The Spectacular Now
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
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"May contain spoilers!!! Gushing reviews here, so I must be the odd man out, but nothing about this film was believable -- all the way down to bars serving high school kids drinks, and a mother that seems to be unaware of parental legal liability for under-age drinking. Sutter's super cool popularity is told to us, but never shown. The cool guys in high school always had a posse to roll with. This character has one pseudo friend, and rolls alone most of the time. At graduation, there's not a single male friend around to high-five and take selfies. That's not popular -- that is ..."
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According to the director, he was worried that Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley wouldn't get along after he saw them interact at a lunch he arranged. Teller (who was late to meeting because he had been in Las Vegas with friends the night before) was outgoing and energetic, while Woodley, though amused by Teller, was quiet and for the most part kept to herself unless she was spoken to. After the lunch was over and the director was driving away, he noticed Woodley and Teller talking in the parking lot, but decided to leave them alone - he later found out that the two of them spent two hours talking and getting to know each other in the parking lot. Teller and Woodley are now close friends.
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A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."