The Spectacular Now (2013)
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.
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Enter the typical higschool drama love story. Starring the contemporary Hollywood pretty boy and his female counterpart. It shamelessly utilizes over-used movie tropes to prey on teenage girls' desires to see their dream relationship acted out on screen. The the skill to write teenage dialogue is as elusive to it's forty-something screenplay writer as six figure income is for a Fine Arts graduate. There's a scene where they make out in the rain. This movie has none of that. Teller kills it. The scenes with young people aren't a conversation cringefest. There's actually a theme and allegory. The pacing is good, the writing is surprisingly very well done. This is actually a pretty good movie. The only gripe I have with it is that Woodley's character gets mowed down by a semi truck and somehow walks out of a hospital with only a broken arm.
As someone who has a deadbeat father, this movie struck a real chord with me. The raw emotion in this movie in unbelievable. Miles Teller was the perfect choice for the main character, Sutter. I suspect a lot of the subtleties of this film will be missed on people who haven't had similar experiences. However, everyone should see this movie just to broaden their horizons.
After 5 minutes I gave up and turned the movie off. I thought it was all about this teen parties things, womanizers and so on. But after reading more about, I gave it a second chance and... wow... I cried all the time!I am 60 and I knew exactly what they were talking about: as a teacher, as a father as a former teenager everything is fine in this movie and Shailene does not die... Isn't it wonderful?
An overall great movie, Miles is amazing and I highly suggest this movie.