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One of the breakout hits from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January was the coming - of - age comedy Eighth Grade.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: College Grad Returns to Roost in Coming - of - Age Comedy Aura (Lena Dunham) is a recent college grad (Lena Dunham) who's depressed about being dumped by her boyfriend and by the realization that her degree in film appreciation is pretty much worthless.

«The Way, Way Back» doesn't have enough emotional punch to be an awards contender, but in a summer filled with big budget blockbusters, leave it to a quaint coming - of - age comedy to stand out as the best of the season.

Saoirse Ronan: Another standout performer, Ronan's work in coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird was affecting and engrossing.

Indie film goddess Greta Gerwig makes her solo directorial debut with this «hella tight» noughties throwback coming of age comedy - a sweet and wistful ode to mothers and daughters, growing pains, and the ups and downs of small - town adolescence.

Written by Soderbergh's producing partner Gregory Jacobs and screenwriter Joe Gangemi, «Red Oaks» is a coming - of - age comedy set in 1985.

In celebration of «The Edge of Seventeen's home release, Shockya is offering five lucky winners a Blu - ray of the coming - of - age comedy - drama.

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A new UK trailer has debuted for Greg Berlanti's coming - of - age comedy drama Love, Simon which stars Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg, Miles Heizer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, and Tony Hale; watch it here... Everyone deserves a great love story.

Hailee Steinfeld is realizing that teenage life has never been so hilarious and heartfelt as it is in her acclaimed coming - of - age comedy - drama, «The Edge of Seventeen.»

Fat Girls (R for drug and alcohol use, profanity, and graphic sexual content) Coming - of - age comedy about a couple of ostracized Texas teenage friends, one, just chubby (Ashley Fink), the other, gay (Ash Christian), and dreaming of unleashing his inner diva on Broadway.

Though Steven Soderbergh partnered with Showtime for his critically acclaimed series, The Knick, he also will also serve as Executive Producer for Red Oaks, a coming of age comedy set in 1985 for Amazon.

Samuels» previous credits include the series regular role of Grace in the first season of Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens and Bonnie Lipton in American Horror Story: Freak Show, along with the Lionsgate / CBS Films coming - of - age comedy, The Duff and The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in which she starred as the title character.

Ping Pong Summer (Unrated) Coming - of - age comedy, set in 1985, revolving around a 13 year - old kid (Marcello Conte) who becomes obsessed with hip - hop and table tennis during a vacation spent with his family in Ocean City Maryland.

Based on the book Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, this essentially marks Hollywood's first mainstream LGBTQ coming of age comedy / drama.

From prolific producer - director Greg Berlanti and This Is Us writers Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, Love, Simon is a smart coming - of - age comedy made for teenagers, but with an equally important and well - executed message for adults.

Anyone looking casually at the advertisements and coming attractions for «The Edge of Seventeen» might easily come away expecting something typical — a standard entry in the coming - of - age comedy genre.

Julia Roberts was virtually unknown when she played second fiddle in this cosy coming - of - age comedy about three waitresses at the pizza parlour in Mystic, Connecticut.

Gerwig's a DIY - generation star who co-wrote (with director Noah Baumbach) and starred in the coming - of - age comedy «Frances Ha,» and has now co-written (also with boyfriend Baumbach) «Mistress America.»

SIN BIN, directed by Billy Federighi (USA, 2012) Jury Statement: For being a unique re-imagining of a classic coming - of - age comedy with quirky style and a witty, quotable script.

Terri (Unrated) Coming - of - age comedy about an empathetic principal (John C. Reilly) who decides to befriend an ostracized, 15 year - old student (Jacob Wysocki) at his high school.

Our AFM coverage continues with the first look at Miley Cyrus» upcoming coming - of - age comedy, LOL.

Charming Sundance Film Festival viewers, this coming - of - age comedy follows three youths in search of adventure.

Ahead of its release on these shores later this month, a UK trailer has arrived online for the coming of age comedy drama The Edge of Seventeen.

And in the droll coming - of - age comedy The Kings of Summer, a trio of teenage boys acts out a boyish fantasy by escaping from home to the woods.

