carry the impact one would have hoped for, Growing Up and Other Lies finally intimates empathy for these modern musketeers clinging to the comfort of at least being there for each other. |
| FILMINK (Australia)John NoonanThis is a very by the numbers film that, like its leads, seems to wander aimlessly under the pretence of getting somewhere. |
| Examiner.comTravis HopsonOne of those exasperating, totally fraudulent New York-centric indies about how tough it is to make it in the big city...without actually showing how tough it is to make it in the big city. |
| We Got This CoveredJordan AdlerWith putrid characters and pedestrian plotting, Growing Up and Other Lies is a thoroughly unpleasant comedy. |
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsWho wants to watch four, obnoxious, testosterone-fueled slackers vent their vile along a gauntlet of unsuspecting victims? |
| User ReviewBruno RReviews are tearing it apart, but I liked it man. It is an intelligent comedy with good insights. Not brilliant, but good to watch in a rainnig afternoon |
| User ReviewOtis GLoose & disjointed between scenes, looks like a sit-com instead. |
| User ReviewJimmy Wi just wasted an hour half watching adam brody hang out with a bunch of dicks. |