Sentences with phrase «coming of age movies»

PS On the subject of movie anniversaries, one of my other favourite coming of age movies, Reality Bites, turned 20.

Whenever I see these types of coming of age movies about young boys, they always bring me back to Stand By Me, which is my all - time favorite movie.

Lady Bird is truly one of the best coming of age movies released in years.

In a sea of coming of age movies, Lady Bird stands out as a truly fantastic film.

There has been so many coming of age movies that the gears have become familiar.

There are more coming of age movies than anyone would probably want to count, but the journey from youth to (at least a little) maturity isn't always all that interesting.

This is not a film which challenges the stereotypes of teen coming of age movies.

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Of course, it had some faults like all coming of age movies do (cough cough nobody in the movie is a teen cough cough) but I really don't fault it for that..

The coming of age movie has picked up Best Film awards in New York and Canada with lead actor Aide Spratt also taking home a Best Actress award in LA for her work on the film.

I don't believe a coming of age movie has ever been presented quite like this.

It's a silly Gen X romantic comedy / coming of age movie, albeit one with a great cast.

Yeah it looks like some decent writing... but it is just another coming of age movie about an awkward white boy... and a summer job with cool adults that get him... and a single parent that's tuned out..

A solid coming of age movie with a good soundtrack good performances and an interesting take.

On the surface, Youth in Revolt seems to be the perfect hipster coming of age movie; with it's obscure pop songs, absurdist fantasy sequences, and Michael Cera.

While the film begins in a rather derivative fashion, making it seem as if we're in for an hour and a half of the same coming of age movie we've seen time and time again, Berman and Pulcini are able to morph the film into an ensemble once Jude gets to the city, and the movie is all the better for it.

1:00 am (19th)-- TCM — Almost Famous Cameron Crowe turns his semi-autobiographical lens on rock stars, groupies, and rock journalists in one of the greatest combinations of road movie, coming of age movie, and music film ever made.

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Her performance as Lady Bird in Greta Gerwig's loosely biographical (she denies it, but...) coming of age movie about a teen growing up in Sacramento in a middle class family who yearns for something more than the humdrum life in the suburbs.

Not exact matches

We met in Sunday school, in a moment that could have been the beginning of a coming - of - age friendship movie.

After an unpleasant sexual encounter, for example, Dunham sits «in a shallow bath for half an hour like someone in one of those coming - of - age movies.»

The comedic duo is teaming up to star in a movie musical based on the book Everything Is Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals.

We've all loved Julia's movies for decades — from the heartbreak, to the coming of age, to the romance!

The Sandlot is a brilliant coming - of - age movie in which a bunch of kids lose a ball over a neighbor's fence, and their increasingly absurd attempts to get it back, before it turns out the neighbor is totally nice and would just have given the ball back if they'd asked.

As the new AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON movie comes to theaters May 1st we decided to have a family movie night and watch the first one again.

If you came of age in the 1980s, as I did, you're likely familiar with the movie Lethal Weapon.

Love, Simon is a charmingly modern coming - of - age movie that tells a story about a teen struggling with his sexuality.

This may be yet another variation on the usual coming - of - age / sisterhood themes so familiar in Disney movies, but who does those better?

It's far from innovative, inhabiting the same coming - of - age concerns as many a motion picture before it; however, there's a cordial sense of humor to the feature that doesn't only make it endearing, but almost lovable, if smut can be prized like a Pixar movie.

[/ font][font = Century Gothic][/ font][font = Century Gothic] «Machuca» is an ordinary and superficial coming - of - age movie with strong echoes of «Au Revoir Les Enfants» whose sole distinction is its setting which it does not take full advantage of.

«The Man in the Moon» is an intimate, sentimental coming - of - age drama, a sweet little puppy love movie crushed by the enormity of its tragic twists.

This is around the same time coming - of - age movie maestro John Hughes gave Ferris a day off, but unlike his contemporary, Oliver seems oblivious to mainstream pop culture.

Waititi does an excellent job of balancing the sweet and humorous moments with the more poignant bits (like Bella's heartbreaking death scene), but what separates the movie from the typical coming - of - age tale is the unique brand of humor that's become synonymous with the director.

Making the move to Los Angeles in order to pursue an acting career full time, her previous improvisational experiences would soon come in handy as she landed her breakthrough role in the popular Scream - slanted spoof of teen slasher pics, Difficult to recognize in her natural blonde state following her turn as a raven - haired Neve Campbell knockoff in Scary Movie and it's sequel, Anna made her professional acting debut at the tender age of nine at Washington's Seattle Repertory Theater.

More than just another story of a bright, rebellious young girl coming of age, the movie offers the story of a bright, rebellious girl coming of age in the midst of Iran's Islamic revolution.

Much of the movie's charm comes from seeing middle - aged women in roles that usually go to middle - aged men.

Steven Spielberg's best thriller since Jaws, and his most «of the moment» movie ever, The Post is also an unexpected sort of «coming of age» tale.

The movie was a great coming of age story and it was surprisingly hilarious.

This movie was a charming ballad of the hair band listening, rebelling, coming - of - age teenager who's just trying live life to the fullest.

Richard Linklater's coming - of - age tale is the best movie of the year, a four - star game - changer that earns its place in the cultural time capsule.

Director Marc Evans and screenwriter Laurence Coriat fumble both the musical side of their movie and the coming - of - age side.

Such a charming, funny, and feel good coming - of - age movie with a really important message that I think everyone needs to hear.

It's one of those funny, charming coming - of - age stories that one might miss if making movie selections based on titles alone.

The kind of pleasantly eccentric werewolf coming - of - age story that should be seen as the third - billed title in a horror movie marathon.

Much like the kids in this movie who come of age, so too does Robert Kirbyson's skill as a writer - director in his debut film Snowmen.

A Lover's Discourse was published in 1977, three years before Barthes's death and eleven years before Denis made her first feature, and he was certainly a known quantity among the Parisian cinephile generation of the 1970s, when Denis was coming of age — for example, before starring in Jean Eustache's The Mother and the Whore (1973), Françoise Lebrun was a contributor to his journal Communications, and several critics, including Alain Philippon, have speculated as to Barthes's influence on the lovers» dialogues in Eustache's movie.

«Hunt for the Wilderpeople» is the kind of adorable, coming - of - age dramedy that Pixar would proudly create if it made live - action movies and not cartoons.

In 1982, Claire Bloom published her autobiography, Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress.Bloom would remain active on screen in the decades to come, appearing most notably in movies like Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Age of Innocence, Mighty Aphrodite, and the King's Speech.

Given the movie's age, it should come as no surprise that source defects created the majority of the transfer's problems.

Michel Gondry's coming - of - age road movie Microbe and Gasoline is, surprisingly, his best film since Be Kind Rewind, or even Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.