The read
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
1,380 audience votes
Key crew
- Gavin WiesenDirector
- Gavin WiesenWriter
- Alec PuroOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Freddie HighmoreGeorge Zinavoy
- Emma RobertsSally Howe
- Michael AngaranoDustin
- Elizabeth ReaserCharlotte Howe
- Alicia SilverstoneMs. Herman
- Sasha SpielbergZoe
- Marcus Carl FranklinWill
- Ann DowdMrs. Grimes
- Blair UnderwoodPrincipal
- Rita WilsonVivian Sargent
- Sam RobardsJack Sargent
- Sophie Lane CurtisChastity
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Themes
friendshipphilosophymentorpaintingartistteen moviesketchingrebellious youth