TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

blrnani George is clearly a very intelligent young man with an artistic gift, but he is merely 'getting by' because he is so disillusioned with the world he sees around him that he just doesn't see the point in following the traditional study - work - family track laid out for him. Let's face it, he's not alone in that - I think a lot of people would find this film interesting on a personal level (and not only teenagers!). It is to George's credit that his principle and teachers are rooting for him, given his absence of effort coupled with a level of honesty that sometimes crosses the respectful boundary, basically because he is fortunate that they recognise his basic goodness and innocence. They do have their professional obligations, however, which leads to George being given an ultimatum if he intends to graduate. Those same interesting qualities are presumably the reason he hasn't been marginalised by the other students, but is the one who chooses to stay apart - this is clearly a rather special school! There is one person he has noticed though, and when she corresponds a relationship develops. And as with any couple who are afraid to make a commitment without being sure their romantic feelings are reciprocated - exacerbated by George's lack of skill in dealing with human relationships; he's probably borderline autistic - confusion about where their relationship is headed leads to complications. I won't spoil the journey by giving away any more though - it's a film worth seeing for yourselves.

russellbrandistrash The main character is not likable. I watched this movie for the first 10 minutes and took notice of his repetitive spiel. Almost like a tape recorder he goes on and on about how life is meaningless due to the fact of mortality. *Spoiler* I saw Emma Roberts come into frame, marking the start of their relationship and simply refused to believe that this woman can be attracted to something so cringe, angsty and unambitious. A pseudo intellectual loser that is dis-likable from the very first frame. Cant imagine how this could be that great of a movie. Im imagining its a 4/10 at best.Turned off the movie and decided to go watch Amelie instead.

shmaef I watched this movie a long time ago, it being so insignificant, my mind forgot about it and I watched it again at 4 am on a sleepless night where normally, anything should be entertaining. But it wasn't, it was incredibly painful. The soundtrack is cheesy and boring, the plot is uninspiring, moralizing and predictable, the script is arrogant and so is the main character, the lighting is plain and the acting... I mean, it's probably the director's fault; the acting is lazy and the characters are hate-able.I watched "the diary of a teenage girl" right before, which has a similar 'teenage artist with school troubles' kind of character. And that film was a masterpiece next to this. I mean, alone, it's already a really good film based on an amazing graphic novel. But it puts "the art of getting by" into perspective; It's a childish film made by childish people, for children who's parents want them to do well at school. This movie screams "fuck art" into my face. Even the kid's drawings aren't good. In conclusion, don't watch this movie, you'll forget you've watched it so you might watch it again, which will lead you to writing an angry critique on IMDb.Cheers.

Kristoffer Den Carabio Sexon it was perfect. everything was good. it was relate-able. it was real. that's what life is all about. and we are not supposed to get everything we want. George deserved better. it was perfect until the last minute of the movie. i knew i had to stop the movie right after he graduated. this is not a Disney movie and the writer just ruined the ending. it would have been best if everybody just moved on with their lives. I WAS DISAPPOINTED, big-time. to the writer, if you thought ending the movie with them getting together was good, nope, it actually ruined a supposedly great movie. i'm supposed to give it a 1- star but since i'm a fan of Freddie, i gave it another one. :)