Directed by:
Gia CoppolaScreenplay:
Gia CoppolaCinematography:
Autumn Durald ArkapawComposer:
Robert SchwartzmanCast:
James Franco, Emma Roberts, Val Kilmer, Zoe Levin, Colleen Camp, Keegan Allen, Nat Wolff, Olivia Crocicchia, Laney Fichera, Jack Kilmer, Margaret Qualley (more)Plots(1)
Shy sensitive April (Emma Roberts) is the class virgin and frequent babysitter for her soccer coach Mr B. (James Franco). Teddy (Jack Kilmer) is an introspective artist whose best friend and sidekick Fred (Nat Wolff) is an unpredictable live wire with few filters or boundaries. While April negotiates a dangerous affair with Mr B. and Teddy performs community service for a DUI - secretly carrying a torch for April who may or may not share his affection - Fred seduces Emily (Zoe Levin) a promiscuous loner who seeks validation through sexual encounters. One high school party bleeds into another as April and Teddy finally acknowledge their mutual affection and Fred's escalating recklessness spirals into chaos. Adapted from James Franco's first collection of short stories Gia Coppola's startling film captures the loneliness and frustration of fragile adolescents left to flounder among real-world perils. (Vendetta Films)
(more)Reviews (1)
Another member of the Coppola family shows that talent is simply hereditary and presents to us the lives of young people in such a way that at times we feel quite hopeless, yet also with some faint hope. It’s filmed well, but the story itself just didn't grab me. Perhaps if they’d pushed bit harder, had different twists... I don't know, something like that. It's good like this, but forgettable.
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