THE SPECTACULAR NOW
Welcome to The Spectacular Now, a movie that screams at audiences to live in the moment. It’s not the first movie to say that, but this one is far less subtle.
Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley do a great job at playing teenagers struggling with high school, life, their parents and themselves. Luckily, despite their difficult circumstances, they find each other and not surprisingly they become close. This is not your run-of-the-mill chick flick, living in the now is not all it’s cracked up to be and some hard decisions face the pair.
The prevailing feeling is uncomfortable, thankfully there are some funny moments, but they don’t take viewers out of the painful lives of the characters for very long. (SP)
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BY SARAH PRITCHARD