Taika Waititi's coming - of - age comedy is one of the most well - liked films of 2016, landing a stunning 100 % on Rotten Tomatoes and really working for everyone who has caught up with it.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The taut political thriller «Homeland,» the coming of age comedy «Girls» and «Game Change,» the movie about Sarah Palin's rocky campaign for the vice presidency in 2008, were the big television winners in the Golden Globes.

Deutch, in the latest of a string of great performances, provides balance to the film's self - reflexive, dark coming - of - age comedy.

Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart bond over broken fairground rides in this charming coming of age comedy.

Permanent (PG - 13 for profanity, crude humor, sexual references and mature themes) Coming - of - age comedy, set in the South in 1982, revolving around a white «tweener (Kira McLean), new to a town, who ends up ostracized at school after her hairdresser accidentally leaves her with an afro instead of curls like her idol, Farah Fawcett.

Just a few hours after receiving a standing ovation for one of his short film programs, Jenkins took the stage at the Chuck Jones Cinema for the world premiere of «Lady Bird,» the coming - of - age comedy that marks the solo directorial debut of veteran actress Greta Gerwig.

Additionally, Variety reports that Emile Hirsch will join Asa Butterfield (Ender's Game), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), and Ethan Hawke in the coming - of - age comedy Ten Thousand Saints.

Amazon's delightful coming - of - age comedy reaches a quietly life - affirming conclusion.Read More

«Love, Simon» is a gay coming - of - age comedy that seems from another era.

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The 34 - year - old actress made her directorial debut with the coming - of - age comedy and Gerwig - who has been nominated for Best Director at this year's Academy Awards - has nothing but praise for her leading lady.

That film, «Risky Business,» set a high bar for the R - rated coming - of - age comedy.

With his 1990 indie Slacker, he put Austin's independent filmmaking scene on the map, introducing the American audiences to an eclectic cast of local burnouts and philosophers, but Dazed and Confused, his more mainstream coming - of - age comedy, is the movie that really captures the relaxed cool of the Lone Star State.

The coming - of - age comedy, which comes out in the UK in early 2018, concerns a year and a half in the life of Christine, a loquacious teen who insists that everyone should call her Lady Bird.

That acclaimed film is director Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age comedy called «Lady Bird,» which has a

Delving into equal parts poignancy and playfulness with surety and poise, Greta Gerwig makes an impressive and unhesitating directorial debut with the charismatic coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird.

Before winning hearts and Oscar nominations with her coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig starred in the perfect companion film, about an aimless 27 - year - old who hops from New York City to her hometown of Sacramento to Paris to Poughkeepsie and eventually back to New York in hopes of stumbling into the perfect job, the perfect relationship, and the perfect life.

Peter Mullan and Sam Neill star in the Scottish golf drama Tommy's Honour (2017, PG) and Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore are daughter and mother in the coming - of - age comedy LOL (2012, PG - 13).

The most conspicuous absence from the category was Greta Gerwig, whose superb coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird was a critical and commercial smash (and scored a bunch of other nominations besides).

Red Oaks: Season 3 * Amazon Original: A coming - of - age comedy set in the «go - go» 80s about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end — and the future begins.

Premiering to rave reviews at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, THE KINGS OF SUMMER is a unique coming - of - age comedy about three teenage friends — Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and the eccentric and unpredictable Biaggio (Moises Arias)-- who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.

From writers / directors Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus) comes Jeff Who Lives at Home, a coming of age comedy for two men who are already well beyond their youth.

Now Apocalypse is a surreal, coming - of - age comedy series follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame.

The teen coming of age comedy / drama The Edge of Seventeen scored a Best Picture nomination as well as a nomination for its writer / director Kelly Fremon Craig but strangely snubbed the film's lead, Golden Globe nominee Hailee Steinfeld (in a field of six,...

Bulking out the Weinsteins» Brit pack is Richard Ayoade's minor coming - of - age comedy «Submarine» and Ralph Fiennes's «Coriolanus,» which I maintain has a formidable Supporting Actress contender in Vanessa Redgrave — but little else.