True Adolescents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYWlAiFypwo

Unrated ‧ 2011 ‧ Comedy, Drama ‧ 1h 28min

Jobless and apartment-less, Sam crashes with his aunt as a last resort and becomes reluctant camping-trip chaperone to her teenage son and a pal.

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ABOUT

True Adolescents is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Craig Johnson and starring Mark Duplass, Bret Loehr and Carr Thompson.

It premiered at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it was nominated for the narrative feature grand jury prize.

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CREDITS

Director

Craig Johnson

Writer

Craig Johnson

Stars

Mark Duplass, Bret Loehr, Carr Thompson

Companies

Furnace Films, Lunacy, The Group Entertainment

DETAILS

Released

2011-07-29

Runtime

1h 28min

Rating

Unrated

Genres

Comedy, Drama

CONTEXT

Countries

USA

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Keywords

campfire,male nudity

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RATINGS

6.1/10

57%

5.9/10

75%

CRITICS REVIEWS

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The New York TimesStephen Holden
“True Adolescents, like most indie movies related to the mumblecore school, is a delicate piece of machinery. Its truth lies in the tiniest details: the pauses, the stricken looks, the false bravado, the pathetically redundant slang (so many 'dudes').”

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Village VoiceNo Title
“Johnson establishes an understated, agreeable tone throughout that makes up for the movie's notable lack of hilarity, and in the outdoors sequences nicely captures how seemingly benign nature can turn nasty in an instant.”

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VarietyRonnie Scheib
“The result is Sam (Mark Duplass, 'The Puffy Chair' and 'Humpday'), a 34-year-old unemployed rocker whose mediocre musicianship is matched only by his abysmal people skills; he's like Jack Black without any energy or confidence.”

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Slant MagazineJesse Cataldo
“Glomming conceits and situations from a vast range of similarly themed films, it ambles along in a lethargic, good-natured manner, fitfully amusing but never approaching substantial.”