The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now

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Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fic... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Spectacular Now:

Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
Masam Holden
Kaitlyn Dever
Brie Larson
Kyle Chandler

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Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - 10/10 by Colin CovertThe film is engrossing all the way through, the sweetest, saddest, most humane movie I've seen all year.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) - 10/10 by Bob BloomUnlike other teen movies, director James Ponsoldt has molded characters that seem real; they are not exceptionally sculpted or beautiful. He gets his young actors to believably express the confusion and insecurities that are prevalent among teenagers.
Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatWonderfully immersive film into the emotional lives of two vulnerable teen-agers in love as they move forward in their tenuous relationship.
RogerEbert.com - 10/10 by Roger EbertWhat an affecting film this is. It respects its characters and doesn't use them for its own shabby purposes. How deeply we care about them.
USA Today - 10/10 by Claudia PuigA marvel of well-rounded characters, strong performances and disarming chemistry, this deeply felt film is like a loving elegy to the end of childhood. It's easily one of summer's best films.
Slate - 10/10 by Dana StevensThis movie’s human scale, its unaffected compassion for every one of its far-from-perfect characters, is what kept me on its side throughout.
Los Angeles Times - 10/10 by Betsy SharkeyMiles Teller and Shailene Woodley, as high school seniors Sutter and Aimee, bring such an authentic face of confidence and questioning, indifference and need, pain and denial, friendship and first love, that it will take you back to that time if you're no longer there, and light a path if you are.
Wall Street Journal - 10/10 by Joe MorgensternA movie of uns — unforced, unhurried, unpretentious. Though it's sometimes underdramatized, this story of adolescents on the brink of adulthood is refreshingly, and endearingly, unlike the overheated features that have come to define the genre.
New York Daily News - 10/10 by Joe NeumaierThe focus in James Ponsoldt’s affecting, intelligent drama is a pair of teenagers, and in them is so much complexity and heart that this casually paced gem feels rich in scope. They’re two of the most carefully created figures on screen this year, and yet their normalness takes us by surprise.
Charlotte Observer - 10/10 by Lawrence ToppmanHas an honesty few movies seek or achieve these days.

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