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A Balasaur Score of 51 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 23%, Metacritic 47/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
178 audience votes
Key crew
- Rob ReinerDirector
- Matt ElisofonScreenplay
- Nick ReinerScreenplay
Cast
- Nick RobinsonCharlie Mills
- Morgan SaylorEva
- Devon BostickAdam
- Susan MisnerLiseanne Mills
- Ricardo ChaviraDrake
- CommonTravis
- Cary ElwesDavid Mills
- Christy SummerhaysFemale Staffer
- Erik AudéStaffer #1
- Richard SharrahStaffer #2
- Charles HalfordHarry
- Aubrey ReynoldsStacey Chapman
Stills
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Themes
drug addictiondrug usedrug rehabilitationlos angeles, californiahopeful